Fellow members of the Parliament, as you all might have know our time has evolved and improved significantly from the old days when workers work hardly and unproductively. With the new machines, unemployment in the country decreased and people now are able to produce products easier and productively. However, these new machines does not exactly make the lives of a worker better. To prove myself, I collected a few evidence.
John Brown stated in the newspaper “Lion” in 1828, ”Woodward and other over-lookers used to beat me with pieces of thick leather straps made supple by oil, and having an iron buckle at the end, drew blood almost every time it was applied.” Written clearly above and published in the newspaper, workers were often punished inhumanly by their supervisors. ”Two children I know got employment in a factory when they were five years old…the spinning men or women employ children if they can get a child to do their business…the child is paid one shilling or one shilling and six pence, and they will take that (five year old) child before they take an older one who will cost more.” This was written by George Gould, a Manchester merchant, in 1816. Despite the one’s age, factory owners use child labor only because they are cheap. "The smallest child in the factories were scavengers……they go under the machine, while it is going……….it is very dangerous when they first come, but they become used to it.” Written by Charles Aberdeen, who worked in a Manchester cotton factory, in 1832. Clearly, child labor has been overly abused because not only are they cheap, but they are also small in size. Some of the children who work in factories had to either bend or stand for the entire day or to manage machines when they are still functioning. Children who who bend or stand for the entire day causes them to have a deformed bones; and children who manage machines when they’re still functioning risk their limbs and lives each day. People! This is inhumane work! "We went to the mill at five in the morning. We worked until dinner time and then to nine or ten at night; on Saturday it could be till eleven and often till twelve at night. We were sent to clean the machinery on the Sunday." Man interviewed in 1849 who had worked in a mill as a child. Waking up at five in the morning and working until midnight! Such long-working hours is just inhumane and insane!
John Brown stated in the newspaper “Lion” in 1828, ”Woodward and other over-lookers used to beat me with pieces of thick leather straps made supple by oil, and having an iron buckle at the end, drew blood almost every time it was applied.” Written clearly above and published in the newspaper, workers were often punished inhumanly by their supervisors. ”Two children I know got employment in a factory when they were five years old…the spinning men or women employ children if they can get a child to do their business…the child is paid one shilling or one shilling and six pence, and they will take that (five year old) child before they take an older one who will cost more.” This was written by George Gould, a Manchester merchant, in 1816. Despite the one’s age, factory owners use child labor only because they are cheap. "The smallest child in the factories were scavengers……they go under the machine, while it is going……….it is very dangerous when they first come, but they become used to it.” Written by Charles Aberdeen, who worked in a Manchester cotton factory, in 1832. Clearly, child labor has been overly abused because not only are they cheap, but they are also small in size. Some of the children who work in factories had to either bend or stand for the entire day or to manage machines when they are still functioning. Children who who bend or stand for the entire day causes them to have a deformed bones; and children who manage machines when they’re still functioning risk their limbs and lives each day. People! This is inhumane work! "We went to the mill at five in the morning. We worked until dinner time and then to nine or ten at night; on Saturday it could be till eleven and often till twelve at night. We were sent to clean the machinery on the Sunday." Man interviewed in 1849 who had worked in a mill as a child. Waking up at five in the morning and working until midnight! Such long-working hours is just inhumane and insane!
Bearing in mind of these inhumane actions, we should abolish such treatment to these workers. Firstly, factory supervisors has to stop abusing their power and beat up these tired workers. Workers work early in the morning and finish end at night, and still, they risk their lives to work daily. Secondly, child labor has to be stopped. Child labor causes bones to deform and affecting their future. Thirdly, instead of punishing workers who are inexperienced, supervisors has to support and assist workers who need help. And last but not least, long hours of work time has to be eradicated. In order to maximize the production of a factory, workers must stay in a healthy and productive condition that will help them work efficiently.