National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers

Annual general meeting papers, 1973; rulebook, 1973; handbooks, 1973; leaflets; 'The Textile Worker', 1984-1986; 'The Textile Worker' (Rank & File), 1973-1974.

The National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers was formed in 1936 by the amalgamation of the Operative Bleachers, Dyers and Finishers' Association, Bolton Amalgamation, the National Union of Textile Workers, and the Amalgamated Society of Dyers, Bleachers, Finishers and Kindred Trades. It absorbed the Yorkshire Society of Textile Craftsmen in 1980. It amalgamated with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1982.

This collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/

Link to full catalogue: https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/DBT

Material transferred from University of Warwick Library in 2003.

See also MSS.126/BDFA (Bleachers, Dyers and Finishers' Association, Bolton Amalgamation), MSS.126/YSTC (Yorkshire Society of Textile Craftsmen) and MSS.126/TG (Transport and General Workers' Union). The main archives of the National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers are held by the West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford. Branch records are also held by Aberdeen University, Bolton, Calderdale, Derbyshire, Dundee, Gloucestershire, Kirklees, Lancashire and Wakefield archives.

See also textile unions at MSS.192/NTW and MSS.192/ATW