North Wales Quarrymen's Union

North Wales Quarrymen's Union
Undeb Chwarelwyr Gogledd Cymru
Merged intoTransport and General Workers' Union
Founded27 April 1874
Dissolved1960
Location
Members2,607 (1907[1])
AffiliationsTUC

The North Wales Quarrymen's Union (NWQU) was a trade union in the United Kingdom.

History

The union was founded on 27 April 1874 at the Queen's Hotel, Caernarfon after a month of discussions between quarrymen from Dinorwic and other supporters.[2] Initially the union was not led by miners but radical Liberals who later became supporters of David Lloyd George's Cymru Fydd[3] It affiliated with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1923, but maintained a separate identity until 1960.[4]

Leadership

General Secretaries

1874: William John Parry
1876: W. J. Williams
1897: J. E. Williams
1898: William H. Williams
1908: Robert Jones
1933: R. W. Williams
1946: Robert J. Jones
1957: A. Owen

Presidents

1874: Morgan Richards
1874: John Lloyd Jones
1876: William John Parry
1880: Robert Parry of Ceunant
1884: William John Parry
1890s: W. W. Jones
1903:

See also

References

  1. ^ Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907. London: Board of Trade. 1909. pp. 82–101.
  2. ^ Jones, R. M. "The North Wales Quarrymen 1874" (1982) Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp.108-9
  3. ^ Dalton, I. "Nid Oes Bradwr Yn Y Ty Hwn: The Great North Wales Quarry Strikes" (2009) Bangor: Bangor Socialist Party, pg.5
  4. ^ Annual Report of the 1960 Trades Union Congress, p.108


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