WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On 16 March 1832 Sadler proposed the Second Reading of a Bill to limit the workday for textile workers under the age of 18 to ten hours. The bill also involved a ban on labour for children 9 years old and younger, an eight-hour day on Saturday, and a ban on night working for children under the age of 21.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1832 the British Parliament established a committee, headed by Michael Thomas Sadler, to investigate the situation of children employed in British factories.

Detailed explanation-3: -Due to the Sadler Commission, this factory act banned employment of children under 9 years old, limited workday to 9 hours for children 9-13 years old, 12 hours for kids from 13-18 and forbade night work for young people.

Detailed explanation-4: -What was the Sadler Report and what effect did it have on Great Britain? It described factory working conditions. It made many people in Britain, particularly in Parliament, aware of the need for reforms. What is a labor union and why were they formed?

Detailed explanation-5: -The Sadler Report was volumes of testimonies from children workers and older people, who once had to work as children in the mines and factories. The treatment of children had become increasingly worse and worse. The main point the Sadler Report was trying to get across was the exploitation of children workers.

Detailed explanation-6: -The Industrial Revolution was a time of few government regulations on working conditions and hours. Children often had to work under very dangerous conditions. They lost limbs or fingers working on high powered machinery with little training. They worked in mines with bad ventilation and developed lung diseases.