Nicky Wilson

Nicky Wilson (born 1950 or 1951) is a British trade unionist.

Wilson began working as an electrician at Cardowan Colliery in 1967. He joined the Scottish Colliery Enginemen, Boilermen and Tradesmen Association (SCEBTA), a constituent of the National Union of Mineworkers.^[1] During the UK miners' strike of 1984 to 1985, he organised pickets and also ran a soup kitchen for miners. He was arrested at Ravenscraig after some protesters - who he states were not miners themselves - began throwing bottles at vehicles. The case came to court, and he was found not guilty.^[2] Cardowan Colliery did not reopen after the strike, and Wilson found himself without work for a period before he was given employment at the Longannet coal mine.^[3]

Wilson was elected as secretary of SCEBTA but, due to job losses in the industry, in 1989 it was merged into the Scottish Area of the National Union of Mineworkers. Wilson became general secretary of the Scottish Area and although he lost an election for the post in 1997, he was re-elected in 1999.^[1] In 1999, he also became a director of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust.^[4]

Wilson lost his job in 2002 as the coal mine he worked at the time was closed, and he instead became a full-time trade unionist. In 2012, he was elected as President of the NUM, after becoming the only candidate to meet the requirements for nomination to the post. This was challenged in court by Stephen Mace, a Yorkshire-based miner who was a supporter of Arthur Scargill, but the tribunal ruled that his election was run correctly.^[1]

References

1 2 3 "Mineworkers’ union member fails in Employment Appeal Tribunal challenge to election of president", Scottish Legal News, 9 February 2015
↑ Graham Fraser, "Thatcher remembered: The Scottish NUM President Nicky Wilson", STV News, 17 April 2013
↑ "Miners Strike: 30 years on, memories still raw over bitter battle", Evening Times, 3 March 2015
↑ "The effects of the miners’ strike are still felt today 30 year on", Sunday Post, 9 March 2014

Trade union offices
Preceded by Eric Clarke	General Secretary of the Scottish Area of the National Union of Mineworkers 1989 – 1997	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by ?	General Secretary of the Scottish Area of the National Union of Mineworkers 1999 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Keith Stanley	Vice President of the National Union of Mineworkers 2010 – 2012	Succeeded by Wayne Thomas
Preceded by Ian Lavery	President of the National Union of Mineworkers 2012–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) and National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)
Presidents	1889 Pickard 1904 Enoch Edwards 1912 Smillie 1922 Smith 1929 Richards 1931 Ebby Edwards 1932 Lee 1934 J. Jones 1939 Lawther 1954 Ernest Jones 1960 Machen 1960 Ford 1971 Gormley 1982 Scargill 2002 Lavery 2012 Wilson
Vice-Presidents	1889 Woods 1909 Smillie 1912 Harvey 1914 House 1917 Smith 1922 Walsh 1924 Richards 1929 Ebby Edwards 1931 Lee 1932 J. Jones 1933 Davies 1934 Lawther 1939 Bowman 1950 Ernest Jones 1954 Edward Jones 1960 Collindridge 1963 Bullough 1969 Schofield 1973 McGahey 1987 Thompson 1989 Vacant 1992 Cave 2002 Stanley 2010 Wilson 2012 Thomas
General Secretaries	1889 Ashton 1919 Hodges 1924 Cook 1932 Ebby Edwards 1946 Horner 1959 Paynter 1968 Daly 1984 Heathfield 1992 Scargill 1992 Vacant? 2002 Kemp 2007 Kitchen
Treasurers	1889 Enoch Edwards 1904 Abraham 1918 Robson 1921 Richardson
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Strikes	1893 1912 1926 1969 1972 1974 1984–1985

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