Industrialization Studies: Bucket Activites

Question 1

issues with working conditions

Answer 1

• long hrs
• factory doors locked
• lack of safety equipment

Question 2

Issues with treatment of workers

Answer 2

-no bathroom breaks
-wages docked 4 mistakes and operating costs
women and children paid less
-no workers comp.
-sick/vacation time not provided
-fired in injured on job
-pregnant women fired

Question 3

actions of workers

Answer 3

strikes
formed labor unions
labor speeches and rallies
org. boycotts

Question 4

actions of businesses/bosses

Answer 4

hired scabs or strike breakers
bribed police
"Yellow dog contracts"
lockouts
blacklists

Question 5

solutions of businesses

Answer 5

collective bargaining
allowed shops to unionize
closed shops(union only)
reform efforts to improve working conditions and worker treatments

Question 6

solutions of gov. action/legislation

Answer 6

min. wage
8hr work day
courts ordered laborers back to work
established child labor laws