What is one way that authors use setting to help further a story? by using it to introduce new characters and develop main characters
by only including one setting and describing it in great detail
by using the setting to indicate an important theme of the story
by making the setting unimportant so readers can focus on the plot

the author is showing that it is the insatisfaction of basic needs that brings about the protests such as the strikes.if workers do not earn enough to buy food and feed their families and themselves in order to continue working, what is the use of working? besides, another message from the author is that of the owners of factories should be worried about ensuring their furure by having a second and third generation of workers in their industries.if they do not hear the workers demands, they will not have any more workers to make their pockets full.