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Factory Conditions and Labor Unions
Factory Conditions and Labor UnionsFactoriesVery poor conditions for workersVery hot and not a lot of air circulationNot very many safety measures in place to keep workers safeMany workers exposed to dangerous machinery, especially childrenMany children employed because they could fit between machinesLed to them getting very hurt or worseUsually worked at least 12 hours a dayPoor conditions led to many accidents, like the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, where at least 114 women died in the sweatshop from a fire
Coal mines
Slums
Tenement Housing
Labor UnionsCreated to protect and help the workersTried to get better pay, better working conditions, better hoursDid this by Collective Bargaining: the process where wages and other working conditions are agreed upon by the workers union and the employersLabor unions exist, even today, for about every occupation
Strikes
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