Tags: Trade Union.
The Union of Democratic Mineworkers is a British trade union based in Nottinghamshire England established in December 1984 by miners who continued working during the 1984-85 miners’ strike.The Nottinghamshire Miners’ Association initially remained within the National Union of Mineworkers with elected officers including Roy Lynk and Neil Greatrex the current General Secretary of the UDM.In 1992 The Independent newspaper reported that officials from the UDM had advised ministers on how to cut miners’ power – including attempting to weaken the National Association of Colliery Overmen Deputies and Shotfirers (NACODS).The UDM was widely criticised in March 2004 after it was revealed that its top two officials received pay and benefits of over £150000 each despite membership having fallen to 1431.