Child labor

Labor Laws

By dfroiland

  • Illegal in Great Britain for workers to unionize

    Illegal in Great Britain for workers to unionize
    ♦ Combination Acts makes it illegal in Great Britain for workers to unionize in order to bargain for higher pay or better working conditions.
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    History if Unionism

  • Luddite Rebellion

    Luddite Rebellion begins in Great Britain. Luddites attack factories and smash machines in protest against the industry.

  • Illegal to destroy industrial machines

    Parliament passes a law making it illegal by penalty of death to destroy industrial machines

  • Fourteen Luddites are hanged

    Fourteen Luddites are hanged
    On January 16, 1813, fourteen Luddites are hanged at York Castle in England for the murder of manufacturer William Horsfall.

  • Trade unions are legalized in Great Britain.

    Trade unions are legalized in Great Britain.
    Trade unions are legalized in Great Britain.

  • first regulation of child labor

    ♦ The 1833 Factory Act in Great Britain provides first regulation of child labor in textile factories.

  • Poorhouses for the destitute in Great Britain.

    Poorhouses for the destitute in Great Britain.
    Poor Law creates “poorhouses” for the destitute in Great Britain.

  • The negative effects of industrialization

    Friedrich Engels publishes his observations of the negative effects of industrialization in his book The Condition of the Working-Class in England.

  • General Board of Health

    The British government establishes the General Board of Health to investigate sanitary conditions, setting up local boards to ensure safe water in cities.

  • 10,000 people die from contaminated drinking water.

    10,000 people die from contaminated drinking water.
    10,000 people die in three months in London from a Cholera epidemic caused by contaminated drinking water.

  • Mandatory for children between the ages of 5 and 10 to attend school.

    Mandatory for children between the ages of 5 and 10 to attend school.
    The Elementary Education Act of 1870, aka Foster’s Education Act, in Great Britain makes school attendance mandatory for children between the ages of 5 and 10.

  • Ensure public health for housing and sewage.

    Public Health Act gives the British government responsibility to ensure public health for housing and sewage.

  • Minimum working age raised to 12 years

    The Factory Act in Great Britain raises the minimum work age to 12 years old.

  • The Child Labor Tax law is passed.

    The Child Labor Tax law is passed.
    The Child Labor Tax law is passed.