[1] The union was a strong supporter of the 1892 UK miners' strike, even publishing a list of strikebreakers in the county.
The Independent Labour Party-aligned Miners' Reform Union of Fife, Kinross and Clackmannan left almost immediately, led by Philip Hodge.
[5][6] This union survived through the 1926 UK general strike, following which William Adamson was persuaded that it should be permitted to merge back into the FKCMA.
[6][5] The United Mineworkers was the more successful, with its membership peaking at roughly half of the FCKMU.
[9] In 1944, the MFGB became the National Union of Mineworkers, and the FKCMA became its Fife Area, with less independence than before.