Pelsall District Miners' Association

English coal miner trade union
  • England
Members
6,120 (1907)[1]
Parent organization
Midland Miners' Federation

The Pelsall District Miners' Association was a trade union representing coal miners in the Walsall area of England.

The union was founded in 1887. By the end of the year, it already had 2,181 members, and had appointed Benjamin Dean as its full-time agent and secretary. It also affiliated to the Midland Counties Miners' Federation.[2]

Membership of the union was fairly constant for many years, but by 1907 had increased to 6,120. It fell to 3,713 in 1911, but was back over 5,000 by 1925.[1][2]

In 1945, the union became the Pelsall District of the Midland Area of the National Union of Mineworkers, with far less autonomy than before.[2] A couple of years later, it merged into the Cannock Chase District.[3]

General Secretaries

1887: Benjamin Dean
1910: Frederick James Dean
1923: John Blakemore

References

  1. ^ a b Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907. London: Board of Trade. 1909. pp. 82–101.
  2. ^ a b c Smethurst, John B.; Carter, Peter (June 2009). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. Vol. 6. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing. p. 508. ISBN 9780754666837. LCCN 80-151653.
  3. ^ National Union of Mineworkers, "Annual Conference 1946: Report of the National Executive Committee", p.98
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Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) and National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)
Presidents
  • 1889 Pickard
  • 1904 En. Edwards
  • 1912 Smillie
  • 1922 Smith
  • 1929 Richards
  • 1931 Eb. Edwards
  • 1932 Lee
  • 1934 J. Jones
  • 1939 Lawther
  • 1954 E. Jones
  • 1960 Machen
  • 1960 Ford
  • 1971 Gormley
  • 1982 Scargill
  • 2002 Lavery
  • 2012 Wilson
Vice-Presidents
General Secretaries
Treasurers
  • 1889 En. Edwards
  • 1904 Abraham
  • 1918 Robson
  • 1921 Richardson
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