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General Union of Loom Overlookers
PredecessorNational Confederate Association of Power Loom Overlookers
Founded17 May 1885
Dissolved2007
HeadquartersBlackburn
Location
  • United Kingdom
Members
5,176 (1907)[1]
8,820 (1933)[2]
2,410 (1979)
AffiliationsGFTU, Labour, NCTTF, TUC, UTFWA

The General Union of Loom Overlookers (GULO) was a trade union representing junior supervisors in textile manufacturing in the United Kingdom. While most members were based in Lancashire, it also had members in Yorkshire, East Anglia and Essex.[2]

  1. ^ Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907. London: Board of Trade. 1909. pp. 121–124.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference marsh was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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