Monday, December 5, 2022

Labor Unions Emerge

   Long hours and Danger


Sweatshop-  a shop or factory in which employees work for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions
Pay- 27 cents for a child's 14-hour day.
In 1899, women earned an average $267.00 a year, nearly half of men's average pay of $498.00.
 Andrew Carnegie made 23 million- with no income tax.








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