Working Conditions During The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the period of transformation to new manufacturing process during the late 18th century. The revolution began in Great Britain and changed the economic and social structures in Great Britain. The emergence of the new sources of energy and power, and the invention of the new machines had a positive effect on the economic structure in term of increasing the industrial productivity. However, the poorly organized factory system during the revolution had a negative effect in the social structure in term of the employment structure and working conditions. This paper will examine the negative aspects of the factory system, and the development of the early stage trade union. The paper argues that the failure of government
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Before the industrial revolution had taken place with the invention of new machines, most textiles industries were worked under the domestic system. In the domestic system, cloth making was in the hands of small producers. All manufacture of products was done at home or, at times, in workshops. The process of in the making of wool often involved multiple steps such as scribbling, spinning, and weaving. Each stage took place in different cottages; spinning was often done by skilled women and weaving was done by skilled men. However, the textile industry’s organization of labor was challenged when the new machinery (slubbing billy and spinning jenny) was gradually introduced in the 1780s and 1790s. Both slubbing billy and spinning jenny can hold more than one ball of yarn at each operation. The new machinery increased the productivity. More products were produced with the less amount of time. By the late 1790s, mills and factories were created in order to boost the productivity and bringing about more benefits. More products were produced in the mills rather than homes and
Before the industrial revolution had taken place with the invention of new machines, most textiles industries were worked under the domestic system. In the domestic system, cloth making was in the hands of small producers. All manufacture of products was done at home or, at times, in workshops. The process of in the making of wool often involved multiple steps such as scribbling, spinning, and weaving. Each stage took place in different cottages; spinning was often done by skilled women and weaving was done by skilled men. However, the textile industry’s organization of labor was challenged when the new machinery (slubbing billy and spinning jenny) was gradually introduced in the 1780s and 1790s. Both slubbing billy and spinning jenny can hold more than one ball of yarn at each operation. The new machinery increased the productivity. More products were produced with the less amount of time. By the late 1790s, mills and factories were created in order to boost the productivity and bringing about more benefits. More products were produced in the mills rather than homes and