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National Union of Mineworkers

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National Union of Mineworkers Rally, Rother Valley, 1984

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A National Union of Mineworkers female shopsteward was shot and killed at Lonmin's Rowland shaft

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National Union of Mineworkers calls for the dissolution of the Eskom board

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COLGAN JIM,National Union of Miners.

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General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, Frans Baleni

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). The NUM took part in three national miners' strikes, in 1972, 1974 and 1984–85. After the 1984–85 strike and the subsequent closure of most of Britain's coal mines, it became a much smaller union. It had around 170,000 members when Arthur Scargill became leader in 1981, a figure which had fallen in 2015 to an active membership of around 100.
  • Origins 

  • Post-1945 

  • The Miners' Strike, 1984–85 

  • Decline 

  • Landmark events 

  • Officers 

  • Notable people