National Association of Unions in the Textile Trade

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The National Association of Unions in the Textile Trade (NAUTT) was a trade union federation in the United Kingdom.

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The federation was founded in 1916. [1] Despite its name, it included unions in only two areas of the textile trade: the wool industry, and textile finishing. Most aspects of the cotton industry were instead covered by the Northern Counties Textile Trades Federation. [2] While it had a large number of members, most were small unions, often local in scope, and the bulk of the membership came from the dyers' union.

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The National Union of Dyers merged into the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1982, and it appears that the federation dissolved around that date. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica , 14th edition, vol.22, p.380
  2. ↑ Lynden Briscoe, The Textile and Clothing Industries of the United Kingdom, p.179
  3. ↑ Jack Eaton and Colin Gill, The Trade Union Directory (1979), p.3
  4. ↑ Chaison, Gary. Union Mergers in Hard Times. p. 176.
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