National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades

N.U.B.
Full name National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades
Founded 1888
Date dissolved 1985
Merged into Iron and Steel Trades Confederation
Members 25,000 (1918)
Key people Joseph O'Hagan (General President)
Office location 93 Borough West Rd, Middlesbrough
Country United Kingdom

The National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades (NUB) was a trade union in the United Kingdom which existed between 1888 and 1985. It represented process workers in the British iron and steel industry.

History

Prior to the formation of the union, blastfurnacemen had been represented by the Associated Iron and Steel Workers of Great Britain, but this organisation concerned itself primarily with the puddlers.[1] In response, the Cleveland-based blastfurnacemen split away to form the "Cleveland Blastfurnacemen's Association" in 1878, followed in 1887 by a split in Cumberland. These two unions merged the following year to form the first National Association of Blastfurnacemen, which rapidly spread across the country.[1]

The union was re-founded in 1892 in Workington as the National Federation of Blastfurnacemen, with membership reaching 6,773 in 1898, then continuing a slow growth. In 1904, the organisation of the union devoted itself to organising in Cleveland and South Durham, while a new national federation of the same name was founded the following year, and the old union affiliated to it.[2] In 1909, it was renamed as the National Federation of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners and Kindred Trades, and membership topped 25,000 by 1918.[1] In 1921, the members of the federation united to form a single union, the "National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades".[2]

In 1985, the union merged into the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation.[3]

General Secretaries

1889: William Snow
1892: Patrick Walls
1915: Thomas McKenna
1939: Ambrose Callighan
1948: John Owen
1953: Joseph O'Hagan
1968: James Barry
1970: Hector Smith
1982: Nick Leadley

General Presidents

1921: Henry Nixon
1939: Ambrose Callighan
1939: Harry France
1948: Joseph O'Hagan

References

  1. 1 2 3 Marsh, Arthur; Ryan, Victoria (1984). Historical Directory of Trade Unions: Engineering, shipbuilding and minor metal trades; coal mining and iron and steel; agriculture, fishing and chemicals 2. Gower. p. 279. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  2. 1 2 Marsh, Arthur Ivor; Ryan, Victoria (2009). Smethurst, John B., ed. Historical Directory of Trade Unions 6. Ashgate Publishing. p. 279. ISBN 9780754693239. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  3. Marsh, Arthur Ivor; Ryan, Victoria (2009). Smethurst, John B., ed. Historical Directory of Trade Unions 6. Ashgate Publishing. p. 280. ISBN 9780754693239. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
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