What were some of the problems that workers faced in the late 1800s that led to the rise of the labor movement?

Unsafe work environments; low wages; long work hours.

Explanation:

    If one thing can well define the differences between what we see today in most companies and what we see in the first English factories, it will be the workday.

    In the days of the Industrial Revolution, the workday was abusive and inhuman, as it ranged from 10, 12 or even 18 hours of work! Which meant that employees simply did not have a life outside the factory environment.

    Other than that, in a pre-labor time, in the first factories the working conditions were really unhealthy, especially because of the lack of safety care, accidents were common, with mutilations of people, among other things.

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