Northern Counties Textile Trades Federation
The Northern Counties Textile Trades Federation was a
trade union federation
in northern England.
History
The federation was founded in 1906. By 1907, it brought together unions representing 126,700 members.Amalgamated Association of Card and Blowing Room Operatives and the Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners) never joined the federation.[3]
By 1960, the federation's members were:[2]
- Amalgamated Association of Beamers, Twisters and Drawers (Hand and Machine)
- Amalgamated Tape Sizers' Friendly Protection Society
- Amalgamated Textile Warehousemen's Association
- Amalgamated Weavers' Association
- General Union of Loom Overlookers
- Lancashire Amalgamated Tape Sizers' Friendly Society
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Warp Dressers' Association
General Secretaries
- 1906: Tom Shaw
- 1919: Luke Bates
- 1943: Andrew Naesmith
- 1953: Lewis Wright
- 1968: Harry Kershaw
- c.1970: Arthur Howcroft
- 1971: Fred Hague
