Pattern Weavers' Society

The Pattern Weavers' Society was a small trade union representing textile workers in the United Kingdom.

During the 1920s, workers employed in weaving patterned material were represented by the National Union of Textile Workers. However, with a trade depression starting at the end of the decade, employers were looking to cut wages, and the pattern weavers believed that they would have a stronger bargaining position if they were represented separately from workers they felt to be lower skilled.[2]

The society was established in 1930, and within a year had 350 members. However, membership gradually declined as the industry contracted, falling to 250 members by 1968, and 100 in 1979.[2] It joined the Trades Union Congress in 1968,[3] but disaffiliated in 1987.[4] It continued in existence, and for the first time accepted a woman as a member. By 1993, its membership was down to 60,[2] and it appears to have dissolved around the year 2000.