Annie Bessant published her findings in an article called White Slavery in London. In this article she noted how poorly people who worked at Bryant and may factory where treated and the wicked conditions they worked in. The factory responded by attempting to force their workers to sign a declaration that they were happy with their working conditions. When a group of women refused to sign, they sacked the interviewees. The response was immediate; with Annie’s help, they formed a union, and 1400 of the women at Bryant & May went on strike.
Sweatshops do not alleviate poverty. The people who are forced to work must spend the majority of their paycheck on food for their families to survive. 8. According to the National Labor Committee, women sewing NBA jerseys make 24 cents per garment that will eventually sell for $140 9. Men and women alike are subjected to verbal, physical, and sexual abuse in factories from their managers and supervisors.
This stereotyping of women has created inequalities in the workplace that has affected women in the areas of executive promotion, management, salaries and career choices. I will elaborate on those four highlighted fore-mentioned areas to develop and prove that these inequalities still do exist. The inequalities that women face in the work place is overwhelming to a point where it causes many challenges which varied according to country depending on the culture of the people, in fact, I quote {Reuters} [Women are still the victims of persistent gender inequality in the work place with very little change in their working conditions in Britain for almost two decades according to a landmark report on Thursday December 6th 2007]. This is as a result of the patriarchal system adopted that Women’s place is in the home and has never seen them as bread winners/providers as such their contribution to the home as housewives were almost never seen as a work that required any financial reward. This tendency of viewing women’s contribution as insignificant has been extended into the work place, in the light of this it was stated that “unemployment is higher for women or they are at a greater risk of being fired, little access to jobs that require skills, less pay for equal work and underemployment are chronic, growing phenomena that particularly
However, there were significant differences between the female classes especially where the working class women were concerned. The position of working class women remained largely unchanged; they were generally employed in unskilled and very low paid jobs. ‘Despite a number of trade union and government attempts to improve wages, and working conditions, working class women remained at the bottom of the economic scale’ and thus remained there for some years to come.’ (Bartley.P 1998 p.3) It could be argued that The Reform Act of 1866, also known as The Household Franchise Bill, sparked a popular debate, causing public
After all, in countries such as New Zealand (1893), Australia (1901), Finland (1906) or Norway (1913) women got the vote before the war began, whereas others such as Denmark (1915), Iceland (1915), Holland (1917) or Sweden (1919) gave it to women during the war without being involved in it. (http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/womenww1_three.htm) Women did make steps when it came to labor, but many women also looked down on the working class feminists. They thought it was unnecessary, and women should have their own place in the home
For the act of being even momentarily late to work, workers were charged twopence, and some factories would even close the gates of the factory, which disallowed workers from going to their job if tardy (A Working Day in a Manchester Cotton Mill 154). As workers were often poor and relied on their factory jobs for income, even one tardy could create a negative impact on them. Another factor contributing to bad working conditions in the factories was the disregard of the workers’ hygiene. Many factories did not have baths established (A Working Day in a Manchester Cotton Mill 155). Laborers often had no way to keep themselves clean, which was worsened by the factories’ already dirty environment.
Because many people feel that they alive yet dead, not being able to do as they want, always having to answer to someone else, tired of living in poverty and feeling there is no hope for a better life. They get caught in the people trafficking. The USA estimates that there are between 700,000 and four million persons trafficked across international borders, with some 50,000 of them to the US. Mostly women are caught up in these rings because they are used as prostitutes, domestic servants, and sweat shops, etc. They have been promised a new life but received unsafe and unhealthy working conditions and the risk of AIDS and other STDS.
(Joyce Bryant 02.03.09) By late 1918, more and more women had taken over jobs once held by men. Nearly three million new women workers were employed in food, textile and war industries. Labor unions fought to keep from hiring women in factories. They were paid half the wages and worked longer hours in very dangerous conditions. Over 210,000 women were permanently disabled and at least 37,000 lost their lives in poorly lite factories and
One such report was a CBS exposé by Roberta Baskin describing the working conditions of the Indonesian women working in the factories, explaining that they were making only $1.30 a day. During the report she criticized Nike and its factories saying things like “To them, ‘Just Do It’ isn’t just a catchy ad slogan” (Baskin). Throughout the mid 1990’s many reports like this followed including two 1996 articles by Life Magazine and the New York Times, each of which also criticized Nike for its sweatshops. Following this exposure, Nike faced severe criticism from labor rights activists about the poor treatment of its workers. After this poor exposure Nike worked to clean up its image.
The arrival of factories is opening many doors for women in the working world today. Factories are emerging, and women are dominating the labor forces, making up an outstanding one third of the workforce! Even though most of these women are unskilled laborers, they work quickly and productively yet are paid half or less than half of what men receive. If they are over the age of 14, they could, and most likely will, work 12 hour weekdays and up to 8 hours on Saturdays. Surrounded by dust and dirt, these women are working long hours, in crowded factories, with little food and overall unsuitable working conditions.