Yorkshire Miners' Association
- United Kingdom
The Yorkshire Miners' Association was a British trade union. It is now an integral part of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM).
History
The union was founded in 1881 with the merger of the South Yorkshire Miners' Association, and the West Yorkshire Miners' Association, agreed only because both organisations were weakened by unsuccessful disputes. In order to save money, it moved away from its predecessors' focus on paying benefits to members who were unable to work, and instead aimed to improve working conditions.[3] This proved immediately successful, as the union obtained a 10% rise in wages in 1882, and membership grew to over 20,000.[4]
In 1994, the union's members were transferred to the national body, the NUM.[5]
Officials
General secretaries
- 1881: Benjamin Pickard
- 1904: William Parrott
- 1906: John Wadsworth
- 1923: Samuel Roebuck
- 1924: Joseph Jones
- 1939: Ernest Jones
- 1954: Fred Collindridge
- 1964: Sid Schofield
- 1973: Owen Briscoe
- 1986: Sammy Thompson
- 1988: Kenneth Homer
- 2002: Steve Kemp
- 2007: Chris Kitchen
Presidents
- 1881: Edward Cowey
- 1904: John Wadsworth
- 1906: Herbert Smith
- 1938: Joe Hall
- 1952: Alwyn Machen
- 1960: Sam Bullough
- 1973: Arthur Scargill
- 1982: Jack Taylor
- 1990: Frank Cave?
- 1990s: Steve Kemp
Vice presidents
- 1881: George Cragg
- 1889: John Wadsworth
- 1904: Herbert Smith
- 1906: John Guest
- 1919: Edward Hough
- 1945: Fred Collindridge
- 1954: Sam Bullough
- 1961: Jack Leigh
- 1978: Jack Taylor
- 1982: Sammy Thompson
- 1986:
- 1990s: Ken Capstick
References
- ^ Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907. London: Board of Trade. 1909. pp. 82–101.
- ^ Marsh, Arthur (1984). Trade Union Handbook (3 ed.). Aldershot: Gower. p. 259. ISBN 0566024268.
- ^ Carolyn Baylies, The History of the Yorkshire Miners, 1881-1918, pp.61-62
- ^ Carolyn Louise Baylies, The History of the Yorkshire Miners, 1881-1918, pp.74-75
- ^ Trade Union Certification Officer, "Mergers decision: National Union of Mineworkers (Yorkshire Area) proposed transfer of engagements to National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)", 19 May 1994
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