Midland Counties Miners' Federation
- United Kingdom
Albert Stanley (Secretary)
National Union of Mineworkers (1944–2011)
The Midland Counties Miners' Federation was a trade union, representing coal miners in the West Midlands region of England.
History
The union was founded in 1886. It initially had seven affiliates, including 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, and the West Bromwich District Miners.[2] It affiliated to the Miners' Federation of Great Britain.[3]
By 1893, the federation's affiliates also included the Bristol Miners' Association, Forest of Dean Miners' Association, Somerset Miners' Association, and Warwickshire Miners' Association.[4][5] The first three of these accepted reductions in wages which went against federation policy, and therefore left in 1894, recombining as the South-Western Federation.[6]
In 1945, the union became the Midland Area of the National Union of Mineworkers, with less autonomy than before. It dissolved in 2011.[7]
Affiliates
Name | Founded | Joined | Members (1907) |
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Cannock Chase Miners', Enginemen's and Surfacemen's Association | 1876 | 1886 | 7,500[8] |
North Stafford Miners' Association | 1869 | 1886 | 16,709[8] |
Old Hill and Highley District Miners', Enginemen's and Surfacemen's Association | 1870 | 1886 | 1,116[9] |
Pelsall District Miners' Association | 1887 | 1887 | 6,120[8] |
Shropshire Miners' Association | 1886 | 1886 | 1,600[8] |
Warwickshire Miners' Association | 1885 | 1890s | 9,000[8] |
West Bromwich Miners' Association | 1869 | 1886 | 2,300[8] |
Leadership
Presidents
- 1886: Enoch Edwards
- 1912: Samuel Finney
- 1930s: F. J. Hancock
- 1941: John Blakemore?
- 1950s: Arthur Baddeley
- 1963: Jack Lally
- 1983: John Connon
Secretaries
- 1886: Samuel Henry Whitehouse
- 1888: Benjamin Dean
- 1890: Albert Stanley
- 1915: John Baker?
- 1930s: George Henry Jones
- 1948: J. H. Southall
- 1963: A. M. Jones
- 1983: Jim Colgan
- 1990s: Joe Wills
References
- ^ Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907. London: Board of Trade. 1909. p. 121-124.
- ^ Robin Page Arnot, The Miners, vol.1, p.105
- ^ Robin Page Arnot, The Miners, vol.1, p.251
- ^ Robin Page Arnot, The Miners, vol.1, p.224
- ^ Roy Gregory, The Miners and British Politics 1906-1914, p.168
- ^ Robin Page Arnot, The Miners, vol.1, p.298
- ^ Trade Union Certification Officer, "Annual Return for a Trade Union: National Union of Mineworkers (Midlands Area): 2010"
- ^ a b c d e f Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907. London: Board of Trade. 1909. p. 10-11.
- ^ Gregory, Roy (1968). The Miners and British Politics 1906-1914. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 168. Figure is for 1910.
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- 1889 Woods
- 1909 Smillie
- 1912 Harvey
- 1914 House
- 1917 Smith
- 1922 Walsh
- 1924 Richards
- 1929 Eb. Edwards
- 1931 Lee
- 1932 J. Jones
- 1933 Davies
- 1934 Lawther
- 1939 Bowman
- 1950 E. Jones
- 1954 T. Jones
- 1961 Collindridge
- 1963 Bullough
- 1969 Schofield
- 1973 McGahey
- 1987 Thompson
- 1989 Vacant
- 1992 Cave
- 2002 Stanley
- 2010 Wilson
- 2012 Thomas
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- 1919 Hodges
- 1924 Cook
- 1932 Eb. Edwards
- 1946 Horner
- 1959 Paynter
- 1968 Daly
- 1984 Heathfield
- 1992 Scargill
- 1992 Vacant?
- 2002 Kemp
- 2007 Kitchen
- 1889 En. Edwards
- 1904 Abraham
- 1918 Robson
- 1921 Richardson
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