recorded September 3, 2025

This week we celebrate the American laborer that keeps the wheels of industry turning. But what was it like at a time when labor drove the actual industrial revolution? TLDR, it was a horror show of course! We go from the Poor Law of 1834 to workhouses, to manufacturing fire in a locked building, to labor safety laws and the value of unions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Law_Amendment_Act_1834

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Victorian-Workhouse/

https://www.osha.gov/aboutosha/40-years/trianglefactoryfire

https://workerorganizing.org/premajority-unionism/unions/history/