Founded 27 April 1874 Country United Kingdom | Date dissolved 1923 | |
Merged into Transport and General Workers' Union | ||
The North Wales Quarrymen's Union (NWQU) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It was founded on 27 April 1874 at the Queen's Hotel, Caernarfon after a month of discussions between quarrymen from Dinorwic and other supporters. Initially the union was not led by miners but radical Liberals who later became supporters of David Lloyd George's Cymru Fydd It affiliated with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1923, but maintained a separate identity until 1960.
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General Secretaries
1874: William John Parry 1876: W. J. Williams 1897: J. E. Williams 1898: William H. Williams 1908: Robert Thomas JonesPresidents
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
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