A group of women and girls who went on strike at a match factory in 1888 have been recognised with an English Heritage blue plaque. The Bryant & May walkout in Bow, east London, was about the poor ...
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English Factory Laborers Were Forced To Work With Toxic Chemicals Until Their Faces Became Deformedthe resulting 1888 Matchstick Girls strike set a path for increased workers' rights and improved workplace conditions. Unfortunately, there was a great deal of pain and suffering along that path.
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