Miners' Federation of Great Britain

Miners' Federation of Great Britain
SuccessorNational Union of Mineworkers
Founded26 November 1889
Dissolved1 January 1945
Headquarters50 Russell Square, London
Location
  • United Kingdom
Members
Bristol Miners' Association
Cumberland Miners' Association
Derbyshire Miners' Association
Durham Miners' Association
Kent Miners Association
Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Federation
Leicestershire Miners' Association
Midland Counties Miners' Federation
North Wales Miners' Association
Northumberland Miners' Association
Nottinghamshire Miners' Association
Scottish Miners Federation
Somerset Miners' Association
South Wales Miners' Federation
Yorkshire Miners' Association
AffiliationsMIF, TUC

The Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) was established after a meeting of local mining trade unions in Newport, Wales in 1888. The federation was formed to represent and co-ordinate the affairs of local and regional miners' unions in England, Scotland and Wales whose associations remained largely autonomous. At its peak, the federation represented nearly one million workers. It was reorganised into the National Union of Mineworkers in 1945.