Episode 2 of 2
The Matchgirls Strike
- When
- July 1888
- Where
- Bow, London
Women and teenage girls at the Bryant & May factory in Bow, London, went on strike in July 1888 following a worker's dismissal.
The strike began after employees refused to repudiate an article on terrible working conditions. Management dismissed a worker on or about 2 July 1888. When management promised to rehire the fired worker, the strikers continued the industrial action to bargain for a cessation of unfair deductions from pay and for other improvements to working conditions.
Sources
- Matchgirls' strike Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-03
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