The History of the Nelson Weavers Association

active Albert Shaw Amalgamation leadership Amalgamation's Arthur Greenwood automatic looms ballot Barrowford Blackburn Burnley Burnley Weavers campaign cloth Clothlookers collective bargaining collectors Cotton Board cotton industry cotton operatives cotton towns cotton trade unions cotton unions county employers county lockout David Shackleton demand despite dispute districts economic elected employers organisation factory fining firm gamation Greenwood Independent Labour Party industry's inter-war introduced James Whitham Labour Government Labour Party Lancashire cotton Lancashire's lockout loom weaver Looms Agreement Looms System major Manchester manufacturers meeting membership Midland Agreement mills negotiations Nelson and Colne Nelson Committee Nelson employers Nelson Weavers Association Nelson Weavers Committee North Lancashire officials Padiham period political Power Loom production question Rebel Delegation represented result Robinson Graham shuttle Sir Amos Skipton spinning strike action successful Textile took town's unemployment uniform list UTFWA vote wage advance wage list wage reduction Weavers Amalgamation week workers Zeph Hutchinson