The Industrial Revolution’s factory system was an inadequate experience for laborers thanks to long, taxing working days and the lack of concern towards the personal hygiene of factory workers. The average workday for factory laborers was approximately ten hours, starting at six A.M. and ending at half past five P.M (A Working Day in a Manchester Cotton Mill 155). This was very demanding to factory workers when compared to today’s 9-to-5 workday, which is still considered tedious. Also, the punishments for not meeting the requirements for the workday were very harsh. 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).
Workers worked in poorly ventilated factories for long hours and little pay. They had no trade unions for protection. Their homes were crowded and poorly built. Economic recession between 1899 and 1903 had
Therefore, because people were so undernourished they had many diseases which became epidemics. Many people weren’t having enough vitamin c therefore resulting in them having scurvy, other diseases became epidemics; influenza, small pox and syphilis due to poor living conditions. Also, due to poor conditions the infant mortality rate was high and many children did not make it to their fifteenth birthday while life expectancy for adults was mid-thirties. Poor people died so young because their living conditions were terrible. They lived in their own filth and waste because there were no sewers or drainage to take it away, even when they threw it out of the house it would drain into the nearby rivers.
Society in the Industrial Revolution - Child Labour Orphan children were most vulnerable to exploitation, as they couldn't fend for themselves. Due to their helplessness, they were forced to work in factories. Families sent their children to work in factories due to being trapped by poverty. The children were sent to the factories which put them under poor conditions and they received little pay to support their working families. Factories were very poor health and safety wise, therefore the child 'slaves' didn't have suitable working conditions, severely affecting their health in short term and long term.
Living and working conditions in Russia’s industrial towns were no better. Workers worked in poorly ventilated factories for long hours and little pay. They had no trade unions for protection. Their homes were crowded and poorly built. Economic recession between 1899 and 1903 had also led to growing unemployment throughout the Empire.
The industry causes starvation of women daily. This, in combination with the strenuous work they do on a constant basis, results in most of the women becoming very weak and sick, often resulting in death. The switch in labor from the women working at home in a domestic environment (cottage industry) to that where labour brings in wages to the family (factory system), causes the role of the mother to change greatly. With the women now being able to earn wages out of the home, most of their time is devoted to work. Children can no longer be raised with the full support of the mother, father, or siblings.
Because I had to do all of this by myself, it was very exhausting and frustrating. Inman 2 I also disliked working at Dollar General because of my breaks, or should I say lack thereof, and the dismal pay. I would come to work directly after school and I would work until at least an hour after closing each night without any down time. The only time I got a break was the day when I worked a twelve hour shift; I only got a fifteen minute break. Also, during the lengthy work day, I only got paid for the hours I
Working hours were exceedingly long, with people working for 16 hours, daily. Factories were usually built neighbouring coal fields, and were badly structured, giving them the ability to engender danger for employees. Moreover, the foundation of new towns was caused by a myriad of workers
When you do a good job at work your boss pays your more. Also students will learn to handle money. When students start to earn money they will know how to use and spend the money. They won’t spend the money on useless things as much as they would when they don’t get paid at school. Students don’t understand how much work it takes to earn money and so they keep on spending money.
But unfortunately, many were disappointed when they saw the working conditions of the factories and the way the workers were treated. Among these workers were many children. These children worked long hours for very little money. Children as young as six worked in these terrible conditions. Most of them worked up to 19 hours a day, with one-hour total break.