Robert Openshaw (1891 – 6 November 1962) was a British trade unionist.
Born in Bolton, Openshaw was a keen cricketer, and once took all ten wickets in a Bolton Cricket League match.
He moved to Crewe to find work, and became an engineer in the railway workshops there.
[1][2] Openshaw represented the AEU on the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party from 1940 to 1948,[2] and at the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
[1] In 1953, Openshaw was elected as the President of the AEU; he served until his retirement, three years later.