North Wales Quarrymen's Union
Former trade union of the United Kingdom
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The North Wales Quarrymen's Union (NWQU) was a trade union in the United Kingdom.
| Undeb Chwarelwyr Gogledd Cymru | |
| |
| Merged into | Transport and General Workers' Union |
|---|---|
| Founded | 27 April 1874 |
| Dissolved | 1960 |
| Location | |
| Members | 2,607 (1907[1]) |
| Affiliations | TUC |
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:
