Preface Acknowledgements 1. Opening out of the Yorkshire coalfield 2. Community and combination 3. The Yorkshire Miners’ Association during the 1880s 4. Testing – 1893 5. Federation activities and operations of the conciliation board, 1894-1906 6. Worker solidarity and the eight-hour day 7. The union at branch and district levels; grievances and industrial action 8. Scope of union membership 9. Politics and the YMA – the Barnsley by-election of 1897 10. The Yorkshire coalfield after 1900 – Opening up of the Doncaster area 11. Denaby – Cadeby strike of 1902 and ensuing legal action 12. Evolving union policies and politics – Hemsworth dispute, 1906 13. The minimum wage strike – Operation of the Minimum Wage Act 14. The YMA during the War 15. Towards an industrial union Appendix I Appendix II Appendix III Notes Bibliography Index
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Carolyn Baylies
