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Working Conditions. Wage earners. During the first century of the industrial rev a surplus of labor resulted in poor conditions for workers 14 hour days, unsafe, low wages Poorhouses emerged Workers as a whole did not share in general wealth produced during the industrial rev. Union Movement. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Working Conditions
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Wage earners
• During the first century of the industrial rev a surplus of labor resulted in poor conditions for workers– 14 hour days, unsafe, low wages
• Poorhouses emerged• Workers as a whole did not share in general
wealth produced during the industrial rev
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Union Movement
• Certain leaders began organizing groups of workers to resist exploitation of the workers by business owners
• Combination Acts– No labor unions– Fear of rebellion– Disregarded workers
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Robert Owen
• In 1834, organized the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union
• Concerned for health, safety, and work hours of workers
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Union
• Union action, combined with general prosperity and a developing social conscience, led to improved working conditions, better wages, and reduced hours
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Factories
• Factory work meant more discipline and lost personal freedom
• Early factories resembled English poorhouses• Cottage workers were reluctant to work in
factories because it was so different
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Child Labor
• Factory owners needed more workers, thus turning to child labor
• Abandoned children became a main source of labor from orphanages
• Work hours were very long and conditions terrible
• 12 hours days
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Limit Child Labor
• Parliament sought to limit child labor• Saddler Commission– Investigated working conditions
• Factory Act of 1833– Children 9-13, 8 hours– Children 14-18, 12 hours– No children hired under age of 9
• Mines Act of 1842– Children under age of 10 could not work underground
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Social Effects of Industrialization
• Urbanization• Working class injustices• Family structure and gender roles within
family were altered• Irish workers came to Great Britain• Overpopulation