write a short note on life of workers class 10 history
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(i) Labour was in abundance.
(ii) Job opportunities were few.
(iii) Job seekers who came from villages had to spend the night under bridges or in night shelters and they had no place to stay in the city.
(iv) Much of the work was seasonal in nature such as book binding.
(v) Wages were low and life was difficult when prices of goods in the city rose sharply.
(vi) Workers had to look for odd jobs when they could not find proper employment in factories.
Explanation:
(A) Seasonal work : In most of the industries, the demand for labour wasseasonal. The actual possibility of getting a job depended on existing networks of friendship and kin relations.
(B) Low wages : The workers were getting very low wages.At the best of times till the mid-nineteenth century, about 10% of the population was extremely poor.
(C) Women workers : Factories employed large number of women. With technological development women gradually lost their industrial jobs.
(D) Problem of Housing : Most of the workers were living in slums. Factory or workshop owners did not house the migrant workers,
(E) Source of Fun and Leisure : For the poor workers the streets often were the only place for rest, leisure and fun. The working poor created spaces of entertainment wherever they lived...
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