Miners' Federation of Great Britain

Miners' Federation of Great Britain
Successor	National Union of Mineworkers
Founded	26 November 1889
Dissolved	1 January 1945
Headquarters	50 Russell Square, London
Location	United Kingdom;
Members	Bristol Miners' Association; Cumberland Miners' Association; Derbyshire Miners' Association ; Durham Miners' Association; Kent Miners Association; Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Federation; Leicestershire Miners' Association; Midland Counties Miners' Federation; North Wales Miners' Association; Northumberland Miners' Association; Nottinghamshire Miners' Association; Scottish Miners Federation; Somerset Miners' Association; South Wales Miners' Federation; Yorkshire Miners' Association
Affiliations	MIF, TUC

The Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) was established after a meeting of local mining trade unions in Newport, Wales in 1888. The federation was formed to represent and co-ordinate the affairs of local and regional miners' unions in England, Scotland and Wales whose associations remained largely autonomous. At its peak, the federation represented nearly one million workers. It was reorganised into the National Union of Mineworkers in 1945.