The Industrial Revolution brought in high demand for labor. Families migrated from farms to industrialized cities to find work. Every member of the household had to work. Children were mistreated, overworked, and underpaid.
During the industrial revolution, children were paid low wages and would reduce them if workers were late or business was bad. Children were paid ten percent of Men’s pay, this is one shilling a week, and in comparison, one month’s rent would cost 5 shillings. As industrial units were being constructed, industries were in need of manual workers. With a long line of individuals keen to work, companies could set pays as little as they desired since people were eager to work as long as they got rewarded. Kids as young as six worked hard hours during the industrial …show more content…
Working conditions in the industrial revolution were awful, factories were lit only by the sunlight that came through windows, machines spit out smoke, and devices were not safe. Large, dark, and dangerous equipment was ubiquitous for children to be using or working near. The working conditions were dreadful throughout the Industrial Revolution. Manufacturing factories were not the greatest places do manual labor. Equipment threw out smoke, and some workers are concealed in black powder toward the end of their session. The workers only received a break for lunch and a break for dinner. Many accidents occurred injuring or killing children on the job. Mine workers worked half-naked in the scorching underground shafts digging out coal bare hand and towing it to surface. The pits were humid and gloomy. Employees risked lung infections from inhalation air filled with coal powder. Manual workers in the coal pits risked the hazards of dying from dirt floods and choking from lethal fumes. Numerous eruptions were caused when the torch fires mine workers used to see going through explosive marsh
During the industrial revolution, children were paid low wages and would reduce them if workers were late or business was bad. Children were paid ten percent of Men’s pay, this is one shilling a week, and in comparison, one month’s rent would cost 5 shillings. As industrial units were being constructed, industries were in need of manual workers. With a long line of individuals keen to work, companies could set pays as little as they desired since people were eager to work as long as they got rewarded. Kids as young as six worked hard hours during the industrial …show more content…
Working conditions in the industrial revolution were awful, factories were lit only by the sunlight that came through windows, machines spit out smoke, and devices were not safe. Large, dark, and dangerous equipment was ubiquitous for children to be using or working near. The working conditions were dreadful throughout the Industrial Revolution. Manufacturing factories were not the greatest places do manual labor. Equipment threw out smoke, and some workers are concealed in black powder toward the end of their session. The workers only received a break for lunch and a break for dinner. Many accidents occurred injuring or killing children on the job. Mine workers worked half-naked in the scorching underground shafts digging out coal bare hand and towing it to surface. The pits were humid and gloomy. Employees risked lung infections from inhalation air filled with coal powder. Manual workers in the coal pits risked the hazards of dying from dirt floods and choking from lethal fumes. Numerous eruptions were caused when the torch fires mine workers used to see going through explosive marsh