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	Union of Democratic Mineworkers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was established on the 11 December 1984 during the UK miners' strike (1984-1985) by miners who wished to defy the policy of the National Union of Mineworkers, and its leader, Arthur Scargill.
		The Union of Democratic Mineworkers is a British trade union for coal miners, which is based in Nottinghamshire, England.
		Outside its own area, however, the union was widely regarded as strike-breaking association and was greeted with hostility and resentment by the strikers and by the labour movement in general.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Union_of_Democratic_Mineworkers (238 words)

	National Union of Mineworkers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In January 1945 the MFGB was superseded by the National Union of Mineworkers.
		The National Union of Mineworkers is a trade union for coal miners in the United Kingdom.
		Miners' unions continued to enlarge labour representation in the House of Commons in the years which followed, although they took little part in the founding of the Labour Party.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Union_of_Mineworkers (632 words)

	Margaret Thatcher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She curtailed the power of the trade unions, attempted to cut back the role of the state in business, and dramatically expanded home ownership, all of which were intended to create a more entrepreneurial culture.
		Thatcher was committed to reducing the power of the trade unions but, unlike the Heath government, adopted a strategy of incremental change rather than a single Act.
		These included laws that weakened trade unions and the deregulation of financial markets, which certainly succeeded in returning the City to a leadership position as a European financial centre, and her push for increased competition in telecommunications and other public utilities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Margaret_Thatcher (9590 words)

	modelling-union-democracy
		The unions are the Amalgamated Engineering Union and the National Union of Mineworkers.
		With the nationalization of the coal mines in 1947, the NUM achieved a virtual closed shop for almost all categories of non-supervisory blue collar workers, and it organized most white collar workers in competition with another union.
		But the democratic reform of a national union under capitalism is a major undertaking and, some would argue, an almost impossible task.
	www.etext.org /Politics/Progressive.Sociologists/authors/Edelstein.JDavid/modelling-union-democracy (3305 words)

	National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Submission on National Nuclear Regulator Bill and Nuclear Energy Bill – For Portfolio Committee on Minerals and Energy Affairs 23 February 1999
		The NUM submits that the proposal to exclude mines from the jurisdiction of the National Regulator is a proposal motivated primarily by the concerns of mining industry employers to reduce standards of radiation protection and regulation at mines and not by the interests of health and safety of workers and the general public.
		The NUM is convinced that in their current form and without significant amendment, the passing of the Nuclear Bills into law will not be in the interests of the health and safety of mineworkers, energy workers or the general public.
		The Bills totally ignore the provisions of the National Environment Act (which was passed by Parliament in 1998 after extensive deliberations and consultation with national government departments and between levels of government) concerning co-operative governance, the control of emergency incidents, and the requirement for regulations concerning environmental impact assessments.
	www.cosatu.org.za /docs/1999/nuke-num.htm (4864 words)

	Justice for Mineworkers
		Thatcher's major aims from the moment she assumed office was to destroy the Trade Union Movement and above all one of the most powerful trade unions in Britain, the National Union of Mineworkers.
		The mobilisation of financial support for the NUM from all sectors of the Labour movement enabled the miners to conduct their strike and to feed themselves and their families but the union was not able to pay its bills, affiliation fees or staff for over a year because of the sequestration of its funds.
		Notts - miner sacked AFTER the strike for putting an official NUM leaflet on the union notice board at the pit.
	freespace.virgin.net /terry.norm/introduction.htm (1376 words)

	The National Union of Mineworkers
		The NUM has always regarded education and knowledge as a powerful tool for the working class and as this site develops it is hoped that this will be of assistance in providing the visitor with an understanding of how the world is seen from the eyes of the National Union of Mineworkers.
		The National Union of Mineworkers is a unique organisation in that it still has a federal structure, which is comprised of area unions covering the length and breadth of Britain.
		The National Union of Mineworkers is alive and kicking, and is still representing miners, their families and their communities.
	www.num.org.uk (594 words)

	LW Books: The Art of Life
		During his life he played a crucial role in the fight for a national mineworkers union, and in the development of the National Coal Board; he was a champion of the Republicans in Spain; he was imprisoned several times for his views; and he was in constant demand as a speaker.
		Arthur Horner was one of the outstanding trade union leaders of the twentieth century the key figure in the creation of the National Union of Mineworkers and the National Coal Board in the post-war period.
		Arthur Horner (1894-1968) was a miners’ leader from the 1926 general strike to his retirement as general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers in 1959.
	www.l-w-bks.co.uk /books/archive/arthurhorner.html (408 words)

	Chamber of Mines of SA: Media News of the Day
		The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) had, for the first time, received sympathy from gold investors in the US, Canada and Australia during its wage negotiations with local mining companies, it said yesterday.
		Close to 30000 workers organised by the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) in both the motor industry and Iscor, the steel producer, may go on strike today and early next week.
		While leaders of the NUM are likely to be congratulating themselves on getting the best deal possible for members, their counterparts at the mines will be pouring over their calculators trying to work out how to pay for the increases.
	www.bullion.org.za /DailyMiningNews/2001notd/030801.htm (1291 words)

	The Militant - September 17, 2001 -- Coal miners strike in UK over bonuses
		In response to the growing problems facing miners, the National Union of Mineworkers is pursuing a claim that would place all miners, regardless of which company owns the mine, on the same rate of pay.
		ROSSINGTON, England--National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) members at Rossington Colliery (local) in South Yorkshire, 340 strong, are heading into their fourth week on strike against UK Coal, formerly RJ Budge Mining.
		Only pit deputies, who are members of the National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies, and Shot Firers, are responsible for pre-shift safety checks, are going to work, with union agreement.
	www.themilitant.com /2001/6535/653506.html (697 words)

	MineworkersRJBLtdDec.htm
		The National Union of Mineworkers (the NUM) submitted an application to the CAC dated 19 December 2000 that it should be recognised for collective bargaining by RJB Mining (UK) Limited (the Employer) and its subsidiary companies in respect of the national coal industry.
		At national level, still extant in spite of the "derecognition" of the NUM in 1986, is the National Concessionary Fuel Agreement for Mineworkers, Cokeworkers and their Beneficiaries dated 29 November 1983 made between the British Coal Board and the NUM.
		The formal recognition agreement was never concluded and the NUM and the Employer entered into lengthy correspondence with each other over whether the NUM were recognised at national level for the purposes of collective bargaining: the NUM asserting that it was and the Employer that it was not.
	www.cac.gov.uk /recent_decisions/Decision_texts/MineworkersRJBLtdDec.htm (3185 words)

	National Union of Mineworkers
		As the industry moved towards nationalisation, agreement for a National Union was reached in 1944 at the Nottingham Conference, and a ballot amongst the miners supported this.
		If national action, such as a strike is proposed, a conference must be called and a ballot taken in which two thirds of those voting must be in favour.
		The basic aim of all trade unions is to maintain, protect and improve the standard of living of its members.
	www.agor.org.uk /cwm/themes/Life/society/unions/national_union_of_mineworkers.asp (784 words)

	business.iafrica.com business news Solidarity can’t join Harmony strike
		A legal point has forced trade union Solidarity to abandon its active support for a National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) strike at Harmony's Free State operations.
		Cosatu backed the union's demands for a substantial pay rise, improvement in the conditions at the mine hostels, larger housing allowances for workers who don't live at the mines and a guarantee that miners who die of illness or are killed underground are replaced by relatives.
		Harmony spokesperson Ferdi Dippenaar said on Thursday that workers had gone on strike on Wednesday evening as a result of unresolved issues with the company, which he said were "not of national importance" and were unrelated to recent retrenchment issues in the mining industry.
	business.iafrica.com /news/886755.htm (528 words)

	NUM - Home
		The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) was formed on 5 December 1982.
		At the time of the launch the Union recorded a membership of 14 000 and since then the NUM moved from strengh to strength and became a giant union that it is today.
		The NUM is the largest recognised collective bargaining agent representing workers in the Mining, Construction and Electrical Energy Industries in South Africa and the largest affiliate of COSATU, with offices in all the South African Provinces.
	www.num.org.za (138 words)

	www.mineweb.net co_releases National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)
		When members of the NUM who are officials and unionmen die in most of the mines they have no access to undertakers and mortuary unless they have their own private arrangements, which makes this a union/association responsibility.
		In practice these arrangement forces workers who are in these categories to join other unions and associations for purposes of risk cover because unions that are historically in these categories have their schemes.
		The fact that the other funds in the industry, other than the Mineworkers Provident Fund, do cover the funeral provisions is proof that the MPF is made to carry additional burden on behalf of employers.
	www.mineweb.net /co_releases/443279.htm (867 words)

	BBC NEWS UK The decline of the miners' union
		The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) was once the most powerful in the UK, boasting around 500,000 members.
		The union's influence was at the core of the Labour Party in the early years of the 20th century, when more than 600,000 mineworkers toiled to provide coal for Britain's industrial might.
		But the union saw a breakaway faction emerge during the industrial dispute, when miners in Nottinghamshire voted by three-quarters to oppose the strike and form the breakaway Union of Democratic Mineworkers.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/uk/3733028.stm (745 words)

	Mail & Guardian Online:
		National Union of Mineworkers spokesperson Moferefere Lekorotsoana said that as far as Buffelsfontein was concerned, what the company was proposing was untenable.
		On Monday, according to the company, one last effort to persuade the National Union of Mineworkers to support various job-saving initiatives failed.
		"But for reasons best known to itself the National Union of Mineworkers leadership has failed to sign off on proposals from its own members at mine level."
	www.mg.co.za /articledirect.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__business&articleid=29408 (533 words)

	AEGiS-Reuters: Implats says strike persists, no demands
		Implats workers are unhappy with a funeral benefits deal reached by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) with Implats management.
		"Management continues to meet with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) to resolve the matter," Implats said in a statement.
		"The situation is exacerbated by the fact that no demands have been made of management and that the continued work stoppage appears to be related to disagreements within the union".
	www.aegis.com /news/re/2003/RE030316.html (645 words)

	Paul Foot: Battle for the NUM (1988)
		As soon, as the Frickley strike was lifted (not by British Coal, but by the National Union of Mineworkers) the employers and the government got their breath back and regained the upper hand.
		Of course, there are still a few weeks to go, and all supporters of Arthur Scargill in the union had better use them to the maximum.
		In the event, the NUM executive, steeped in the “new realism” of the modern fashionable left, backed away even from a full overtime ban and imposed a half-hearted, futile restriction on overtime which has hit some miners in the pocket but has not affected coal production or even productivity.
	www.marxists.org /archive/foot-paul/1988/01/num.htm (2771 words)

	De Beers and union spar over wage increases
		South Africa's largest mining union, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), has declared a wage dispute with De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited (DBCM).
		"DBCM is disappointed with the Union's response to this generous and progressively structured proposal, but is confident that a settlement will be reached and remains committed to a mutual gains process of negotiation," stated the release.
		NUM spokesman Moferefere Lekorotsoana told SABC News that wage negotiations would move to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
	www.nationaljeweler.com /nationaljeweler/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001014199 (351 words)

	Migration News
		The National Union of Mineworkers claimed that immigrants from European countries were being favored over the mostly black migrant workers form southern African nations.
		Following a request form the National Union of Mineworkers, South African President Nelson Mandela held talks with several senior government officials on October 27 to determine if foreign mineworkers should be allowed to vote in the November 1 local elections.
		The union challenged the Aliens Control Act, under which workers are entitled to permanent status after five years of working in South Africa.
	migration.ucdavis.edu /mn/more.php?id=806_0_5_0 (293 words)

	www.mineweb.net radio monday mining Gwede Mantashe, National Union of Mineworkers
		Gwede Mantashe is from the National Union of Mineworkers.
		In a statement issued by NUM today Elias Malutse, one of your branch chairmen, is quoted as saying Gold Fields should be employing in the order of 1,200 miners, never mind scaling back.
		A mineworker takes a lifelong investment of his energy and time and intelligence to be mobilised upward — that’s hierarchy.
	www.mineweb.net /radio/classic_mining/318328.htm (1380 words)

	Media News of the Day
		The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has threatened to embark on industrial action against Gold Fields gold mines to force the management to implement the agreement on housing and other conditions of service. This followed a planned march yesterday by the union's members to highlight the issues to mine management at Driefontein, near Carletonville.
		The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) lashed out at Iscor yesterday, accusing the steel giant of reneging on agreements about price hikes and of action it perceived could stifle the economy. In a statement, Numsa condemned Iscor's intention to increase the price of steel by an average 6 percent.
		South African) newspaper, the Media News of the Day: Mining however shows the reports usually only once.The full versions of the brief news quotations below are to be found in the print editions of the newspapers as indicated alongside the relevant headlines.
	www.bullion.org.za /DailyMiningNews/2004notd/March/040304.htm (404 words)

	Iain Murray on Kyoto on National Review Online
		During the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher's government was faced with something approaching outright rebellion in the form of a series of strikes by the National Union of Mineworkers, led by the far-left "Union Baron," Arthur Scargill.
		Blackouts and an energy crisis caused by mineworkers cutting off supplies of coal to the power plants had helped bring down a Conservative government in the 1970s, and so Mrs.
		This means that in order to meet Kyoto targets by 2035, the European Union will require a less than 15-percent reduction in emissions per capita, while the United States will require over 35 percent (and close to 50 percent under the high-population scenario).
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-murray091703.asp (1238 words)

	ZV address to the National Union of Mineworkers Central Committee
		Address to the National Union of Mineworkers Central Committee - 12 May 2005
		The labour movement will remain strong only if members are happy with the protection they receive from the unions through their shop stewards, union officials and their union comrades in general.
		This is reflected in the fact that profits have risen as a share of the national income, while wages have fallen.
	www.cosatu.org.za /speeches/2005/zv20050512.htm (3057 words)

	business.iafrica.com business news NUM slams Harmony over job cuts
		The National Union of Mineworkers on Monday accused Harmony Gold of callousness in announcing the imminent closure of six shafts which could cost at least 6300 mineworkers their jobs.
		Mantashe said the closure of the shafts, which was announced on Friday, would affect another 6300 workers, bringing the total number of mineworkers who would lose their jobs to 7300.
		"Harmony is showing their appreciation of the contribution made by black mineworkers through this callous act," NUM's general secretary Gwede Mantashe said in a statement.
	business.iafrica.com /news/314300.htm (292 words)

	Resource Investor - Gold & Silver - Second Union Joins Gold Mining Strike in South Africa
		More than 80,000 members of the National Union of Mineworkers walked off the job on Sunday, demanding higher wages and better living conditions at the mines.
		Union officials said they were waiting for employers to schedule a new round of negotiations.
		He said no negotiations were scheduled between the Chamber of Mines and the unions, but that talks were continuing between individual companies and the unions.
	www.resourceinvestor.com /pebble.asp?relid=11910 (567 words)

	A catalogue of the papers of Lawrence Daly
		Lawrence Daly was active in the National Union of Mineworkers from an early age.
		Draft of The miners and the nation, written by Lawrence Daly and published by National Union of Mineworkers Scottish Area, with corres with A. Moffat, David Francis, Bert Ramelson, Vic Allan and Michael Barratt-Brown re the draft;
		leaflet attacking Communist officials of National Union of Mineworkers Scottish Area, with references to events in Hungary, sgd "Patrick McGann" [1956];
	www.warwick.ac.uk /services/library/mrc/ead/302.htm (3517 words)

	The Militant - June 7, 2004 -- UMWA files for union vote at Co-Op mine in Utah
		Meanwhile, the Co-Op strikers received a check for $1,773.20 from the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in the Yorkshire area of England.
		“For years, some of these miners have been forced to pay dues to a company dominated ‘union’ that most of them did not know about until it surfaced during the current labor dispute,” said Mike Dalpiaz, UMWA International Executive Board member from Price, Utah, who is quoted in the union’s press release.
		The International Longshore and Warehouse Union in the Seattle area is organizing a labor tour for the striking miners in the Pacific Northwest in early June.
	www.themilitant.com /2004/6822/682201.html (1062 words)

	Strike 84 - Then and Now
		The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) responded by calling for a national strike.
		After 51 weeks on strike, a special delegate conference of the NUM voted by 98 to 91 votes to return to work.
		This was to be the first of 20 pit closures with the loss of 20,000 jobs.
	www.strike84.co.uk (228 words)

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