North Wales Quarrymen's Union

North Wales Quarrymen's Union
Founded 27 April 1864
Date dissolved 1923
Merged into Transport and General Workers' Union
Country United Kingdom

The North Wales Quarrymen's Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It was founded on 27 April 1864 at the Queen's Hotel, Caenarfon after a month of discussions between quarrymen from Dinorwic and other supporters.[1] Initially the union was not led by miners but radical Liberals who later became supporters of David Lloyd George's Cymru Fydd[2] It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1923.

References

  1. ^ Jones, R. M. "The North Wales Quarrymen 1874" (1982) Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp.108-9
  2. ^ Dalton, I. "Nid Oes Bradwr Yn Y Ty Hwn: The Great North Wales Quarry Strikes" (2009) Bangor: Bangor Socialist Party, pg.5

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