Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
The Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) was a labor union representing workers in two related industries in the United States.The small American Federation of Hosiery Workers also joined.[1][2] In 1979, the United Shoe Workers of America merged in, followed in 1983 by the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union.However, the industry was in sharp decline in the United States,[4] and by 1995, the union had only 129,000 members.That year, it merged with the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, to form the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees.