35:. Two earlier trade unions had previously represented workers in the industry, the Flax Roughers' Trade Union and Benevolent Trade Union Society, and an earlier Flax Roughers' Trade Union, but both had dissolved by 1881. By 1892, the new union had 1,244 members, and this remained at a fairly consistent level for many years, peaking at 1,495 in 1900 and still at 1,182 in 1915.
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