Working In A Shirtwaist Factory

Life was hard for a lot of people in the progressive era for workers. Employers would pay a lot of the workers a very little amount of money. For instance if you were a female and worked in the shirtwaist factory, you were paid $2 a day. If you messed up your boss would take it out of your pay. Also the material you used was bought with your money so you would really be getting $1.50 instead of $2. If you worked in the shirtwaist factory there was one way in and out of the building to make sure you don't steal anything from the factory. If you didn't like the way you had to work you would get fired because there are hundreds of immigrants that want a job just because they want to achieve the american dream and they don't care how much the get