For the same reason they do today. All employed persons dread the prospect of unemployment. Clearly, this threatens their ability to pay rent or make mortgage payments.
But until the advent of organized labor and certain government programs, there was no unemployment insurance for workers, and striking workers did not receive any assistance from the unions. And there was no public welfare system to provide minimum incomes for those unable to find work.
Today's unemployment payments are limited, but in many cases have been extended for longer periods. This mitigates the impact of layoffs and downsizing in some industries.
Northerners did not want the slaves to worry about unemployment like factory workers from the North.
Construction workers
No work, no money that is what layoffs do.
The Luddites
Construction Workers!
If a factory is laying off a lot of workers in a town, it is likely to result in increased unemployment rates in the town, leading to economic hardship for the affected workers and their families. This can also lead to a decrease in consumer spending in the town, impacting local businesses.
Factory workers
Child factory workers, like all workers, were supervised.
workers possess skills that aren't in high demand (obsolete)
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You need workers in a factory to watch over and run machinery.
Workers were available factory jobs because of the High Wages.