Amalgamated Textile Workers' Union
The Amalgamated Textile Workers' Union (ATWU) was a trade union in the United Kingdom and Ireland.[1]
The union was founded in 1974, when the Amalgamated Weavers' Association merged with the National Union of Textile and Allied Workers.[2] The Amalgamated Textile Warehousemen's Association developed close links with the new union, and the two shared a general secretary.[3]
With widespread redundancies in the industry, the union lost two-thirds of its members before it merged into the General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union in 1985.[4] Based in Rochdale, the union's final general secretary was Jack Brown.[1]
References
- ^ a b G. P. and S. P. A. Henderson, Directory of British Associations & Associations in Ireland (8th Edition), p.7
- ^ "Amalgamated Textile Workers' Union", Archives Hub
- ^ Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.4, pp.186-187
- ^ Gary N. Chalson, Union mergers in hard times: the view from five countries, pp.91-92
