The Industrial Revolution’s Workers and Their Lives

The Industrial Revolution effectively restructured labor as the need for workers increased along with mass production. Factories and industrial workplaces often employed women, children, and immigrants and paid little regard to employee welfare. As a result, many workers were subjected to abhorrent working conditions, exposed to dangerous equipment without adequate safety measures, and often worked long hours for abysmal wages. This informative edition provides readers with a survey of workers during the Industrial Revolution. The author describes industrial life during the early years of the Industrial Revolution, including child labor, sweatshop conditions, and industrial life outside the workplace, and explains how labor unions worked to ease these harsh conditions.