Industrial Revolution 3

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Very few workers were ever very far from poverty. The American workforce faced many other hardships as well. The performances of routine and repetitive tasks were difficult for the workers to adjust to. Machines now did many tasks once done by artisans. Factories employed workers ten hours a day and six days a week. Factory accidents were very frequent and commonly deadly.
Many employers felt the need to increase the use of women and children in the workforce. They could hire the women and children for lower wages than adult males. Women worked in almost all areas of industry. They worked for wages far less than necessary for survival. An astonishing number of young children under sixteen years of age worked in factories and fields. Eventually, laws were set for an age minimum of twelve years.
Unionization was beginning to become a very popular way for the workers to fight back. Since before the Civil War there had been small unions representing skilled workers. ...

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