Cannock Chase Miners' Association

Cannock Chase Miners' Association
Cannock Chase Miners', Enginemen's and Surfacemen's Association
Founded1876
HeadquartersMiners' Hall, West Hill, Hednesford
Location
  • England
Members7,500 (1907)
Parent organization
Midland Miners' Federation

The Cannock Chase Miners', Enginemen's and Surfacemen's Association was a trade union representing coal miners working the Cannock Chase Coalfield in the Cannock Chase area of England.

The union was founded in 1876.[1] Albert Stanley became the leader of the union in 1884, and he put it on a much sounder footing.[2] In 1886, it became a founder constituent of the Midland Counties Miners' Federation, through which it subsequently became part of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB).[1] The association registered as a union with the Board of Trade in 1887, and at that point Stanley was officially appointed as general secretary.[2] Membership of the union grew steadily, reaching 7,500 in 1907.[3]

In 1945, the union became the Cannock Chase District of the Midland Area of the National Union of Mineworkers, with far less autonomy than before.[4] A couple of years later, it absorbed the Pelsall District.[5]

General Secretaries

1884: Albert Stanley
1907: S. F. Dangerfield
c.1915: John Baker

References

  1. ^ a b Marsh, Arthur; Ryan, Victoria (1984). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. Vol. 2. Aldershot: Gower Publishing. p. 208. ISBN 0566021617.
  2. ^ a b Page Arnot, Robin (1949). The Miners; a History of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain. Vol. 2. Allen & Unwin. p. 105.
  3. ^ Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907. London: Board of Trade. 1909. pp. 82–101.
  4. ^ Smethurst, John B.; Carter, Peter (June 2009). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. Vol. 6. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing. p. 508. ISBN 9780754666837. LCCN 80-151653.
  5. ^ National Union of Mineworkers, "Annual Conference 1946: Report of the National Executive Committee", p.98