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By 1885, the union had 1,279 members, which although only 10% of relevant workers in the town, still made it one of the largest cotton industry unions at the time. That year, there was a major strike in the industry, and many of the striking workers joined the union, raising its membership to more
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than 5,000. This enabled it to, for the first time, employ a full-time secretary, George Silk. Inspired by the successful Oldham
Operative Cotton Spinners' Provincial Association, Silk restructured the union, also changing its name slightly to become the
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