Trade Martin

James Martin (trade unionist) James Martin (trade unionist) Add article description James Martin (6 May 1850 – 1 November 1933) was a British trade unionist. Born in Basford, Nottinghamshire, Martin moved with his family to Staveley in Derbyshire when he was nine, and began working in the Speedwell Colliery, initially as a door-trapper, then later as a driver. In 1864, he joined the Primitive Methodists, and two years later, became a preacher in his spare time, remaining active in the church for the rest of his life.[1] Martin attended night school and became an active trade unionist, working with William Brown to try to form a union of Derbyshire miners. Unsuccessful, he instead joined the South Yorkshire Miners' Association, becoming…

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