Undeb Chwarelwyr Gogledd Cymru | |
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Merged into | Transport and General Workers' Union |
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Founded | 27 April 1874 |
Dissolved | 1960 |
Location | |
Members | 2,607 (1907 [1] ) |
Affiliations | TUC |
The North Wales Quarrymen's Union (NWQU) was a trade union in the United Kingdom.
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]