Thomas Birtwistle
Thomas Birtwistle (16 October 1833 – 22 March 1912) was an English trade unionist and factory inspector.In spite of limited education, he had a flair for mathematics and was skilled at working out the complicated the way cotton workers were paid.When there were strikes at Padiham in 1859) and Colne in 1860, he was elected to the council of the new North-East Lancashire Powerloom Weavers' Association.He represented the North East Association at the Trades Union Congress from 1872 and was on its parliamentary committee from 1875-1889, and was its chairman in 1881.You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This biographical article about a trade unionist in the United Kingdom is a stub.