Compare And Contrast The Working Conditions Of Workers In The 1800s

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The conditions was bad they had no cooling or heating system so they had to be very cold or hot and they had to work for 11.4 hours and the young workers had to work for 6 days a week and 12 hours and they or had to work for more days the young workers operated machines so i had hurt they also they had not good health.The owner was caring about money more than their worker’s. There was no laws to control working conditions or protect workers. The workers try to improve their working conditions they thought that they would have more power to change working conditions.They also had a strike a strike is a to force employers to make changes and strike was against the law in the 1800s workers who went on strike could lose their jobs and be punished

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