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The National Union of Mineworkers is a trade union for coal miners in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1945 as a reorganisation of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain. From 1981 to 2000 it was led by Arthur Scargill.The MFGB was involved in many serious trade disputes, including the National Miners' Strike of 1912 and the General Strike in 1926. The NUMis best known for its role in the 1984-85 Miners' Strike, and for a number of other major disputes in which it participated in the 1970s. On the political front, miners' unions were pioneers of independent working class representation in Parliament.
1 Origins of the NUM
The Miners’ Federation of Great Britain was established in 1888. As its title suggests, it was not a unified, centralised trade union. It represented and co-ordinated the affairs of the various existing local and regional miners’ unions, but those associations remained largely autonomous. The South Wales Miners’ Federation did not join until 1898, followed by Northumberland in 1907 and DurhamFor other places called Durham, see Durham (disambiguation). Durham is a small city in County Durham in the north east of England, situated 25 km (15 miles) to the south of Newcastle upon Tyne. The River Wear flows through the city, enclosing the centre o in 19081908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 A ball signifying New Year's Day drops in New York City's Times Square for the first time January 8 A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue T. Its membership in the latter year was 600,000.
In JanuaryJanuary is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, and has 31 days. It is named for Janus, the Roman god of doors and gateways. The original Roman calendar consisted of 10 months (304 days). The Romans originally considered winter a monthle 1945 the MFGB was superseded by the National Union of Mineworkers. Within that organisation, each coalfield continued to exercise a degree of autonomy, having its own District Association and its own President, General Secretary, and headquarters.
The miners' unions were the largest and most powerful industrial combinations of their day, and exercised a great influence on the rest of the British labour movement. The first working class Member of Parliament, Thomas BurtThomas Burt ( 12 November 1837- 12 April 1922) was involved in the British labour movement. Under the Radical Labour party, he served as the representative of Morpeth from 1874 to 1918. External links . and Alexander Macdonald , elected in 1874Events January 1 New York City annexes The Bronx January 23 Marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria, to Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, only daughter of Emperor Alexander III of Russia. January Signing of the Pangkor Tr, represented mining constituencies and were funded by miners’ associations. Miners’ unions continued to enlarge labour representation in the House of CommonsIn a bicameral parliament of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. The Commons generally holds much more power than the upper house (the senate or House of Lords). The leader of the majority in the years which followed, although they took little part in the founding of the Labour PartyThe name Labour Party or Labor Party is used by several political parties around the world. They are usually Social Democrats and traditionally allied to trade unions. Many labour parties are members of Socialist International Antigua Antigua Labour Party. Many miners’ MPs sat with the Liberal Party (UK) and the MFGB did not affiliate to the Labour Party until 1909.
