Trade Unions

• What was the cause of trade unions?

  Wanted better working conditions and wages for workers
• What was the tolpuddle martyrs?

  6 men who would meet under a sycamore tree or in a room in secret
• What were the cases of the Tolpuddle Martyrs?


  farmers who wanted better pay
• What did the Tolpuddle Martyrs swear?

  Oath
• Why were the Tolpuddle Martyrs arrested?

  because swearing an Oath secretly was illegal
• What happened to the Tolpuddle Martyrs when they were arrested?

  7 year sentence

  shipped to Australia
• What were the consequences of the Tolpuddle Martyrs?

  Robert Owen set up GNTCU meeting/protest
• How mnay attended Robert Owen’s protest?

  10,000
• When did the 6 men get released?

  April 1834
• What were the causes of the Match Girls?

  Poor conditions in Bryant and May factory
• what happened to women and girls working in factories?


  became ill due to conditions
• what illnesses did the girls get?

  Phossy jaw
• How much would the women get payed in factories?

  40p a week
• How much would girls get payed?

  20p a week
• Why would the women factory workers be fined?

  Going to the toilet

  not working hard enough
• Why were the women’s wages reduced?

  to pay for new statue
• When did the women go on strike?

  1888
• Who organised the women strike?

  Annie Beasant
• How did the public feel about the match girls?

  sympathetic
• What did the factories force working workers to do?

  accuse accusations
• what happened if the women didn’t accuse accusations?

  sacked
• How many other people went on strike to support the women?

  1400
• What were the consequences of the match girls?

  employers agreed to demands

  fines and reductions were removed

  pay rise
• Why did the Dockers strike?

  They wanted an increase in wages
• How much were the dockers being payed?

  5p
• How much did the Dockers want to increase their wage to?

  6p
• What else did the Dockers want?

  0 hour contracts
• What did they do on strike?

  Carried rotten fish
• Why did they carry rotten fish?


  because they wanted to show that that is all they could afford
• Who were they supported by?

  Unions in Australlia
• How much did the unions in Australia give to support the dockers?

  30,000
• What were the con sequences of the dockers?

  given pay rise

  4 hour days