Amalgamated Weavers' Association
































Amalgamated Weavers' Association
Founded 1884
Date dissolved 1974
Merged into Amalgamated Textile Workers' Union
Members 224,000 (1921)
Affiliation
TUC, GFTU, NCTTF, UTFWA
Country United Kingdom

The Amalgamated Weavers' Association, often known as the Weavers' Amalgamation, was a trade union in the United Kingdom. Initially, it operated in competition with the North East Lancashire Amalgamated Weavers' Association in part of its area, and it was therefore nicknamed the Second Amalgamation.[1]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 General Secretaries


  • 3 Presidents


  • 4 References





History


The union was founded in 1884 as the Northern Counties Amalgamated Association of Weavers,[2] with the participation of thirty-four local trade unions:[3]


































































































































































































































































































Union Founded Affiliated[4]
 Members (1907)[5]
 Notes[6]
Accrington and District 1858 1884 4,409 Merged into Accrington, Church & Oswaldtwistle in 1949
Ashton-under-Lyne and District 1877 1884 5,319 Merged into South-East Lancashire and Cheshire in 1972
Bacup and District 1888 ? 1,889 Merged into Todmorden, Bacup and District in 1952
Bamber Bridge and District 1884 1884 796 Merged into Preston and District in 1940
Barnoldswick and District 1880s ? 990
Blackburn and District 1854 1884 14,800
Blackburn Protection 1885 1900 4,369 Merged into Blackburn in 1949
Bolton and District 1865 1884 5,059 Left 1885, rejoined 1892
Burnley and District 1870 1884 18,500 Merged into Burnley & Nelson in 1966
Bury and District 1884 ? 4,087 Merged into North-West Lancashire and Yorkshire in 1973
Chorley and District 1855 1884 4,620 Dissolved 1956
Church and Oswaldtwistle 1858 1884 3,232 Merged into Accrington, Church and Oswaldtwistle in 1949
Clayton-le-Moors 1858 1884 1,750 Dissolved 1962
Clitheroe 1870 1884 2,700
Colne and District 1879 1884 6,258
Darwen 1857 1884 8,298 Merged into Blackburn in 1960
Glossop and District 1871 1892 1,118 Merged into Hyde in 1922
Great Harwood 1858 1884 4,750
Haslingden 1858 1884 2,400 Merged into Rossendale in 1961
Heywood, Castleton, Norden and District 1877 1884 2,500 Merged into North-West Lancashire and Yorkshire in 1973
Hyde and District 1880 1884 7,150 Merged into South-East Lancashire and Cheshire in 1972
Longridge 1878 1884 625 Dissolved 1964
Macclesfield 1886 1886 589 Dissolved in 1920s
Manchester, Salford and Pendleton 1908 1909 1,085 Merged into Ashton 1951
Nelson and District 1870 1884 11,000 Merged into Burnley & Nelson in 1966
Oldham and District 1859 1884 4,900
Padiham and District 1856 1884 6,010
Preston and District 1858 1884 7,000
Radcliffe 1852 ? 1,326 Merged into Bury in 1911
Ramsbottom and District 1857 1884 2,116
Rishton 1878 1884 1,762 Merged into Harwood in 1964
Rochdale and District 1878 1884 3,300 Left in 1896, rejoined 1906, merged into North-West Lancashire and Yorkshire in 1973
Rossendale 1873 1892 2,800
Sabden 1884 1884 133 Merged into Harwood in 1932
Saddleworth and District 1894 1890s 485[7]
 Disaffiliated 1921
Skipton and District 1902 ? 1,421
Stockport and District 1867 1884 1,590 Dissolved 1900, refounded 1906
Todmorden and District 1880 1884 4,166 Merged into Todmorden & Bacup in 1952
Whitworth Vale 1882 1892 1,150 Merged into Rochdale in 1935
Wigan and District 1890 1893 454 Left 1897, rejoined 1909

The majority of the union's members were female: in 1894, 45,000 of its 80,000 total membership were women. This was unusual; outside the cotton industry, very few women were members of trade unions.[8] By 1937, membership had risen to 94,000, and the proportion of women had grown further, to a total of 75,000 of its members.[3]


For many years, the union campaigned against the practice of steaming in cotton mills.[9][4]


The union took its final name in 1923. In 1974, it merged with the National Union of Textile and Allied Workers to form the Amalgamated Textile Workers' Union.[2]


Notable leaders of the union include secretary Thomas Birtwistle and president David Shackleton.



General Secretaries



1884: Thomas Birtwistle

1885: William Henry Wilkinson

1906: Joseph Cross

1925: John C. Parker

1927: Andrew Naesmith

1953: Lewis Wright

1968: Harry Kershaw

1971: Fred Hague



Presidents



1884: David Holmes

1906: David Shackleton

1911: John William Ogden

1930: James Hindle

1937: James Bell

1947: Carey Hargreaves

1949: Lewis Wright

1954: Harold Bradley

1960: Ernest Thornton

1964: Fred Hague

1970: Hilda Unsworth



References




  1. ^ Ross M. Martin, The Lancashire Giant: David Shackleton, Labour Leader and Civil Servant, p.22


  2. ^ ab "Amalgamated Weavers' Association", Archives Hub


  3. ^ ab Mary Agnes Hamilton, Women at Work: A Brief Introduction to Trade Unionism for Women, p.117


  4. ^ ab Hopwood, Edwin (1969). A History of the Lancashire Cotton Industry and the Amalgamated Weavers' Association. Manchester: The Amalgamated Weavers' Association..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  5. ^ Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907. London: Board of Trade. 1909. p. 30-35.


  6. ^ Arthur Marsh, Victoria Ryan and John B. Smethurst, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.5, pp.91-124


  7. ^ Membership figure for 1910


  8. ^ Ross M. Martin, The Lancashire Giant: David Shackleton, Labour Leader and Civil Servant, p.20


  9. ^ Fowler, Alan (2003). Lancashire Cotton Operatives and Work,1900-1950: A social history of Lancashire cotton operatives in the twentieth century. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0 7546 01161.









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