The Pros And Cons Of Laborers And Immigration Conditions

Sinclair has the reader imagine the bosses, supervising the immigrants working day and night in the factories, as slave drivers. Imagining the bosses in such a way, is cruel to begin with, and leads the reader to have sympathy for the workers. However, nothing has been mentioned about the working conditions. The factories do not insulate the workers from the winter frost or the summer heat. Much of the work eventually kills the immigrants, either slowly, by them getting sick from the continual speeding up of the factory, or by the poor workers instantly get killed.

There was an abundance of workers, and the items they were producing were being found in homes across the country. Industry was making a lot of money, but due to the number of able workers, these same companies believed that they did not need to treat them well. The workers were putting in ten to twelve hours a day, five and a half, or six days a week (p. 9). The working conditions

There were no guards over the belts that drove the sewing machines, the ventilation was terrible, and the working environment was very unsanitary (Schaefer 8). The factory hired over 500 immigrants to work in the top three floors of the Asch Building. It was a very cramped workplace and with bad ventilation the air didn’t move much so it was extremely hot. The young women were requires to work a minimum of 12 hour per day, every day. They earned a whopping wage of 15 dollars per week which was barely enough to get by (History).

Although many people were being employed and paid, working conditions were very hazardous and payment was unfair. Workers would work twelve to eighteen hours a day, but got poorly paid by their

The amount of time most adults worked was beyond unhealthy, but, what made it worse was that kids as young as nine were sent into the mill to work 6 1/2 hours. This was from Document G as Document G also described that adults were working more than 12 hours a day in warm, and damp air in the factories. Being in warm and damp conditions for half of a day every day is beyond miserable for the body physically and mentally. Many sicknesses were passed as a result from this which resulted in many deaths. It was clear that the health of most adults were detoriating, but it was still ultimately decided to put kids to work like adults even though children generally are not as healthy as adults.

Some of the conditions were low pays, no safe at all to work in, over crowed in factories, working days were long. Some people work 10 to 12 hours a day. There was no job security, no workman’s companion , no retirement fund.

Dr. Stow expresses that “as a class, they [the laborers] are dwarfed physically.” Stow clarifies his statement by explaining that these physical and psychological ailments have come as a result of the lack of fresh air and intense heat of the mills of which the laborers work in. The failure of politicians to pass legislation to improve the welfare of workers unfortunately led to several other instances of abuse similar to the kinds expressed in the report. Subsequently, laborers began to unionize in order to advocate for more humane working conditions. These unions supported things such as an 8-hour work day, child labor protections, and higher wages.

The workers had bad conditions in the factories. According to document 1 workers in factories had to work from 5AM to 9PM with a 40 minute lunch break and some of them started at young ages. Some entire families had to work to buy food which meant kids also had to work. Kids had less than 8 hours break which meant they didn’t get enough sleep even if they fell asleep right as they get home from work. Even worse, they spent the 16 hours every day in dangerous conditions.

When workers were sick they would either lose their job or have no pay for those hours. “Soon the production of exports outpaced imports of goods, and by the late 1800’s America emerged as the world’s largest industrial power. This success did not come without a price, however, industrial growth brought with it a host of environmental pollution problems.” (Document 3). There were a lot of pollution problems during these times due to the Textile Factory.

In those time getting hurt on the job didn't mean any extra money. It just meant that you could lose your job or worse. Real estate agents would raise rates so that they can kick out families whose husbands or wives has been injured on the job. Women worker that were disprite were used as play thing for the boss’s of the

40% of female workers voted that the treatment when sick was poor and 50% voted that it was average (Doc.

These women worked very hard, but sometimes weren’t being treated fairly enough. “There were more females (12,519 women) than males (1,109 males) working in the factory” (Doc A). This means that women had to do most of the work. A worker’s day at work was another hardship. “They would commence their work at 4:05 am and end at 7:30 pm.

In terms of postsecondary education, African immigrants have been given priority over other black Americans for affirmative action in higher rank institutions, leading to the creation of the idea of them as a new model minority. They have been cited as the racial group with the highest percentage of university and advanced degrees at 48.9% in 2010 and 8.2% in 2014 respectively (Ukpokodu 70). There are many problems with the seeming prioritization of accepting more African immigrants into universities. Not only the fact that less native-born black Americans are not getting spots in these institutions therefore dividing African immigrants and native-born African Americans even more, but also that this puts pressure and intense expectations on

The life of an industrial worker was very hard. Workers had to work long shifts and get paid very little. Some worked ten to twelve hours a day, six days a week, and made less than one dollar per hour. Along with long hours and little pay, there was no regulation for breaks, safety, or age. Due to this, one in eleven workers died on the job.

Forced Labor in the USA has been a major problem since the past few years, yet the government nor the citizens who has been victims of Forced Labor, has not made any major plans to put Forced Labor into an end. It is in need to put Forced Labor into an end so that the victims of this problem may have everlasting freedom and success in their own separate lives. The citizens of the US are experiencing “Forced Labor” in a way that they don’t even know that they’re already being victims of this certain problem. In other words, these citizens are being “tricked” because of the false advertisements that are being given to them, which blinds them because they don’t know the background of the store they’re going to work for, which makes them realize in the End that they’re already victims of Forced Labor. There are many possible solutions to put Forced Labor into an end.