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Somerset Miners' Association, the Glossary

The Somerset Miners' Association or Somersetshire Miners' Association was a coal mining trade union based in the Somerset coalfield, Somerset, England.^[1]

15 relations: Amalgamated Association of Miners, Bristol Miners' Association, Coal mining, David Llewellyn (trade unionist), Forest of Dean Miners' Association, Midland Counties Miners' Federation, Miners' Federation of Great Britain, National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain), Radstock, Samuel Henry Whitehouse, Somerset, Somerset Coalfield, South Wales Miners' Federation, Trade union, University of the West of England.
Mining in Somerset
Politics of Somerset
Trade unions disestablished in 1956
Trade unions established in 1872

Amalgamated Association of Miners

The Amalgamated Association of Miners (AAM) was formed in 1869 in Lancashire, at a time of increasing industrial conflict in the British coalfields. Somerset Miners' Association and Amalgamated Association of Miners are mining trade unions.

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Bristol Miners' Association

The Bristol Miners' Association was a trade union representing coal miners in Bristol and Bedminster in England. Somerset Miners' Association and Bristol Miners' Association are mining in Somerset, mining trade unions and National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain).

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Coal mining

Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine.

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David Llewellyn (trade unionist)

David Rolfe Llewellyn (8 June 1907 – 21 October 1981) was a Welsh miner, trade unionist, and political activist, who also fought in the Spanish Civil War.

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Forest of Dean Miners' Association

The Forest of Dean Miners' Association was a trade union for coal miners in the Forest of Dean area of England. Somerset Miners' Association and Forest of Dean Miners' Association are mining trade unions and National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain).

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Midland Counties Miners' Federation

The Midland Counties Miners' Federation was a trade union, representing coal miners in the West Midlands region of England. Somerset Miners' Association and Midland Counties Miners' Federation are mining trade unions and National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain).

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Miners' Federation of Great Britain

The Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) was established after a meeting of local mining trade unions in Newport, Wales in 1888. Somerset Miners' Association and Miners' Federation of Great Britain are mining trade unions.

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National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is a trade union for coal miners in Great Britain, formed in 1945 from the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB). Somerset Miners' Association and National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain) are mining trade unions.

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Radstock

Radstock is a town and civil parish on the northern slope of the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England, about south-west of Bath and north-west of Frome.

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Samuel Henry Whitehouse

Samuel Henry Whitehouse (14 February 1849 – 20 December 1919) was a British trade unionist.

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Somerset

Somerset (archaically Somersetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Somerset Coalfield

The Somerset Coalfield in northern Somerset, England is an area where coal was mined from the 15th century until 1973. Somerset Miners' Association and Somerset Coalfield are mining in Somerset.

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South Wales Miners' Federation

The South Wales Miners' Federation (SWMF), nicknamed "The Fed", was a trade union for coal miners in South Wales. Somerset Miners' Association and South Wales Miners' Federation are mining trade unions and National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain).

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Trade union

A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting and increasing the bargaining power of workers.

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University of the West of England

The University of the West of England (also known as UWE Bristol) is a public research university, located in and around Bristol, England, UK.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_Miners'_Association

Also known as Somerset Area of the National Union of Mineworkers, Somersetshire Miners' Association.