Factories and Sweatshops During the Victorian Era
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It was utterly unbearable to live during the Victorian England Era. One of the many reasons was the jobs. Factories and sweatshops were one of the most common jobs during this time that they became unruly that the government was trying to make them in good working conditions. Many factory conditions were repulsive to work in, that many people began to write about them. This inspired the government to help workers. It took many years of making different acts to help workers. But then this introduced a new type of labor called sweated labor which was almost undetected by everyone because of where they were located. As they learned about these jobs, many factories and sweatshops moved over seas so that the government would not have to enforce any more laws on them.
As years went by on this endless parade of working, the government established their first act for bettering factories. It was the act of 1819, where it had prohibited long hours of work for children under the age of nine in cotton mills, and that long hours of work should be for children that are the age of twelve on up. But then, six years later, they issued an act to let young people up to sixteen not work for a total of 12 hours a day. This had started to become effective, until the government started to get complaints about factory work again. So for the next 50 years, almost year after year, they issued more acts to make factories good. The act of 1831 let young people less than eighteen and girls less than twenty-one not able to work at night. The act of 1844 let women in textile factories gets the same regulations as young people, since they worked 12 hours a day too. But like everything else in history, there were conflicts. Many people passed these acts due to sentimental and humanitarian efforts. Other people, especially men, felt they should have the same cutbacks as women because they worked equally as hard and in the same department as them. Due to this argument, the government passed the...
As years went by on this endless parade of working, the government established their first act for bettering factories. It was the act of 1819, where it had prohibited long hours of work for children under the age of nine in cotton mills, and that long hours of work should be for children that are the age of twelve on up. But then, six years later, they issued an act to let young people up to sixteen not work for a total of 12 hours a day. This had started to become effective, until the government started to get complaints about factory work again. So for the next 50 years, almost year after year, they issued more acts to make factories good. The act of 1831 let young people less than eighteen and girls less than twenty-one not able to work at night. The act of 1844 let women in textile factories gets the same regulations as young people, since they worked 12 hours a day too. But like everything else in history, there were conflicts. Many people passed these acts due to sentimental and humanitarian efforts. Other people, especially men, felt they should have the same cutbacks as women because they worked equally as hard and in the same department as them. Due to this argument, the government passed the...