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THE WORKING-CLASS MOVEMENT - Coggle Diagram
THE WORKING-CLASS MOVEMENT
WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKING CLASS SUFFERED TERRIBLE WORKING AND LIVING CONDITIONS
WAGES WERE TOO LOW TO SUPPORT A FAMILY, SO WOMEN AND CHILDREN HAD TO WORK AS WELL
WORKING DAY WAS VERY LONG: BETWEEN 14 AND 16 HOURS A DAY
CHILD LABOUR IN FACTORIES OR MINES WAS COMMON
LACK OF SAFETY AND HYGIENE
WORKERS HAD NO RIGHTS
WORKERS DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROTEST OR STRIKE
WORKING-CLASS POLITICS
1811 THE LUDDITIES EMERGED
WORKERS PROTESTED BY DESTROYING MACHINES
1812: GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED THE DEATH PENALTY FOR ANYONE WHO DESTROYED A MACHINE
1830s TRADE UNIONS APPEAR
WERE ASSOCIATIONS OF WORKERS IN THE SAME INDUSTRY
THEY OFFERED MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AND DEMANDED BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS
1838-1848 THE CHARTIST MOVEMENT EMERGED
CHARTISTS PETITIONED PARLIAMENT DEMANDING POLITICAL REFORMS
LAWS THAT WOULD PROTECT WORKERS INTERESTS
THESE ORGANITATION AND INITIATIIVES FAILED
THEY GOT THAT THE WORKING DAY WAS REDUCED AND IMPROVED WORKING CONDITIONS