North Wales Quarrymen's Union

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North Wales Quarrymen's Union
Founded 27 April 1864
Date dissolved 1923
Merged into Transport and General Workers' Union
Country United Kingdom

The North Wales Quarrymen's Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It was founded on 27 April 1874 at the Queen's Hotel, Caenarfon after a month of discussions between quarrymen from Dinorwic and other supporters.[1] Initially the union was not led by miners but radical Liberals who later became supporters of David Lloyd George's Cymru Fydd[2] It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1923.

References

  1. Jones, R. M. "The North Wales Quarrymen 1874" (1982) Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp.108-9
  2. Dalton, I. "Nid Oes Bradwr Yn Y Ty Hwn: The Great North Wales Quarry Strikes" (2009) Bangor: Bangor Socialist Party, pg.5

See also

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