Yet we grew at a higher rate before those rules came about.
We were younger. Easier to do.
Well, I mentioned two books.
However:
1874 to1879 -workers not allowed to speak to each other in factories
1875 - workers fed up with conditions and pay in factories
1877 - Columbia Bicycles - Founded in 1877 by Col. Albert Pope. Mass production began at the Weed Sewing Machine Company factory on Capitol Avenue. The company is now headquarted in Westfield, Mass.
1880 - New Haven still has horse trolleys; late 1880's electric trolley in Hartford1880's - people working 14 to 16 hrs a day at average pay of $1.75 a day
1883 - Industry becomes bigger and more mechanized; skilled craftsmen become obsolete
1884 - The Strong Fire Arms Company was organized in February of 1884 making parade cannons.
1800's Connecticut - American US History - CT Timeline
1880s5 September 1882 (United States)
Thirty thousand workers marched in the first Labor Day parade in New York City.
1883 (Canada)
The Trades and Labour Congress of Canada (TLC), a Canada-wide central federation of trade unions was formed.
1884 (United States)
The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, forerunner of the American Federation of Labor, passed a resolution stating that "8 hours shall constitute a legal day's work from and after May 1, 1886."
1885 (United States)
Ten coal-mining activists ("Molly Maguires") were hanged in Pennsylvania.
March 1886 (United States)
The Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886 was a labor union strike against the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads involving more than 200,000 workers.
1 May 1886 (United States)
Workers protested in the streets to demand the universal adoption of the eight hour day. Hundreds of thousands of American workers had joined the Knights of Labor.
Timeline of labor issues and events - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
By the late 1800s, states and territories had passed over 1,600 laws regulating work conditions and limiting or forbidding child labor. In many cases the laws did not apply to immigrants, thus they were often exploited and wound up living in slums working long hours for little pay.
Throughout America, local child labor laws were often ignored. On a national level, progress to protect children stalled as the U.S. Supreme Court ruled several times that child labor laws under question were unconstitutional. A subsequent attempt to pass an amendment to the U.S. Constitution failed.
In 1904, the National Child Labor Committee was organized by socially concerned citizens and politicians, and was chartered by Congress in 1907. From 1908 to 1912, photographer Hine documented numerous gross violations of laws protecting young children. At many of the locations he visited, youngsters were quickly rushed out of his sight. He was also told youngsters in the mill or factory had just stopped by for a visit or were helping their mothers.
The History Place - Child Labor in America: About Photographer Lewis Hine