Midland Counties Miners' Federation
| Founded | 1886 |
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| Date dissolved | 1945 |
| Merged into | National Union of Mineworkers |
| Affiliation | Miners' Federation of Great Britain |
| Key people | Enoch Edwards (President), Albert Stanley (Secretary) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
The Midland Counties Miners' Federation was a British trade union.
The union was founded in 1886 to represent coal miners in the West Midlands region of England. It initially had seven affiliates: the North Stafford Miners' Association, the Old Hill and Highley District Miners, Enginemen and Surfacemen's Association, the Pelsall District Miners, the Shropshire Miners' Association, the South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire Amalgamated Miners, and the West Bromwich District Miners.[1] It affiliated to the Miners' Federation of Great Britain.[2] The Warwickshire Miners' Association affiliated later.[3]
In 1945, the union became the Midland Area of the National Union of Mineworkers.
Presidents
- 1886: Enoch Edwards
- 1912:
- 1950s: Arthur Badderley
- 1963: Jack Lally
- 1983:
Secretaries
- 1886: S. H. Whitehouse
- Benjamin Dean
- 1890: Albert Stanley
- 1915: John Baker?
- 1930s: G. H. Jones
- 1948: J. H. Southall
- 1963: A. M. Jones
- 1983: Jim Colgan
- 1990s: Joe Wills
References
- ↑ Robin Page Arnot, The Miners, vol.1, p.105
- ↑ Robin Page Arnot, The Miners, vol.1, p.251
- ↑ Roy Gregory, The Miners and British Politics 1906-1914, p.168
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