Mikila Williams

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Mikila Williams

• Period 4

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Prompt

• Between 1750 and 1850 more and more Western
  Europeans were employed in cottage industry and
  in factory production. Analyze how these 2 types
  of employment affected employer-employee
  relations, working conditions, family relations,
  and the standard of living during this period.

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Cottage Industry

• An industry in which employees work in their own
  homes, often using their own equipment

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Factory Production

• The growing demand for textiles led to the
  creation of the world's first factories

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Employer-Employee Relations

• Cottage Industry
• The employer brought materials to the employees
  home
• Employers sometimes accused employees of stealing
  materials from them because the employees didnt
  make as much cloth as was expected
• - Employees claimed the employer didnt give
  them enough materials

• Factory Production
• Employees worked in the factory instead of at
  their homes
• Cottage industry workers didnt want to work in
  factories because they had to work at the pace of
  the machine
• Children were forced to work long hours in
  factories because of the reluctance of the
  cottage workers

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Working Conditions

• Cottage Industry
• Workers set their own pace
• Worked long and hard, but took breaks whenever
  they felt like it
• The weeks work was due to the employer by
  Saturday
• Didnt do work from Saturday night until Tuesday

• Factory Production
• Workers had to keep pace with the machine
• Had to go to work everyday, and work long hours
• Children were forced to work, and were badly
  treated overworked
• Later, family units worked in mills
• - Children worked under their mother or father
• - This meant the entire family worked 12-hour
  shifts

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Family Relations

• Cottage Industry
• Worked in family units
• Every family member had something to do to help
• Women spun the cotton
• Men wove cotton after their wife spun it

• Factory Production
• At first, children were the main workers
• Eventually, adults came to work in the factories
• When the working people took the factory jobs,
  they brought with them old working traditions
  from the cottage industry
• - Came in family units
• - Children worked under their
• parents while in the cotton mills
• - Children sorted coal and worked
• ventilation equipment when out
• in the mines
• - Mothers hauled coal in tunnels
• under the surface, while fathers
• hewed with a shovel at the face of
• the ridge

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Standard of Living

• Cottage Industry
• Worked when they wanted, as long as their work
  was done by Saturday
• Brought in money, and were able to spend it on
  food items and clothing

• Factory Production
• Worked 12-hour days, 6 days a week
• Except during wartime, workers ate more food with
  a higher nutritional value
• Their diet became more varied
• -Ate more potatoes, dairy products,
• fruits, and vegetables
• Clothing improved
• Housing for working people did NOT improve