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Factory Act 1819
Cotton Mills and Factories Act stated that no children under 9 were to be employed and that no children 9-16 were allowed to be allowewd to work more than 12 hours. -
1824 strike
Textile and other factory workers felt exploited. They protested against the low wages and the bad conditions of factory life. -
Factory Act 1833
Children under 9 were banned from woring in the textiles industry and 10-13 year olds were limited to working 48 hours per week. -
Factory Act 1844
Maximum of 12 hours per day for woman -
Factory Act 1847
Woman and Children had a maximum of 10 hours of work per day -
Factory Act 1850
The hours of work woman and children worked were increased to 10 hours a day but they were not allowed to work before 6am or after 6pm. -
1874
No worker was permitted to work more than 56.5 hours per week. -
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877
Occured in West Virginia and was the response to the cutting of wages. Striking workers wouldn't allow any of the trains to roll unless the third wage cut was revoked.
