Yorkshire Association of Power Loom Overlookers

The Yorkshire Association of Power Loom Overlookers (YAPLO) was a trade union representing junior supervisors in weaving in the United Kingdom.

Yorkshire Association of Power Loom Overlookers
Founded1911
Date dissolved1993
Merged intoTransport and General Workers Union
Members2,300 (1920)
AffiliationGeneral Federation of Trade Unions, Labour Party, Trade Union Congress
Office locationTextile Hall, Westgate, Bradford
CountryUnited Kingdom

The association was founded in 1911 as the Yorkshire Federation of Power Loom Overlookers, then in 1921 took its final name. At this point, it consisted of local unions based in Dewsbury, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Keighley and Leeds. Membership peaked at 2,300 in 1920, but by 1973 was still at 1,815.[1]

In 1971, the union founded the "British Federation of Textile Technicians" with the General Union of Associations of Power Loom Overlookers and the Scottish Union of Power Loom Overlookers.[2]

Membership dropped rapidly from the 1970s on, reflecting widespread redundancies in the industry. It fell to 1,130 in 1979,[1] and just 537 in 1989.[3] With many of its affiliates no longer sustainable, in 1990, the Bradford, Halifax, Keighley and Leeds associations merged into YAPLO.[1] In 1993, the union merged into the Transport and General Workers' Union.

General Secretaries
1910s: J. W. Butler
1921: Frank Dickinson
1960: Edwin D. Sleeman
1978: K. Hattersley
gollark: Probably?
gollark: https://esolangs.org/wiki/!lyricly%E2%98%ADdemote%E2%98%ADestablish%E2%98%ADcommunism!
gollark: You should vote gibson, as we are close and lyric bad.
gollark: They haven't yet IIRC.
gollark: No, they voted gibson.

References
  1. Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.4, p.264
  2. "Alliance of textile unions", The Guardian, 23 February 1971, p.4
  3. Roger Undy, Trade Union Merger Strategies, p.62
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.