The United Textile Factory Workers' Association (UTFWA) was a trade union federation in Great Britain.
[7] In its early years, the association attempted to introduce a bill reducing working hours, but dropped the proposal after it was only narrowly passed in a ballot of members.
[8] In 1902, breaking with its previous policy, the UTFWA supported David Shackleton's candidature for the Labour Representation Committee (LRC) in Clitheroe.
[2] The Cardroom Workers quit the association a few years later after none of its members were adopted as parliamentary candidates, but rejoined in 1916.
[11] The federation was dissolved on 1 December 1975,[12] following the decline of the industry and the merger of its two largest affiliates into the Amalgamated Textile Workers' Union.