industrial+America-+Sami


 * [[image:http://www.cobbk12.org/sites/literacy/math/Change%20100_5461.jpg width="342" height="256" align="right" link="Unions-Sami"]] Many workers had to do hard and boring work under harmful conditions. They would breathe in toxic fumes, lint, dust and mold. They had heavy machinery that didnt have high safety standards and many people got hurt. In the 1900's the average industrial workder made 22 cents per hour and they worked 59 hours per week. That is only $12.98 a week. Im not sure about you guys but i spend more than that in lunch a week...now think about trying to support a family on that. **