Bert Lyons (trade unionist)
Charles Albert Lyons (13 August 1929 – 1 January 2008[1]) was General Secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) and a member of the General Council of the Trades Unions Congress.
Railway career[edit]
In 1950 Bert started working for British Rail, and joined the Labour Party and the Railway Clerks' Association (which a year later became the TSSA).[2]
He became a full-time organiser for the TSSA in 1959, being appointed Scottish Secretary in 1965 and then LM Line Secretary in 1968. In 1977 Lyons was senior assistant general secretary.[2]
TSSA General Secretary[edit]
Following Tom Jenkins' retirement in 1982, Lyons was elected TSSA General Secretary,[3] a position he retained until 1989.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Lyons, Charles Albert". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ a b c ‘Bert’ Charles Albert Lyons Archived October 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, TSSA Journal, March 2008 - retrieved 6/8/11
- ^ Single or Return, chapter 29 - retrieved 6/8/11