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For example, the steel industry was mainly concerned with being phased out due to technological advances while other industries, namely textiles, had problems with child labor and working conditions. The variety of problems and concerns led to legislation being passed, which covered different areas and led to greater reform.
The strike was prompted by the poor working conditions in the match factory, including fourteen-hour work days, poor pay, excessive fines, and the severe health complications of working with yellow (or white) phosphorus, such as phossy jaw. 1888 (United States) United States enacted first federal labor relations law; the law applied only to ...
In trade unions, workers campaign for higher wages, better working conditions and fair treatment from their employers, and through the implementation of labour laws, from their governments. They do this through collective bargaining , sectoral bargaining , and when needed, strike action .
The boom stopped in 1920 when unemployment began to increase, by the time that the Liberal-Conservative coalition lost power at the 1922 general election, the unemployment rate had reached 2,500,000. A committee on unemployment was set up in 1920 and recommended public work schemes to ease unemployment, this led to the establishment of the ...
Average work hours per week for manufacturing employees in Sweden was 64 hours in 1885, 60 hours in 1905, and 55 hours in 1919. [30] The eight-hour work day was introduced into law in Sweden on 4 August 1919, going into effect on 1 January 1920. [30] At the time, the work week was 48-hour since Saturday was a workday.
The successful strike helped attract interest from intellectual circles in Paterson's labor movements, and gave union organizers confidence in also achieving improved working conditions and wages for Paterson's silk weavers. [2] The Paterson strikers mobilized after years of declining wages, continued poor working conditions, and long work days.
Stamp of the Romanian People's Republic commemorating the Grivița strike of 1933, provoked by poor laboral conditions as a result of the Great Depression in Romania. The Great Depression (Romanian: Marea Criză Economică or, rarely, Marea Depresie) of 1929–1933, which affected the whole world, had several consequences in the Kingdom of Romania.
Led by Clara Lemlich and the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, and supported by the National Women's Trade Union League of America (NWTUL), the strike began in November 1909. In February 1910, the NWTUL settled with the factory owners, gaining improved wages, working conditions, and hours.