What is the major hardship that factory workers faced?Factory work in the late 1800s was difficult and dangerous. Explain one effort workers made...

For once, there were no child labor laws, nor working unions. The rights of employees were at the mercy of what was needed, and unexistant. One of the major harships was the exposure to pollutants, both by waterborn bacteria, air, smog, chemical reactions, and most importantly, fire.

The Industrial Revolution was a very contaminated and polluted, dark, snoky, dirty, ashy, and sick period of history.Factory workers had to shack up near the factory, sometimes bringing in their families, and living in what would be like military barracks, only dirty and unsafe. Poor hygiene gave space to a massive spread of cholera at the time, and the lack of time off taxed on the health of many workers.

Another hardship, especially for coal miners was the same thing we have now: implosion. Thanks to them the union or laborers formed to ensure some form of safety, and to forbid children and females to work in this field.

In short: it is a combination of physical and emotional pollution that took over the lives of these people who unfortunately depended entirely on those conditions to be able to "live".