the UDM
/ðə ˌjuː diː ˈem/
/ðə ˌjuː diː ˈem/
the Union of Democratic Mineworkers
- a British trade union for coal miners. It was formed in 1985 as a protest against the actions of the NUM, which had failed to hold an election among its members before the miners' strike in the previous year.
英国煤矿工人工会。它成立于1985年，以抗议NUM的行动，而NUM在前一年的矿工罢工之前未能举行成员选举。