South Wales Miners' Federation

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labor organization miners' union trade union

The South Wales Miners' Federation was a powerful trade union representing coal miners in South Wales, central to the region’s industrial, political, and labor struggles in the late 19th and 20th centuries.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
South Wales Miners' Federation canonical 1
South Wales Miners' Federation Executive Council 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf labor organization ⓘ
miners' union ⓘ
trade union ⓘ
affiliation Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
Miners' Federation of Great Britain ⓘ
Trades Union Congress ⓘ
cause health and safety in mines ⓘ
improvement of miners' wages ⓘ
improvement of working conditions in coal mines ⓘ
political representation for miners ⓘ
shorter working day for miners ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolutionReason reorganization into National Union of Mineworkers areas ⓘ
dissolved 1945 ⓘ
field industrial relations ⓘ
labor relations ⓘ
trade unionism ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
hasPart districts ⓘ
lodges ⓘ
headquartersLocation Cardiff ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
historicalSignificance key organization in the political mobilization of Welsh miners ⓘ
major force in South Wales industrial disputes ⓘ
inception 1898 ⓘ
industry coal mining ⓘ
influenced Welsh Labour Party ⓘ
surface form: Labour Party in Wales

development of Welsh working-class politics ⓘ
industrial relations in the South Wales coalfield ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Glamorgan ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
mainOrgan South Wales Miners' Federation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: South Wales Miners' Federation Executive Council
movement labour movement ⓘ
socialist movement ⓘ
trade union movement ⓘ
nickname The Fed ⓘ
notableEvent 1910–1911 South Wales coalfield strike ⓘ
surface form: 1910–1911 South Wales coal strike

1921 miners' lockout ⓘ
1926 United Kingdom general strike ⓘ
Tonypandy riots ⓘ
interwar wage disputes in South Wales coalfield ⓘ
notableLeader A. J. Cook ⓘ
Arthur Horner ⓘ
Frank Hodges ⓘ
William Abraham (Mabon) ⓘ
notableMember A. J. Cook ⓘ
Aneurin Bevan ⓘ
James Griffiths ⓘ
Keir Hardie ⓘ
Morgan Phillips ⓘ
Noah Ablett ⓘ
politicalAlignment Labour Party–aligned ⓘ
left-wing ⓘ
regionServed South Wales ⓘ
shortName SWMF ⓘ
successor National Union of Mineworkers ⓘ
surface form: National Union of Mineworkers (South Wales Area)
unionRepresents coal miners ⓘ
colliery workers ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Miners' Federation of Great Britain → has part → South Wales Miners' Federation ⓘ
South Wales Miners' Federation → mainOrgan → South Wales Miners' Federation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Wales Miners' Federation Executive Council