From Giovanni Pancari's Migration To America

There was also no set wages. They could pay them as little or as much as they wanted to. The Joads had a very similar situation that is complicated by the Great Depression. People took advantage of the fact that they were desperate for work by paying them pocket change.

Living conditions were poor, they had dirt floors and little to no furniture, most of them did not have a bed to sleep on. Sometimes slaves would work an eighteen hour day during harvest time. They worked from sunrise to sunset and were expected to do so almost everyday of the week. Women and men worked the same amount of hours and pregnant women were supposed to work the same until their child was born. After birth the mother still had to go to work the next day and had little or no time with her baby. Elderly women or women to feeble to work were in charge of taking care of the babies of the women who were working.

“The demand for labor grew, and in the late 19th and early 20th centuries many children were drawn into the labor force. Factory wages were so low that children often had to work to help support their families. However, child laborers rarely experienced their youth” (National Archives). Child labor was a “normal” thing to many people

The typical salary was $6 a week which doesn't add up to the work they did. A typical worker was expected to work sixteen hours daily six days a week, possibly hundred-hour work week. They suffered from severe skin conditions from work. Children and women also faced harsh working conditions where children were mostly under the age of sixteen and were paid less than ten cents a day for fourteen hour days of work. They helped support

Men made only a dollar a day, but it was even lower for the women and children. This was not enough for a family to live on. Besides their low wages, people of the time also worked long hours and usually in bad conditions. Men and women worked 12 to 16 hours a day 6 days a week, sometimes seven. Sometimes the workers went into debt because they were charged more than they made for the housing, food, clothing and etc supplied by the Company.

Throughout history, children have always worked, either as apprentices or servants. However, child labor reached a whole new scale during the time period of the Industrial Revolution. Throughout the time frame of late 1800s-early 1900s, children worked long hours in dangerous factory conditions for very little wages. They were considered useful as laborers because their small stature allowed them to be cramped into smaller spaces, and they could be paid less for their services. Many worked to help support their families, and by doing so, they forwent their education. Numerous nineteenth century reformers and labor groups sought to restrict child labor and to improve working conditions.

to work in factories. They used the children to work in the factories which in return made problems

Anyone worked from childhood till elder years. You needed the money back then. So you would have to go and work in the factories which was terrible. The children could not go and get an education, they had to work hard in the factories. When you were older, you worked until They usually worked anywhere from 5-16 hours a day working, depending on your age. Children had to work in the shops if they were poor which was most of the population. They also worked when they were very old. Most of the worker’s lives were dedicated to working in the shops which was very boring and miserable for them.

The Italians had many different reasons for wanting to come to America, poverty being the biggest reason. Most Italian

Since it declared independence from Great Britain in 1776, the United States has been called a land of opportunity for immigrants. Predating the founding of the nation itself, Italians have been drawn to the new world. Starting in 1492 with Christopher Columbus, and even leading up to the American Civil War, Italians have come to this country in search of a new life. However, it was not until the 20th century that Italians, similar to other Europeans and Asians, began to arrive in the United States in waves, and social impact the nation. After the Italians had left economically unstable and famine-ridden Italy, they arrived in America hoping to find a prosperous land. Yet, their idea of life in America got derailed by the way people socially

Child labor was widespread because they did not had have laws at that point. They were now hiring women and children because they got paid less about 0.50 to 1.50.Most of the time you would see the workers in small or unsafe working conditions. Due to all the the invention there needed to be more factory workers to make those products

Child labor was a staple during the Urbanization of the United States of America. Fresh out of a bloody Civil War that took the lives of at least 618,000. Child labor was very dangerous. Especially in the steel mills because of the lack of safety equipment. It was also very dangerous because the children laborers were very young for the jobs they were doing for such cheap pay. Anywhere between 12-16 years old. Since they were all very young they were not very strong. So due to them being weak, young, basically meeting no physical conditions to be able to work efficient the steel mill owners would take advantage of that. They saw cheap labor. Very cheap and easy labor.

Children were often forced to work in difficult conditions for long hours. They received little pay and were harshly disciplined. There were no restrictions on the age of workers or number of hours that could be worked.

They had long working hours the shifts tended to be between 12-14 hours long at the minimum and extra time for busy periods, even with working these long strenuous hours they earned little to nothing, on average the men earned 15 shillings a week whereas women earned 7 and children earned 3 . They often employed more women and children as they were cheaper to pay. As well as getting children to work in factories they also had orphans from the workhouses who also worked 12 hour shifts and who in barracks attached to the factory by beds. The health conditions in factories were very low as well , for example cotton thread had to be spun in warm conditions and leaving the factory in the night would lead to some people contracting pneumonia due to the sudden change in temperature. Additionally, the air was full of dust which allowed some people to get chest and lung diseases and the loud sounds coming from the machines impaired people 's ability to hear properly.

People were willing to take any job no matter the pay, just as long as they were getting paid was all that mattered. As poor as the pay was, working conditions didn’t raise the bar. In many factories, the only light was that of the sun that would shine through the windows. Safety precautions were often unpresented or ignored, often not even being taken into consideration by wealthy owners. Accidents reoccurred often. It was most common for accidents to happen with children workers.