Joe later became a foreman while holding senior posts with the National Union of Railwaymen.
What does NUR stand for?
NUR stands for National Union of Railwaymen (UK)
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- National Union of Plantation Workers (Malaysia)
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- New Ulm Quartzite Quarries (New Ulm, MN)
- Natchez, Urania, and Ruston Railway Company
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A railway worker, he was also a member of the National Executive Committee of the National Union of Railwaymen.
These are people who have never worked in their lives," said CT Cramp, of the National Union of Railwaymen - and how many times have you heard that said of the current crop of Old Etonions?
But the biggest battle, and one of the proudest moments for this son of a die-hard Carlisle National Union of Railwaymen unionist, was in saving from oblivion the Darlington factory of Cummins Engines, where Gerry worked in the paint shop and where he became a convener for the then Amalgamated Engineering Union.
The National Union of Railwaymen called for a 24-hour strike at all London mainline stations.
In 1913 the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants - a major player in the formation of the Labour party in 1900 - became the National Union of Railwaymen.
Reinstated members of the National Union of Railwaymen, previously been dismissed for refusing to work B+I ships, handled it at the Station Berth.
Byline: Denis Kilcommons , The National Union of Railwaymen said they would call a national three day strike in opposition to the Beeching Plan which would cut railway services and close stations across the country.