Sam Bullough
Encyclopedia
Sam Bullough was president of the Yorkshire
region of the National Union of Mineworkers
, its largest region.
His unexpected death left the post of president vacant, to be taken by the compensation agent, Arthur Scargill
.
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
region of the National Union of Mineworkers
National Union of Mineworkers
The National Union of Mineworkers is a trade union for coal miners in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1945 as a reorganisation of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain . For much of the 20th century the NUM was a powerful force not only in the British union movement, but also in British...
, its largest region.
His unexpected death left the post of president vacant, to be taken by the compensation agent, Arthur Scargill
Arthur Scargill
Arthur Scargill is a British politician who was President of the National Union of Mineworkers from 1982 to 2002, leading the union through the 1984–85 miners' strike, a key event in British labour and political history...
.