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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is a trade union for coal miners in Great Britain, formed in 1945 from the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB). The NUM took part in three national miners' strikes, in 1972, 1974 and 1984–85. Following the 1984–85 strike, and the subsequent closure of most of Britain's coal mines, it became a ...
The 1972 United Kingdom miners' strike was a major dispute over pay between the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the Conservative Edward Heath government of the United Kingdom. Miners' wages had not kept pace with those of other industrial workers since 1960.
UK miners' strike (1984–1985) (21 P) V. ... Pages in category "National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 ...
Although not official policy, employment of non-unionised labour would have led to a mass walkout of mineworkers. [20]: 267 The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) came into being in 1945 and in 1947 most collieries in Britain were nationalised (958 nationalised, 400 private).
Arthur Scargill (born 11 January 1938) [1] is a British trade unionist who was President of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) from 1982 to 2002. He is best known for leading the 1984–1985 UK miners' strike, a major event in the history of the British labour movement.
Joe Gormley was born in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire in 1917, one of seven children, [1] and became a miner at the age of fourteen. He was an active trade union official and became a committee member of the St Helens area branch of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in 1957.
National Union of Mineworkers may refer to: National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain) National Union of Mineworkers (South Africa) See also.
The National Union of Mineworkers headquarters is a building in Sheffield, England which formerly housed the head office of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM).