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Following the strike's success, the Union of Women Matchmakers (later the Matchmakers' Union) was formed later in 1888. [47] On its creation, it was the largest union of women and girls in the country, [48] and inspired a wave of collective organising among industrial workers. [49] [50] [51]
The Matchmakers' Union (founded as The Union of Women Matchmakers) [1] was a British trade union formed in 1888 following the successful Matchgirls' strike. [2] [3] On its creation, it was the largest union of women and girls in the country, [4] and inspired a wave of collective organising among industrial workers.
The women subsequently established a union (the Union of Women Matchmakers), the inaugural meeting of which took place at Stepney Meeting Hall on 27 July. Twelve women were elected to the committee, including Chapman, who was subsequently made President. [2] [10] It was the largest female union in the country. [11]
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A fact from Matchgirls' strike appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 May 2006. The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that partly because of issues highlighed by the London matchgirls strike of 1888, the Salvation Army opened up its own match factory in Bow, London in 1891, which used harmless red phosphorus and paid better wages?
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