The term "hands" is derived from people who did physical work (e.g. farm "hands")
Charles Dickens likely refers to the workers in the factory as "hands" to dehumanize them and emphasize their alienation and exploitation. By reducing them to mere body parts used for labor, Dickens highlights the mechanical and impersonal nature of the industrial system that treats workers as disposable tools.
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different skills in knowledge of workers
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different skills in knowledge of workers
Yes, Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is factory made. Refer to the Wikipedia link, below, for further details.
Layoff is term used to describe either a temporary or permanent period where work is not available. Traditionally it refers to periods of the year where factory workers are not needed, but it can also refer to permanent redundancy caused by lack of business demand.
The fact is that we have never had a working communist system, we mistakenly refer to the dictatorship run by the leadership in Russia as communism for our own propaganda reasons. So the closest we have come to communism where factory worker were concerned is where a situation exist of the workers also being shareholders. if the workers share in the profits and have a responsibility to each other in keeping the profits and business viable (out of self interest) you have a situation that is good for business.
The population of Sarajevo Tobacco Factory is 2,007.
As far as I know "clergy factory" is disparaging term used to refer to religious houses where men ( and sometimes women) are trained in the theology of their faith.
You actually refer to it as "hands". Horses on average are around 15 hands with 1 hand being about 4 inches.
The Packingtown workers of 1904....please refer to The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. -- Workers were required to join the Union Shop.