North Wales Quarrymen's Union Explained

North Wales Quarrymen's Union
Location Country:	United Kingdom
Affiliation:	TUC
Members:	2,607 (1907^[1])
Native Name:	Undeb Chwarelwyr Gogledd Cymru
Founded:	27 April 1874
Dissolved:	1960
Merged:	Transport and General Workers' Union

The North Wales Quarrymen's Union (NWQU) was a trade union in the United Kingdom.

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:

References

Richard Merfyn Jones, The trade union and political activities of the North Wales slate quarrymen in relation to their social and working conditions: 1870-1905

Notes and References

Book: Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907. 1909. Board of Trade. London. 82–101.
Jones, R. M. "The North Wales Quarrymen 1874" (1982) Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp.108-9
Dalton, I. "Nid Oes Bradwr Yn Y Ty Hwn: The Great North Wales Quarry Strikes" (2009) Bangor: Bangor Socialist Party, pg.5
Annual Report of the 1960 Trades Union Congress, p.108