Yorkshire Miners' Association









































Yorkshire Miners' Association
Yorkshire Area of the National Union of Mineworkers logo.jpg
Founded 1881
Date dissolved 1994
Merged into National Union of Mineworkers
Members 79,052 (1907[1])
Affiliation MFGB
Office location Barnsley
Country United Kingdom
Website www.num.org.uk/page/NUMYorkshireArea



Former offices of the Yorkshire Miners' Association, in Barnsley.


The Yorkshire Miners' Association was a British trade union. It is now an integral part of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM).




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Officials


    • 2.1 General Secretaries


    • 2.2 Presidents


    • 2.3 Vice Presidents




  • 3 References





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.[2] This proved immediately successful, as the union obtained a 10% rise in wages in 1882, and membership grew to over 20,000.[3]


In 1994, the union's members were transferred to the national body, the NUM.[4]



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



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





  1. ^ Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907. London: Board of Trade. 1909. p. 82-101..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Carolyn Baylies, The History of the Yorkshire Miners, 1881-1918, pp.61-62


  3. ^ Carolyn Louise Baylies, The History of the Yorkshire Miners, 1881-1918, pp.74-75


  4. ^ 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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