The Northumberland Miners' Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom.
| Dissolved | National Union of Mineworkers |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1864 |
| Dissolved | 2018 |
| Location | |
| Members | 32,327 (1907[1]) |
Parent organization | MNU (1864–1898) MFGB (1907–1944) NUM (1945–2018) |
| Affiliations | Miners' Federation of Great Britain |
The union was founded in 1864 to represent coal miners in Northumberland, following the collapse of a short-lived union covering both Northumberland and Durham miners. Originally named the Northumberland Miners' Mutual Confident Association, it aimed for respectability, requiring high subscriptions and avoiding strikes.[2] It did not affiliate to the national body, the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, until 1907. In 1945, this became the National Union of Mineworkers, and the association became its Northumberland Area. This was dissolved in 2018.[3]
General Secretaries
edit- 1864: William Crawford
- 1865: Thomas Burt
- 1913: William Straker
- 1935: Jim Bowman
- 1950: Robert Main
- 1975: Sammy Scott
- 1985:
- 1992: Ian Lavery
- 2010: Denis Murphy
Presidents
edit- John Nixon
- 1872: William Grieves
- John Bryson
- John Nixon
- 1896: Hugh Boyle
- 1907: Joseph English
- 1914: William Weir
- 1927: William Golightly
- 1940: Hugh McKay
- 1960s: Tom Holliday
- 1977:
- 1980s: Denis Murphy
Financial Secretaries
edit- 1906: John Cairns
- 1918: Ebby Edwards
- 1929: John Carr
- 1939: Jack Besford
Footnotes
edit- ^ Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907. London: Board of Trade. 1909. p. 82-101.
- ^ Roy A. Church and Quentin Outram, Strikes and Solidarity: Coalfield Conflict in Britain, 1889-1966, p. 103
- ^ "Former trade unions". Trade Union Certification Officer. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
References
edit- National Union of Mineworkers, Northumberland Miners 1919-1939