National Union of the Footwear, Leather and Allied Trades

NUFLAT
Full name	National Union of the Footwear, Leather and Allied Trades
Founded	1971
Date dissolved	1991
Merged into	National Union of Knitwear, Footwear and Apparel Trades
Members	22,894 (1991)[1]
Journal	NUFLAT Monthly Journal and Report[2]
Affiliation	TUC, Labour, ISLWF
Office location	The Grange, Earls Barton
Country	United Kingdom

The National Union of the Footwear, Leather and Allied Trades (NUFLAT) was a trade union in the United Kingdom which existed between 1971 and 1991. It represented workers in the leather and footwear industry.

History

The union was founded in 1971, with the merger of the Amalgamated Society of Leather Workers, the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives, the National Union of Glovers and Leather Workers and the National Union of Leather Workers and Allied Trades.[3] Although initially a strong union with many closed shop agreements,[4] its membership fell rapidly due to large-scale redundancies in the industry.[5] In 1991, it merged with the National Union of Hosiery and Knitwear Workers to form the National Union of Knitwear, Footwear and Apparel Trades.[6] By the time of the merger, membership had fallen to 22,894.[1]

Election results

The union sponsored a Labour Party candidate in several Parliamentary elections.[7][8]

Election	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Position
Feb 1974 general election	Melton	Roy Mayhew	16,228	23.9	3
1979 general election	Northampton South	Graham Mason	15,491	40.2	2

Officials

General Presidents

1971: Bert Comerford

1980: Bob Stevenson

General Secretaries

1971: Len Childs

1976: Sid Clapham

1983: G. G. Stewart

1988: George Browett

References

National Union of Hosiery & Knitwear Workers, Knitting Together Archived September 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
Marsh, Arthur (1984). Trade Union Handbook (3 ed.). Aldershot: Gower. pp. 203–206. ISBN 0566024268.
NUFLAT - National Union of the Footwear, Leather and Allied Trades, Community Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
Dunn, Stephen; Gennard, John (1984). The Closed Shop in British Industry. Macmillan Publishers. p. 81. ISBN 9780333262030.
Waddington, Jeremy; Kahmann, Marcus; Hoffmann, Jurgen (2005). A Comparison of the Merger Process in Britain and Germany: Joining Forces?. Routledge. p. 124. ISBN 9780415353786.
KFAT – National Union of Knitwear, Footwear and Allied Trades, Community Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
Labour Party, Report of the Seventy-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.371-390
Labour Party, Report of the Seventy-Eighth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.406-431

External links

Catalogue of the NUFLAT archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick

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[Knit-1] National Union of Hosiery & Knitwear Workers, Knitting Together Archived September 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Marsh, Arthur (1984). Trade Union Handbook (3 ed.). Aldershot: Gower. pp. 203–206. ISBN 0566024268.

[3] NUFLAT - National Union of the Footwear, Leather and Allied Trades, Community Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[4] Dunn, Stephen; Gennard, John (1984). The Closed Shop in British Industry. Macmillan Publishers. p. 81. ISBN 9780333262030.

[5] Waddington, Jeremy; Kahmann, Marcus; Hoffmann, Jurgen (2005). A Comparison of the Merger Process in Britain and Germany: Joining Forces?. Routledge. p. 124. ISBN 9780415353786.

[6] KFAT – National Union of Knitwear, Footwear and Allied Trades, Community Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[7] Labour Party, Report of the Seventy-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.371-390

[8] Labour Party, Report of the Seventy-Eighth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.406-431