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Description of Arthur Horner

Arthur Horner (1894-1968) was a miners' leader from the 1926 general strike to his retirement as general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers in 1959. During his life he played a crucial role in the fight for a national mineworkers union, and in the development of the National Coal Board. He was a champion of the Republicans in Spain, was imprisoned several times for his views, and was in constant demand as a speaker. But it was his warmth, good humour and enthusiasm which made 'little Arthur', as he was affectionately known by his union colleagues, really memorable. Horner was a committed communist, but was also able to exercise effective leadership in a major trade union committed to social democratic principles, playing a key role in the social democratic settlement after the second world war.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780853159858

Pages:

320 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

355000

Publisher:

Lawrence and Wishart Ltd

Published:

01/03/2010

Edition:

illustrated edition

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About Nina Fishman

Nina Fishman is Senior Lecturer in History at Westminster University. She has written widely on labour movement history, her previous publications include The British Communist Party and the Trade Unions 1933-1945 (1995); and (as co-editor, with Geoff Andrews and Kevin Morgan) Opening the Books: Essays on the Cultural and Social History of the Communist Party.