Factory Act of 1833

Factory Act of 1833

An act that limited the factory workday for children between nine and thirteen years of age to eight hours and that of adolescents between fourteen and eighteen years of age to twelve hours.

Factory Act of 1833. (3)

British law designed to improve factory conditions and reduce child labor

Factory Act of 1833. (2)

limited the factory workday for children between 9 and 13 to 8 hours and that of adolescents between 14 and 18 to 12 hours-made no effort to regulate hours of work for children at home or in small businesses-children under 9 were to be enrolled by schools to be established by factory owners-broke pattern of whole families working together in the factory because efficiency required standardized shifts for all workers

Factory Act of 1833 (4)

limited the hours of each workday, restricted children from working in factories, and required factory owners to make working conditions safer and cleaner.

labor unions

unions were vehicles through which thousands of employees bargained for better working conditions, or threatened to strike, thereby shutting down the factory In addition, an increasing number of factory owners realized that happy, healthy, and reasonably well-paid workforce meant a productive and loyal one this helped contribute to social mobility to become more common