National Union of Textile Workers

For the British union in the 1960s and 1970s, see National Union of Textile and Allied Workers.

The National Union of Textile Workers was a trade union representing workers in the textile industry in England, principally in Yorkshire.

The union was founded in 1922 when the General Union of Textile Workers merged with the National Society of Dyers and Finishers and the Yeadon and Guiseley Factory Workers' Union. By the end of 1923, it had 52,876 members, and this rose rapidly, reaching 65,496 three years later.[1] However, it was hit heavily by job losses during the Great Depression and disputes between different sections of workers, the small Pattern Weavers' Society splitting away in 1930.[2]

By 1933, membership of the union had fallen to only 36,000.[1] Three years later, it merged with the Amalgamated Society of Dyers, Bleachers and Kindred Trades and the Operative Bleachers, Dyers and Finishers Amalgamation, forming the National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers.[1]

General Presidents

1922: Ben Turner
1933: ?

General Secretaries

1922: Arthur Shaw

References

  1. 1 2 3 Arthur Marsh, Victoria Ryan and John B. Smethurst, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.5, p.410
  2. ↑ Arthur Marsh, Victoria Ryan and John B. Smethurst, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.5, p.249
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