- National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades
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N.U.B. Full name National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades Founded 1878 Date dissolved 1985 Merged into Iron and Steel Trades Confederation Members 25,000 (1918) Country United Kingdom Key people Joseph O'Hagan (General Secretary) The National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades (NUB) was a trade union in the United Kingdom.
Prior to the formation of the union, blastfurnacemen had been represented by the Amalgamated Malleable Ironworkers of Great Britain, but this organisation concerned itself primarily with the puddlers.[1] In response, the Cleveland-based blastfurnacemen split away to form the "Cleveland Blastfurnacemen's Association" in 1878, followed in 1887 by a split in Cumberland. These two unions merged the following year to form the first National Association of Blastfurnacemen, which rapidly spread across the country.[2]
The union was re-founded in 1892 in Workington as the National Federation of Blastfurnacemen, with membership reaching 6,773 in 1898, then continuing a slow growth. In 1904, the organisation of the union devoted itself to organising in Cleveland and South Durham, while a new national federation of the same name was founded the following year, and the old union affiliated to it.[3] In 1909, it was renamed as the National Federation of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners and Kindred Trades, and membership topped 25,000 by 1918.[2] In 1921, the members of the federation united to form a single union, the "National Union of Blastfurnacement, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades".[3]
In 1985, the union merged into the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation.[4]
General Secretaries
- 1892: Patrick Walls
- 1921: Tom McKenna
- 1940: A. Callaghan
- 195x: Joseph O'Hagan
- 1971: Hector Smith
- 198x: Nick Leadley
References
- ^ Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan, Historical Directory of Trade Unions Vol.2, p.279
- ^ a b Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan, Historical Directory of Trade Unions Vol.2, p.279
- ^ a b John B. Smethurst and Peter Carter, Historical directory of trade unions, Volume 6, p.279
- ^ John B. Smethurst and Peter Carter, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, Vol.6, p.280
Categories:- Former British trade unions
- Organizations established in 1888
- Organizations disestablished in 1985
- 1888 establishments in the United Kingdom
- Metal trade unions
- Miners' labor unions
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