It launched a journal, The Textile Arts, and its membership increased from 4,000 at foundation, to 20,000 by the end of the year.
It achieved little in the remainder of the decade, heavily divided between reformists and revolutionary syndicalists.
In 1911, it became the Italian Federation of Textile Workers, and it grew rapidly during World War I, the industry growing and the union securing pay increases.
[1] From 1925, the Fascist government prohibited the union from having a formal role in representation or bargaining, and it was banned in 1934.
In 1947, Teresa Noce became the first woman to lead a major Italian trade union.