Miners' Federation of Great Britain

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miners' union national federation of trade unions trade union

The Miners' Federation of Great Britain was the principal trade union representing British coal miners and a major force in early 20th-century labor struggles, including the 1926 General Strike.

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Label	Occurrences
Miners' Federation of Great Britain canonical	10

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	miners' union ⓘ national federation of trade unions ⓘ trade union ⓘ
affiliation	Labour Party (UK) ⓘ Trades Union Congress ⓘ
applies to jurisdiction	Great Britain ⓘ
country	Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolution cause	reorganization into the National Union of Mineworkers ⓘ
dissolved	1945 ⓘ
field	industrial relations ⓘ labor movement ⓘ
goal	improvement of wages and working conditions for coal miners ⓘ nationalization of the coal industry ⓘ
has part	Durham Miners' Association ⓘ Northumberland Miners' Association ⓘ Scottish Miners' Federation ⓘ South Wales Miners' Federation ⓘ Yorkshire Miners' Association ⓘ
headquarters location	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
historical period	early 20th century ⓘ interwar period in the United Kingdom ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
inception	1888 ⓘ
industry	coal mining ⓘ
language of work or name	English ⓘ
location of activity	coalfields of England ⓘ coalfields of Scotland ⓘ coalfields of Wales ⓘ
notable role	key component of the British miners' trade union movement ⓘ leading organization in the 1926 General Strike ⓘ major force in early 20th-century British labor struggles ⓘ
organized by	district miners' associations ⓘ
political alignment	labour movement ⓘ social democracy ⓘ
represented	coal miners in Great Britain ⓘ
significant event	1912 national coal strike in the United Kingdom ⓘ 1921 UK miners' strike ⓘ campaigns for a national minimum wage for miners ⓘ opposition to wage reductions in the interwar period ⓘ participation in the 1926 United Kingdom general strike ⓘ
successor	National Union of Mineworkers ⓘ
type of organization	federation of local and regional miners' unions ⓘ
union membership	hundreds of thousands of coal miners ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

May 1926 General Strike in the United Kingdom → significantParticipant → Miners' Federation of Great Britain ⓘ

Samuel Commission on the coal industry → opposedBy → Miners' Federation of Great Britain ⓘ

Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912 → relatedTo → Miners' Federation of Great Britain ⓘ

National Union of Mineworkers → predecessor → Miners' Federation of Great Britain ⓘ

South Wales Miners' Federation → affiliation → Miners' Federation of Great Britain ⓘ

Yorkshire Miners' Association → affiliation → Miners' Federation of Great Britain ⓘ

1921 UK miners' strike → organizedBy → Miners' Federation of Great Britain ⓘ

1921 UK miners' strike → participant → Miners' Federation of Great Britain ⓘ

Scottish Miners' Federation → affiliation → Miners' Federation of Great Britain ⓘ

Northumberland Miners' Association → affiliation → Miners' Federation of Great Britain ⓘ