Yorkshire Miners' Association

{{Infobox union

|name = Yorkshire Miners' Association

|affiliation = MFGB

|members = 79,052 (1907{{cite book|title=Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907|date=1909|publisher=Board of Trade|location=London|pages=82–101}})

|image = File:Yorkshire Area of the National Union of Mineworkers logo.jpg

|founded = 1881

|dissolved = 1994

|merged = National Union of Mineworkers

|publication =Yorkshire Miner{{cite book |last1=Marsh |first1=Arthur |title=Trade Union Handbook |date=1984 |publisher=Gower |location=Aldershot |isbn=0566024268 |page=259 |edition=3}}

|headquarters = Barnsley

|key_people =

|website ={{url|www.num.org.uk/page/NUMYorkshireArea}}

|footnotes =

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The Yorkshire Miners' Association was a British trade union. It is now an integral part of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM).

History

The union was founded in 1881 with the merger of the South Yorkshire Miners' Association, and the West Yorkshire Miners' Association, agreed only because both organisations were weakened by unsuccessful disputes. In order to save money, it moved away from its predecessors' focus on paying benefits to members who were unable to work, and instead aimed to improve working conditions.Carolyn Baylies, The History of the Yorkshire Miners, 1881-1918, pp.61-62 This proved immediately successful, as the union obtained a 10% rise in wages in 1882, and membership grew to over 20,000.Carolyn Louise Baylies, The History of the Yorkshire Miners, 1881-1918, pp.74-75

In 1994, the union's members were transferred to the national body, the NUM.Trade Union Certification Officer, "[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mergers-decision-national-union-of-mineworkers-yorkshire-areaproposed-transfer-of-engagements-to-national-union-of-mineworkersnum Mergers decision: National Union of Mineworkers (Yorkshire Area) proposed transfer of engagements to National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)]", 19 May 1994