National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)
trade union for coal miners in the United Kingdom
The National Union of Mineworkers is a trade union for coal miners in Great Britain, formed in 1945 from the Miners' Federation of Great Britain. That started in Newport, Monmouthshire in 1888.
It had around 170,000 members when Arthur Scargill became leader in 1981. In 2015 the active membership was around 100.[1]
References change
- ↑ McCarthy, James (2015-12-26). "Now down to just 100 active members - the decline of the once-mighty NUM". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-03-11.