USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Poor working conditions can include things like inadequate space utilization. Employees need space to work comfortably and remain productive – and there needs to be quiet space, as well as a place for collaboration. While these may seem like small things, they can account for poor working conditions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Poor workers were often housed in cramped, grossly inadequate quarters. Working conditions were difficult and exposed employees to many risks and dangers, including cramped work areas with poor ventilation, trauma from machinery, toxic exposures to heavy metals, dust, and solvents.

Detailed explanation-3: -The working conditions that working-class people faced were known to include: long hours of work (12-16 hour shifts), low wages that barely covered the cost of living, dangerous and dirty conditions and workplaces with little or no worker rights.

Detailed explanation-4: -Often-cited examples of poor practices include wages below living wages, excessive hours and days worked per week, discrimination, verbal and physical abuse, suppression of trade unions, and preventable disasters that result in death.