In today’s world there are laws that were made by the government that prevent workers to be treated unfairly and have them working in unsafe conditions but during the Industrial Revolution none of these laws existed. During the Revolution everything changed. Families were forced to make their children and others work. It wasn’t fair to them because they had no choice. Since they were forced to work it was required for them to move to towns and cities so that they could be close to their new jobs. Young children had harsh working conditions. They were being taken advantage of and controlled easily because they were young and naive. Children were often employed to move between machines since they were small enough. Women and children were also injured by the dangerous machinery. Children would work long hours and have little pay. Children worked 12 to 18 hours a day, six days a week and earned only a dollar. Many became sick; some had lung disease because of the lack of ventilation and there was a lot of dust in the factories. Some female workers were fired because they were not educated enough to fight back. During that time, women were considered to be less than men.
