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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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Bryant & May's match factory (now the Bow Quarter). (October 2006) Bow Quarter is a gated community in Bow in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.The building was originally the Bryant and May match factory, and was the site of the Match Girls' strike in the 1880s.
Women in Film (WIF) has created a resource guide and included a dedicated day on their help line to offer assistance to those impacted both physically and emotionally by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
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