“There is only one way in which one can endure man’s inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one’s own life, to exemplify man’s humanity to man” was said by Alan Paton. The slave labor of the 20th century in garment factories, butcher shops and mines: where the employer looks upon its workers as less than human, demonstrates man’s inhumanity to man. The merciless owner disregard employees’ human lives for their greed to maximize profit. They murdered workers by using low wages, overcrowded poor ventilated buildings, hazard working conditions that led to the death and suffering of thousands of workers. The merciless disregard for human life because of unrestrained avarice of industry owners created murderous conditions where the employees were at their mercy. They will not change unless they are force to. I
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Fight exploitation in our writing. Fight for minimum wage law, safety codes labor laws and unionization to eliminate this inhumanity. The Triangle Waist Company Fire where 141 factory workers died in the fire, the Banners Mine Explosion where 128 miners died in the explosion as well by the fire, and the Pancoast Colliery where 74 miners burned to death showed the little little they value employees lives. In addition, the mining industry leads 125 miners into the earth to their death at Marianna, Pa. Owners are responsible for the “…bodies of the poor girls fell with the patter of hailstones on the sidewalk from the height of ten stories”. Resulting from the “factory doors used by the employees are kept locked during working hours". The last lost of 141 lives were due to neglect.” The workplace was littered with flammable material where workers hardly had any room to move around in a crowded room with poor ventilation. I agree it is the government responsibility to do everything in its power to preserve the wellbeing of the workers. The wealthy owners of industry were bribing the politicians that were responsible for making laws to
Fight exploitation in our writing. Fight for minimum wage law, safety codes labor laws and unionization to eliminate this inhumanity. The Triangle Waist Company Fire where 141 factory workers died in the fire, the Banners Mine Explosion where 128 miners died in the explosion as well by the fire, and the Pancoast Colliery where 74 miners burned to death showed the little little they value employees lives. In addition, the mining industry leads 125 miners into the earth to their death at Marianna, Pa. Owners are responsible for the “…bodies of the poor girls fell with the patter of hailstones on the sidewalk from the height of ten stories”. Resulting from the “factory doors used by the employees are kept locked during working hours". The last lost of 141 lives were due to neglect.” The workplace was littered with flammable material where workers hardly had any room to move around in a crowded room with poor ventilation. I agree it is the government responsibility to do everything in its power to preserve the wellbeing of the workers. The wealthy owners of industry were bribing the politicians that were responsible for making laws to