Factory work was difficult and dangerous but it paid well.
Working conditions for factory workers in the late 19th century were a vast improvement from the conditions in the first part of the 19th century. The development of labor unions and governmental regulations helped end the horrible working conditions one hundred years earlier.
it was caused because people were looking for better working conditions
The urban problems that developed in the 19th century included drinking as well as poor living conditions.
conditions of industrial workers
In the 19th century in the USA, immigrants most often worked in factories in the major US cities on the US East coast. Many were also employed to work on the ever expanding railroad industry.
L. Greatrex has written: 'The conditions of children in the cotton factories of Lancashire in the first half of the 19th century'
The factory act improved the conditions of industrial workers in England during the 19th Century. The act regulated the working conditions of workers. But most factory owners ignored these act till later.
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The first factories in Belgium were built around the turn of the 19th century.
The creation of Factories
Factories
In pre-revolutionary Russia at the beginning of the 20th century, worker were in overcrowded working conditions with poor sanitation and health controls. They faced high levels of inflation with no increase in wages to take this into account. They lived in impoverished conditions and could not supply their most basic of needs, despite their long working hours.
The harsh working conditions for British factory workers in the 19th century include long working hours, for as long as 16 hours a day, and physical punishment to make workers speed up production. Since machines were not designed for safety, many fatal accidents resulted.
The conditions were dusty dirty and dangerous. They were very unhygenic and deseases were easily passed through people working close together all crammed up!
Working conditions for factory workers in the late 19th century were a vast improvement from the conditions in the first part of the 19th century. The development of labor unions and governmental regulations helped end the horrible working conditions one hundred years earlier.
Working people living in Manchester during the late 19th century were forced to live in terrible conditions.
Labor unions partially arose because working conditions were absolutely horrible up until recently, with workers laboring for extreme lengths of time in horrible conditions often in factories consumed by fumes, with workers exposed to what ever they were creating. So basically, one condition that cause the rise of labor unions, was that working conditions were so absolutely horrible.