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accepting as members all workers in the industry, this marked the start of rapid growth. Membership rose to 4,500 in 1910, of which almost half were women - unusual for a union of the period - then to 13,400 in 1914, when it became the "General Union of
Textile Workers", and 64,000 by 1918.
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Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Labour Party
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Huddersfield and
District Power Loom Weavers' Association
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West Riding of
Yorkshire Power Loom Weavers' Association
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A History of
British Trade Unions Since 1889: 1889-1910
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Trade unions in British politics: the first 250 years
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183:National Union of Textile Workers
31:National Union of Textile Workers
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120:General Union of Textile Workers
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337:References
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215:Percentage
91:Key people
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218:Position
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148:pay scale
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134:History
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