Union of Metallurgical and Mining Workers

{{Short description|Trade union in Yugoslavia}}

The Union of Metallurgical and Mining Workers ({{langx|sh|Sindikat rudarskih i metalurgijskih radnika}}) was a trade union representing workers in two related industries in Yugoslavia.

The union was founded in 1955, when the Union of Metallurgical Workers and Employees merged with the Union of Mining Workers. Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the Confederation of Trade Unions of Yugoslavia.{{cite web |title=Sindikat rudarskih i metalurgijskih radnika Jugoslavije. Republički odbor za Hrvatsku |url=http://arhinet.arhiv.hr/details.aspx?ItemId=3_9445 |website=Arhivsko gradivo |publisher=Croatian National Archives |access-date=9 September 2021}} On formation, it had 127,940 members, and was led by Nikola Kotle.{{cite book |title=Directory of Labor Organizations: Europe |volume=2 |date=1955 |publisher=United States Department of Labor |location=Washington DC |page=30.1–30.11}}

On 18 April 1959, it merged with the Union of Chemical Industry Workers, to form the Union of Mining, Metallurgical and Chemical Workers.

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