The Yorkshire Association of Power Loom Overlookers (YAPLO) was a trade union representing junior supervisors in weaving in the United Kingdom.
The association was founded in 1911 as the Yorkshire Federation of Power Loom Overlookers, then in 1921 took its final name.
At this point, it consisted of local unions based in Dewsbury, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Keighley and Leeds.
[2] Membership dropped rapidly from the 1970s on, reflecting widespread redundancies in the industry.
[3] With many of its affiliates no longer sustainable, in 1990, the Bradford, Halifax, Keighley and Leeds associations merged into YAPLO.