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{{short description|Trade union of Italy}}
The '''Italian Federation of Textile Workers''' ({{langx|it|Federazione Italiana dei Lavoratori Tessili}}, FILT) was a [[trade union]] representing workers in the textile industry in Italy.
The union was founded in April 1950, with the merger of FIL Textiles and the Free Italian Federation of Textile Trade Unionists.  Both were largely composed of Christian democratic trade unionists who had recently left the [[Italian General Confederation of Labour]]-affiliated [[Italian Federation of Textile Workers]].  The new union affiliated to the [[Italian Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions]] (CISL), and the [[International Federation of Textile Workers' Associations]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bergamaschi |first1=Myriam |title=I sindacati della UIL 1950-1968: Un dizionario |date=2018 |publisher=Bibliotheka Edizioni |isbn=978-8869343209 |pages=379&ndash;380}}</ref>
By 1954, the union claimed 150,456 members,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=James P. |title=Directory of Labor Organizations: Europe |date=1955 |publisher=United States Department of Labor |location=Washington DC |page=17.7&ndash;17.12}}</ref> but by 1961 it was down to 102,168 members.  In 1965, it merged with the [[United Italian Federation of Clothing Workers]], to form the [[Italian Federation of Textile and Clothing Workers]].<ref name="ebbinghaus">{{cite book |last1=Ebbinghaus |first1=Bernhard |last2=Visser |first2=Jelle |title=Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 |date=2000 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Basingstoke |isbn=0333771125 |pages=405&ndash;408}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Confederazione italiana sindacati lavoratori - CISL. Federazione italiana lavoratori tessili abbigliamento - FILTA di Bologna |url=https://www.cittadegliarchivi.it/pages/getDetail/sysCodeId:IT-CPA-SP00001-0000357 |website=Archivi |accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref>
==General Secretaries==
:1950: Amleto Barni
:c.1960: Bruno Fassina
==References==
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[[Category:Textile and clothing trade unions]]
[[Category:Trade unions established in 1950]]
[[Category:Trade unions disestablished in 1965]]
[[Category:Trade unions in Italy]]