United Operative Spindle and Flyer Makers' Trade and Friendly Society

The United Operative Spindle and Flyer Makers' Trade and Friendly Society was a trade union representing workers involved in making textile machinery in the United Kingdom.

The union was founded in 1856. In 1860, it applied to merge into the Amalgamated Society of Engineers (ASE), but it was rejected, as the ASE believed that its members were insufficiently highly skilled. The union continued independently, and by 1900 it reached its peak membership, of about 1,300 members.[1]

The rival Operative Mule and Ring Spindle Makers' Society is suspected by Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan of having merged into the Spindle and Flyer Makers at some point after 1925.[2] Despite this, its membership continued to fall, dropping to only 600 by the late 1940s, and under 200 in 1962. That year, it finally merged into the successor of the ASE, the Amalgamated Engineering Union.[1]

References
  1. Marsh, Arthur; Ryan, Victoria (1984). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. 2. Aldershot: Gower Publishing. p. 65. ISBN 0566021617.
  2. Marsh, Arthur; Ryan, Victoria. Historical Directory of Trade Unions. 4. ISBN 1351964631.
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