Amalgamated Weavers' Association

This material is held atModern Records Centre, University of Warwick

  • Reference
    • GB 152 AWA
  • Former Reference
    • GB 152 AWA
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1908-1975
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 box

Scope and Content

Annual reports, 1908-75 (incomplete); wage agreements and piece price lists.

Administrative / Biographical History

The union was founded as the Northern Counties Amalgamated Weavers' Association in 1884. It was a loose amalgamation of local weavers' associations and does not appear to have had a fixed name, being called different things by different member associations. It was renamed the Amalgamated Weavers' Association sometime between 1905 and 1908, at which time its member associations probably fully amalgamated, each becoming a district of the new association. In 1974 it merged with the National Union of Textile and Allied Workers to form the Amalgamated Textile Workers' Union.

Access Information

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

Other Finding Aids

Link to full catalogue: http://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/AWA

Custodial History

These records were deposited by the General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union.

Related Material

Amalgamated Textile Workers' Union