Edward Hughes (trade unionist)
Edward Hughes (22 March 1856 – 10 March 1925) was a British trade unionist. Born in Berthengam in Flintshire, Hughes worked above ground at a local coal mine from the age of seven. He later moved to work at Mostyn Quay Colliery, then Hanmer Colliery. In 1875, he moved to Easington in County Durham to work at South Hetton Colliery, where he was active in supporting a strike in the mid-1880s. He returned to North Wales in 1887 to work for the Point of Ayr Colliery Company, where he led a three-week strike, and was subsequently elected as the pit's first checkweighman.
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Edward Hughes (trade unionist)
Edward Hughes (22 March 1856 – 10 March 1925) was a British trade unionist. Born in Berthengam in Flintshire, Hughes worked above ground at a local coal mine from the age of seven. He later moved to work at Mostyn Quay Colliery, then Hanmer Colliery. In 1875, he moved to Easington in County Durham to work at South Hetton Colliery, where he was active in supporting a strike in the mid-1880s. He returned to North Wales in 1887 to work for the Point of Ayr Colliery Company, where he led a three-week strike, and was subsequently elected as the pit's first checkweighman.
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Edward Hughes (22 March 1856 – ...... eeded by his son, Hugh Hughes.
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Edward Hughes (22 March 1856 – ...... the pit's first checkweighman.
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