🏭 When Factory Work Was a Death Sentence

🌟 Imagine working in a factory where diseases like plague were common, basic facilities didn't exist, and if you got injured, you'd get nothing - not even sympathy. This was the reality for India's early industrial workers!

💡 What You'll Discover:

• 🔍 How harsh English Common Law made worker compensation nearly impossible
• ⚖️ The shocking legal principles that protected employers while workers suffered
• 🎯 How Gandhi's 1918 textile mill intervention sparked change
• 🚀 Why the 1923 Workmen's Compensation Act was a game-changer

🚀 Landmark Cases That Changed Everything:

• 💎 Priestley vs. Fowler - The cruel case that established "voluntary assumption of risk" - meaning workers accepted danger by choosing to work
• ⭐ Taff Vale Railway Company case - How this British decision nearly destroyed union power by making them pay for strike damages

⚡ The Turning Point:

• 📜 How World War I, Gandhi's leadership, and international pressure created the perfect storm for change
• 🏛️ The birth of India's first major social security law in 1923
• 💪 From master-servant relationships to employer-employee contracts with real rights

🎙️ This isn't just legal history - it's the story of how ordinary people fought impossible odds to create the worker protections we take for granted today!