The Flax Roughers' and Yarn Spinners' Trade Union was a trade union representing lower-paid workers in the flax industry in the north of Ireland.
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.
[1] The union was based at Engineers' Hall on College Street in Belfast, where the Flax Dressers' Trade Union and the Power Loom Tenters' Trade Union of Ireland also had their headquarters.
[1] It affiliated to the Irish Trades Union Congress and to the Belfast Trades Council, where it played a prominent role.
[1] Dawson Gordon was secretary of the union for more than 25 years.