What do you mean their vomit glowed in the dark??? 🤢 In the latest episode of Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast, we cover the 1888 Matchwomen Strike when matchstick workers at Bryant and May went on strike after a retaliatory firing of a whistleblower. Listen wherever you get your pods!

At FiLiA, we are determined to follow in the footsteps of the #Matchwomen and put women at the front and centre of the trade union movement.

🔗 filia.org.uk/filia-trade-union-womens-network

#UnionsForWomen @kiritunks.bsky.social

#OTD in 1888, 1400 mainly young women went on strike at the Bryant & May match factory.

So, today we launch the Trade Union Women's Network official webpage:

🔗 filia.org.uk/latest-news/...

Women were key to building the trade union movement. We will do it again.

#UnionsForWomen #Matchwomen

La solución estaba en una invención anterior a la “huelga de las matchwomen”. Las cerillas originales eran inseguras porque los dos compuestos químicos permanecen juntos en la cabeza de la cerilla todo el tiempo, por eso pueden reaccionar de manera accidental.

On the train to Hertfordshire for a concert for AK Classical Guitar Society reading about the strike of the Bryant and May matchwomen 🔥📖
Happy #WomensHistoryMonth 💐💪

So thrilled to be invited back to this wonderful event by @louiseraw.bsky.social
Here's the link for tickets.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/matchwomen...

(@wiilassie is attending, but prob not tweeting, "When Women Fought Back and Won: from the Matchwomen to the Great Unrest") #AllTheRage2015