Aftermath
Aftermath
Collection: British Women Trade Unionists on Strike at Bryant & May, 1888 Volumes Aftermath
Despite the company relenting to worker demands in 1888, its label as 'the Phossy Jaw firm' continued to prevail. Ten years after the strike the company were again in the news for under-reporting cases of phosphorous necrosis. Britain were one of the last countries to sign up to the Berne Convention recommendations and the use of white phosphorous was not banned until 1908. Most of the documentation here looks at the firm's relationship with the use of white phosphorous including press cuttings, official legislation and arbitration as well as papers relating to the White Phosphorous Matches Prohibition Bill, 1908.
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Papers relating to the prohibition of white phosphorous
D/B/BRY/1/2/571. Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories on phospherous poisoning, 1905; Berne memorandum on the International Conference of Labour Regulation, 1906; papers relating to the White Phosphorous Matches Prohibition...
Date:1905-1908Contributor:C L R James Library, Hackney
Identifier:72993d-03
Archive Reference(s):D/B/BRY/1/2/571
Arbitration under the Factory and Workshops Act
D/B/BRY/1/2/570. Minutes of proceedings in the matter of an arbitration under the Factory Workshops Act between various match companies, including Bryant & May, and H.M. Inspector of Factories, 1900.
Date:1900-1900Contributor:C L R James Library, Hackney
Identifier:72993d-02
Archive Reference(s):D/B/BRY/1/2/570
Debates on phosphorous necrosis
D/B/BRY/1/2/568. Correspondence and press cuttings concerning House of Commons debate on the effects of phosphorous on workers, and rough minutes of debate, 1898.
Date:1898-1898Contributor:C L R James Library, Hackney
Identifier:72993d-01
Archive Reference(s):D/B/BRY/1/2/568
