Catalogue description National Coal Board and predecessors: Memoranda of Agreements

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Reference: COAL 42
Title: National Coal Board and predecessors: Memoranda of Agreements
Description:

This series consists of books containing copies of the memoranda of agreements, arbitration awards and decisions, recommendations and interpretations relating to national questions concerning wages and conditions of employment in the British coal mining industry.

Prior to the appointment of the National Coal Board in July 1946, the memoranda of agreements were signed by the Mining Association of Great Britain and the National Union of Mineworkers (formerly the Mineworkers Federation of Great Britain) and between constituent associations of those bodies; after July 1946 they are signed by the National Coal Board/British Coal Corporation and the appropriate trade unions.

The memoranda were published annually.

Date: 1940-1987
Related material:

Records of the Mining Association of Great Britain are in COAL 11

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Board of Trade, Mines Department, 1920-1942

Mining Association of Great Britain, 1854-1954

Ministry of Fuel and Power, 1942-1957

National Coal Board, 1946-1986

National Union of Mineworkers, 1945-

Physical description: 55 files and volumes
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

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