The Match Factory Strike - 1888

SOURCE: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk


Watch the video and answer the following questions:

1.   What did the workers protest?

2.   How long was the work day?

3.   Why was their four-week wage often denied?

4.   What behaviour was fined?

5.   How much did late arrival cost?

6.   What was the name of the newspaper Annie Besant worked for?

7.   How many girls joined the strike?

8.    What did the girls create during the strike?

9.   What was abolished?