Yorkshire Miners' Association
| Founded | 1881 |
|---|---|
| Members | 20,000 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Former offices of the Yorkshire Miners' Association, in Barnsley.
The Yorkshire Miners' Association was a British trade union.
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.[1] This proved immediately successful, as the union obtained a 10% rise in wages in 1882, and membership grew to over 20,000.[2]
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
- 19??: Kenneth Homer
- 1994:
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
- 19??: Steve Kemp
- 2007: Chris Kitchen
Vice Presidents
- 1881: George Cragg
- 1889: John Wadsworth
- 1904: Herbert Smith
- 1906:
- 1920s: John Guest
- 1931: Edward Hough
- Fred Collinridge
- 1954: Sam Bullough
- 1961: Jack Leigh
- 1978: Jack Taylor
- 1980s: Sammy Thompson
- 1990s: Ken Capstick
References
- ↑ Carolyn Baylies, The History of the Yorkshire Miners, 1881-1918, pp.61-62
- ↑ Carolyn Louise Baylies, The History of the Yorkshire Miners, 1881-1918, pp.74-75
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