North Wales Quarrymen's 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.Jones, R. M. "The North Wales Quarrymen 1874" (1982) Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp.108-9 Initially the union was not led by miners but radical Liberals who later became supporters of David Lloyd George's Cymru FyddDalton, I. "Nid Oes Bradwr Yn Y Ty Hwn: The Great North Wales Quarry Strikes" (2009) Bangor: Bangor Socialist Party, pg.5 It affiliated with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1923, but maintained a separate identity until 1960.Annual Report of the 1960 Trades Union Congress, p.108

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:

See also

List of trade unions Slate industry in Wales TGWU amalgamations Transport and General Workers' Union

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