National Federation of Colliery Mechanics' Associations

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The National Federation of Colliery Mechanics' Associations (NFCMA) was a federation bringing together unions representing mechanics at coal mines in Great Britain.

The federation was established in 1911, on the initiative of the Durham Colliery Mechanics' Association, with the Northumberland Colliery Mechanics' Association, the North Wales Surfacemen's Union, and a Scottish union also affiliating. [1] The federation was based in Durham, while its treasurer was John Batey from Nothumberland. In 1925, John Gillians became treasurer, and in 1933 also became secretary of the federation. [2]

Most of the federation's affiliates also held membership of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain. In 1945, this union reformed itself as the more centralised National Union of Mineworkers, and it appears that the NFCMA then dissolved. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Smethurst, John B.; Carter, Peter (June 2009). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. Vol. 6. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing. p.  525. ISBN   9780754666837. LCCN   80-151653.
  2. Archie Potts, "Gillians, John Moffett", Dictionary of Labour Biography, vol.IX, pp.9697