W. E. Morgan

William Evan Morgan (1858 – 19 February 1916) was a Welsh trade union leader.

Born in Rhos, Morgan began working at the Main Colliery in Bryncoch when he was only nine years old. Despite his limited formal education, he spent his spare time educating himself. When he was eighteen, he broke his thigh and was therefore unable to work. This led him to devote his time to trade unionism; he was elected as the first secretary of a new local miners' union, which in time became the Swansea Valley Miners' Union. In 1895, this became part of the Western Miners' Association, and Morgan continued as secretary.

Morgan spoke both Welsh and English. He won election to the Cilybebyll parish council and School Board, which he persuaded to begin teaching in Welsh in addition to English, the first parish in Wales to do so. He also served on the Pontardawe Board of Guardians, and was a governor of the Ystalyfera Intermediate School, and chaired the Alltwen and Pontardawe Co-operative Society.

Morgan began to suffer from diabetes, and was in increasingly poor health by the mid-1910s. His son died at the end of 1915, and Morgan died in February 1916.