National the union OF Mineworkers (NUM) is a British trade union. The trade union came out 1945 from a reorganization of the Miners' Federation OF Great Britain (MFGB).

The individual mountain worker trade unions, which were united in the federation, were in late 19. and early 20. Century the largest and most powerful trade unions of Great Britain and exercised a substantial influence on the trade union movement in the country. Among other things they represented the goal own trade union candidates to House of Commons elections to set up and attained in such a way 1874 the first seats in the House of Commons for members of the working class.

The defeat of the NUM in the mountain worker strike of 1984/1985 was the crucial point in the fight of Margaret Thatcher against the British trade unions.

Important labor disputes in the history of the trade union were:

• National Miners' Strike, 1912
• Strike in south Wales, 1915
• Black Friday, 1921
• Red Friday, 1925
• General strike, 1926
• Mountain worker strike 1973, which led to the resignation Edward Heaths.
• Mountain worker strike 1984/1985, which ended with a destroying defeat.

See also

• Neoliberalismus

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