More looms
It caused resentment, resulted in industrial action, and failed to achieve any significant cost savings.She placed a loop of thread close to the inside of the eye and in an operation called kissing the shuttle, sucked it through.This solution was rejected as the industry couldn't raise the capital needed to reinvest, and there were doubts whether the investment could be recouped.[6] The more looms system was designed to substantially reduce labour costs in order to make the industry more competitive.This resulted in the industrial disputes of 1931, when the Amalgamated Weavers' Association (AWA) organised a strike, which led to a country-wide lockout.[7] The Nelson Weavers' Association, in which Independent Labour Party members were prominent, felt that the AWA was too keen to make concessions, and organised its own delegation.[7] In 1932 the employers issued a wage cut, and after a month of struggle an agreement was brokered which included a 6 looms more-looms option.Buildings were requisitioned for the war effort, and the quiet spinning mills and weaving sheds of Lancashire were put to other purposes.
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