Working Conditions One of the main effects of the industrial revolution is working conditions. There were no laws back then regulated what factories could do with their biohazard waste(BCP). Many factories work hours were long almost up to12 to 15 hours a day (OCS). Many those machines they work on were dangerous. Many people lives the factories they worked at and at times they would get horribly beaten like they were kids they were often slaved away. The working conditions were so bad that they
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children as young as six was employed to work in mines and factories. There were a couple major problems that came with the idea of child labor. First‚ they were given empty promises to convince them to work in the factories. The children were promised good food‚ shelter‚ given better education‚ and a better living standard‚ but they were simply tricks to lure the kids in to work for them. Secondly‚ the children were underpaid. Factory owners would pay the children as
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enough. Kids shouldn’t be working in the dangerous factories at all. The city streets are dirty and the houses are crowded‚ the coal mine workers may have it the worst working in the hot‚ damp‚ and narrow underground tunnels. Life is becoming very hard ever since the Industrial Revolution started. I did some investigating on my own and found the factories down in the center of the city to be dirty and dangerous. You can smell the factories from 2 blocks away and visibility is very low once inside
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Jane Humphries‚ children as young as six years old would work in factories and were employed to move between these dangerous machines because they were small enough that they could fit. This caused mortality rates to increase in factories because people were put at a great danger with machinery (Humphries). Also‚ the people that worked in these factories would have long working hours and only got a lunch and dinner break. The factories were not air conditioned and had little ventilation so workers
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responsible for the production of Apple’s products such as the iphones and ipads. Just when positive news about Foxconn’s efforts in improving the working conditions of its Shenzhen factories for the workers and increasing wages was heard this year‚ the worker’s riots in September 23‚ 2012 at the Foxconn’s Taiyuan (Shanxi) factory sparked another global outcry (Roberts‚ 2012). Foxconn is a multinational company based in Taiwan and is one of the world’s largest electronics manufacturing company. One of
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began investigating labor conditions in Apple’s supply chain in China. Subsequent reports on Foxconn factories in 2007 prompted Apple to start auditing its supplier factories and also to begin publishing its annual Supplier Responsibility Progress Reports. In addition to Apple‚ other electronics companies felt compelled to respond after the media exposed poor working conditions in Foxconn factories. Under pressure from Apple and other companies‚
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are the electricity to run the factories and machines‚ the lights to allow work into the night hours. But the positives did not always
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The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain in 1750 due to the advancement in technology‚ and it spread throughout the world. Britain’s unique wealth‚ resources‚ education‚ population and access to trade was a catalyst for the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution suffered both positive and negative effects. A positive effect of the Industrial Revolution was the punishments. The negative effects of the Industrial Revolution were the working conditions‚ accidents and the pollution
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serious work-related injuries and worker suicides but exist throughout Apple’s supply chain. The abuse of factory workers making Apple products came under scrutiny earlier this year following a New York Times story that described poor working conditions at the factories of contractors making the products. The Fair Labor Association conducted a month long investigation on Foxconn factories and worker abuse and health and safety risks for workers. alleged that the workers at Foxconn‚ which makes
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