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Like they said...

If the workers took a notion they could stop all speeding trains;
Every ship upon the ocean they can tie with mighty chains.
Every wheel in the creation, every mine and every mill;
Fleets and armies of the nation, will at their command stand still.

— Joe Hill

Submitted by Janine on Sat, 11/12/2004 - 16:45.

In 1888, women workers at the Bryant and May match factory on Fairfield Road, Bow, took strike action against their terrible working conditions and wages.

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