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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.
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]
Sarah Chapman (later Dearman; 31 October 1862 [1] – 27 November 1945 [2]) was a British trade unionist who was one of the leaders of the 1888 Bryant & May matchgirls' strike. [3] Chapman and others involved in the strike have since been recognised as "pioneers of sex equality and fairness at work who left a lasting legacy on the trade union ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Women's strike may refer to: Women's Strike for Equality (1970) 1975 Icelandic women's strike;
The strikers were men and women who decided they wanted Ellis, and the other women on the committee, to be their negotiators with the mill owners. [3] Ellis was the committee's treasurer and Hannah Woods was the president. The secretary was Kate Conran. [1] The Dewsbury and Batley Weavers Committee was composed of thirteen women and no men
Professional women's association football players have organized to dispute several issues specific to the sport, such as disparities in compensation compared to men's teams; [1] insufficient pay to compete with other women's teams; [2] unfair or exclusionary financial terms of federation business agreements involving the team; [1] a lack of minimum standards in facilities and treatment ...
From perhaps fifty one-to-one matchmakers in the U.S. at the turn of the century, New York matchmaker Lisa Clampitt says, that there are now more than 5,000 in the U.S. alone. “The industry is ...
The Global Women's Strike is a movement that seeks to value all women's work and all women's lives around the world. Many countries (including Guyana, Haiti, the United States, the United Kingdom, India, Italy, [1] Peru, Luxembourg and Ireland) actively participate in this campaign in an effort to grant women justice for their unacknowledged contribution in the labor force.