[1] By 1902, the union already had 5,220 members,[2] and that year, it achieved the first in a series of collective agreements.
[3] The union focused not just on improving the pay and conditions of its members, but also on solidarity action in the defence of workers more generally.
[4] However, the rise of fascism in Italy led to a decline in membership, and the union was banned in 1926.
[1] After World War II, the union was revived as the Italian Federation of Hat and Allied Workers (FILCA), and it affiliated to the Italian General Confederation of Labour.
[6] In 1966, the union merged into the new Italian Federation of Textile and Garment Workers.