Fibers from the threading and weaving processes filled the air, causing respiratory ailments in many workers. Additionally, long hours were spent in repetitive activities and the semi-skilled workers were paid very little in wages.
Automation reduced the number of available jobs, and made the remaining jobs more arduous by assigning too few workers to too many machines.
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Sarah G. Bagley
Sarah Bagley urged textile mill co-workers to form a union. She and others met one day after work to discuss the harsh working conditions and the long hours in 1844, Lowell, Massachusetts.
I was weaned in a textile mill. That building will house our town's next textile mill.
I have been promoted to "Chief Loom Operator" at the textile mill! Our textile mill is now using corn fiber.
The mill owners wanted big profits, so paid as little in wages as possible to their workers, who had little job security.
Ormsby-Laughlin Textile Companies Mill was created in 1894.
That textile mill produces thousands of metres of gingham cloth every month.
Cotton.
A Women makes upto $9 per hour working in a textile mill.
Samuel Slator invented the Textile mill,and Henry Miller Shreve invented it too.
Ans :- Mahatma Gandhi Textile Labour Association which is normally known as TLA Ahmadabad was founded by Mahatma Gandhi in the year of 1920. after Mahatma return from South Africa in 1915 he decided to live permanently in India and for that he viewed many places and in the last he chose Gujarat and in Gujarat also he chose Ahmadabad for his satyagrah ashram. The main reason for choosing Ahmadabad was Textile Mills. Ahmadabad was known as a Manchester of India where most of the cotton Mills were situated. More Cotton Mills and many more Mill Workers were workers Education and Social activities for those workers & their family was done by Shree Ansuyaben Sarabhai. Shree Ansuyaben Sarabhai was a sister of the well-known mill owner shree Ambalal Sarabhai. In 1917 mill workers of Ahmadabad goes on the strike for increase of their wages and the strike was led by Mahatma Gandhi and after the strike of 25 days workers succeeded in their mission and get increase in their wages. This was the beginning for the thoughts to set up the union for these textile mill workers and it converted in to the Textile Labour Association (TLA) in 1920 A unique Trade union set by Mahatma Gandhi.