Project Gutenberg 2025-02-25 Public domain in the USA. 526 Black, Clementina 1853 1922 Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George) 1865 1946 Gardiner, Alfred George Alpha of the plough plough, Alpha of the 07042076 Sweated industry and the minimum wage $aLondon :$bDuckworth & Co., $c1907. Reading ease score: 53.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Richard Tonsing, Carla Foust, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Sweated Industry and the Minimum Wage" by Clementina Black is a critical examination of labor conditions and socioeconomic issues surrounding underpaid workers in Britain, written in the early 20th century. The text focuses on the plight of various groups of exploited workers, particularly emphasizing the concept of "sweating," where workers receive inadequate wages, often while working in deplorable conditions. Black aims to critique the systems that perpetuate poverty and advocate for legislative changes, particularly the introduction of a minimum wage to alleviate the suffering of the working classes. At the start of the work, the author frames the issue of sweating within the wider context of social justice, indicating that individual charitable efforts have proven insufficient to address the systemic problems facing the lowest-paid workers. Black relates the experiences of home workers, such as matchbox makers and shirt makers, illustrating their harrowing daily lives filled with relentless toil for meager pay. The opening chapters also highlight specific case studies, including the tragic history of the Jarvis family, who succumbed to the dire conditions of their existence. Through personal accounts and investigations, Black sets the stage for a compelling argument advocating for substantial reforms in labor practices and protections for vulnerable working populations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/sweatedindustrym00blacrich/page/288/mode/2up 20231210092010black 1907 gb en Sweatshops Minimum wage HD Text Browsing: Economics Browsing: Politics 487545 2025-02-28T22:21:47.827502 text/html 450151 2025-02-25T11:37:02 text/html 532471 2025-02-28T22:21:56.683464 application/epub+zip 536509 2025-02-28T22:21:50.173529 application/epub+zip 378637 2025-02-28T22:21:48.993598 application/epub+zip 1293550 2025-02-28T22:22:01.472463 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1255565 2025-02-28T22:21:55.630472 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398487 2025-02-28T22:21:46.690557 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 378487 2025-02-25T11:37:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14960 2025-02-28T22:22:01.622446 application/rdf+xml 13234 2025-02-28T22:21:49.242498 image/jpeg 1781 2025-02-28T22:21:49.115500 image/jpeg 1137237 2025-02-28T22:21:47.877564 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia