Nottinghamshire Miners' Association
- United Kingdom
The Nottinghamshire Miners' Association was a trade union representing coal miners in Nottinghamshire, England.
A Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Miners' Association was founded in the 1860s, but became moribund by the 1870s, although some branches remained active, including trade unionists such as Samuel Smith, Aaron Stewart and William Hardy. In 1881, they constituted a new Nottingham Miners' Federation based on the rules of the old union, and by 1884 membership had risen to more than 2,000. That year, two unsuccessful strikes took place and membership halved. In response, the union elected new officials and adopted a new name, the "Nottinghamshire Miners' Association", and constitution.[2] In 1889, the Association was a founder member of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain.[3]
In 1926, at the height of the General Strike, General Secretary George Alfred Spencer, on behalf of the Nottinghamshire Miners Association, negotiated a deal with the local mine owners which brought him into conflict with the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, who wished to see the strike continue. Unhappy with the influence of the MFGB, Spencer led a breakaway from the NMA, supported by moderates such as John Hancock, setting up the Nottinghamshire and District Miners' Industrial Union (NMIU) based mostly in The Dukeries. The NMIU lasted for eleven years separate from the Miners' Federation of Great Britain. In 1937, an agreement was reached between the NMA and the NMIU and they merged to form the Nottinghamshire Miners' Federated Union, with Spencer becoming the President.[4]
In 1945, the union became the Nottinghamshire Area of the National Union of Mineworkers. After the 1984–1985 miners' strike, the majority of members broke away to form the Union of Democratic Mineworkers.
Presidents
- 1881: Joseph Allen
- 1883: Joseph Hopkin
- 1884: Charles West
- 1888: Aaron Stewart
- 1897: William Hardy
- 1899: John E. Whyatt
- 1907: Charles Bunfield
- 1909: William Carter
- 1910: John E. Whyatt
- 1912: George Alfred Spencer
- 1918: Frank Varley
- 1929: Bill Bayliss
- 1930: Val Coleman
- 1932: Herbert Booth
- 1937: Bernard Taylor
- 1937: George Alfred Spencer
- 1945: Bill Bayliss
- 1952: E. J. Lee
- 1956: Alf Eggleshaw
- 1957: Jack Tighe
- 1971: Len Clarke
- 1979: Ray Chadburn
- Keith Stanley
General Secretaries
- 1881: William Kay
- 1884: Aaron Stewart
- 1887: William Bailey
- 1893: John Hancock
- 1897: Aaron Stewart
- 1910: Charles Bunfield
- 1914:
- 1918: George Alfred Spencer
- 1926: William Carter
- 1932: Val Coleman
- 1945: Herbert Booth
- by 1955: Albert Martin
- 1971: Len Martin
- 1977: Joe Whelan
- 1983: Henry Richardson
References
- ^ Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907. London: Board of Trade. 1909. pp. 82–101.
- ^ Alan R. Griffin, A History of the Nottinghamshire Miners, Part I, pp.11-39
- ^ Alan R. Griffin, A History of the Nottinghamshire Miners, Part I, p.64
- ^ "Nottinghamshire NUM Area History". Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
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