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Scottish trade unionist (born 1972) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rozanne Foyer (born November 1972) is a Scottish trade unionist who has served as the General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) since 2020; the first woman to hold the post.
Roz Foyer | |
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General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress | |
Assumed office 3 February 2020 | |
Preceded by | Grahame Smith |
Personal details | |
Born | Rozanne Foyer November 1972 Glasgow, Scotland |
Spouse |
Simon Macfarlane (m. 2002) |
Children | 2 |
Foyer grew up in Glasgow as an only child, where she helped out on her parents' market stall in the Barras.[1] She left school after her Highers, and worked in the VAT office, but left after being sexually harassed and unsure of her rights, an experience which inspired her to join a union.[2]
Foyer worked for the Benefits Agency, where she led a successful campaign against privatisation. This led the Graphical, Paper and Media Union to take her on full-time as a trainee organiser, following which she became an assistant secretary at the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC). Her next appointment was as a national officer for the Transport and General Workers' Union, and after it became part of Unite, she worked in its national organising department.[3][4]
Foyer served on the general council of the STUC for many years, served a term as chair of the STUC's youth committee. In 2020, she was appointed as General Secretary of the STUC, the first woman to hold the post.[3][4]
In March 2023, it was announced that Foyer would be joining Scottish newspaper The National as a regular columnist.[5]
Foyer has been married to Simon Macfarlane, also a trade unionist, since 2002.[6] They have two daughters.[2]
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