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    The Factory Acts were a series of acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom beginning in 1802 to regulate and improve the conditions of industrial...
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  • Saville designed advertising for the club, and in September Factory released an EP of music by acts who had played at the club (the Durutti Column, Joy Division...
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    some of the worst excesses of industrialization's factory-based society, labourers of Factory Acts leading the way in Britain. Trams, automobiles and...
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    some acts consolidate and reorganise prior acts; these are called consolidation acts. Inclosure acts (various, mainly 1750 to 1860) Factory Acts (1802...
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    liability of employers for injuries to their employees, &c. Factory acts have been passed by Factory nearly all the states of the Union. These may be and work-...
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    since the first of the Conservative-sponsored Factory Acts (which, in 1833, established a professional Factory Inspectorate). Stevenson cautioned that this...
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    the mills, and the factory system led to organised labour. Poor conditions became the subject of exposés. In England, the Factory Acts were written to regulate...
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    Mills and Factories Act 1819 which (although also ineffective for want of a means of proper enforcement) paved the way for subsequent Factory Acts that would...
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    A factory inspector is someone who checks that factories comply with regulations affecting them. The enforcement of UK Factory Acts before that of 1833...
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    1819 Factory Acts were passed to regulate the working hours of workhouse children in factories and cotton mills to 12 hours per day. These acts were largely...
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  • conferred on this act by section 19 of the Factory Act 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 44). Oats, Henry Carne. The Factory Acts. V & R Stevens, Sons, & Haynes. 1862...
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    London street life by Charles Dickens. The campaign eventually led to the Factory Acts, which mitigated the exploitation of children at the workplace The modern...
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    The Factory was Andy Warhol's studio in Manhattan, New York City, which had four locations between 1963 and 1987. The Factory became famed for its parties...
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  • execution of the acts; the duty of enforcing the acts in factories, workshops, and mines was imposed upon the inspectors of the Factory and Mines Departments...
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  • intervention in the economy from the early 19th century on, with passage of the Factory Acts. From around 1840 to 1860, laissez-faire advocates of the Manchester...
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    The Factory System and the Factory Acts pg. 88 "Lord Ashley and the Ten Hours Factory Bill". London Evening Standard. 8 September 1841. p. 2. "Factory Bill"...
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    the creation of a citizen army to replace the professional army; the Factory Acts would be amended to extend to 21 the age for half-time employment, so...
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  • factories. Bleaching and dyeing works were included by the acts of 1860 and 1862; lace factories by that of 1861; calendering and finishing by acts of...
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  • who he hoped would see it as a way to improve their lives via factory and health acts as well as greater protection for workers. The ideology featured...
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    attacked child labor from the 1830s onward. The campaign that led to the Factory Acts was spearheaded by rich philanthropists of the era, especially Lord Shaftesbury...
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  • industry specific safety legislation. In the UK, the early 19th century Factory Acts were a significant development for gradually improving occupational safety...
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  • week. The last two major factory acts of the Industrial Revolution were introduced in 1850 and 1856. After these acts, factories could no longer dictate...
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    struggle can be seen throughout history, and eventually, laws such as Factory Acts were put in place to limit the length of a working day and child labour...
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    intervention on conditions of employment which was followed by subsequent Factory Acts. The Health and Morals of Apprentices Act 1802 had been introduced by...
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    system was preferred because the workers were not covered under the Factory Acts. Such workers received 21⁄4 to 21⁄2 penny (d) per gross of boxes. The...
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    had plans that covered only the public sector. United States labor law Factory Acts (UK) Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (Malaysia) Hazard prevention...
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  • workers about long hours and few breaks, she was fined for violating the Factory Acts. Her dressmaking was in high demand and by 1914 the shop employed around...
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    Retrieved 2 May 2011. Mayhew 1861, p. 351 "Key dates in Working Conditions, Factory Acts (Great Britain 1300 – 1899)". Retrieved 19 March 2012. Strange 1982,...
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    with an Introduction by Mrs. Humphry Ward. (1901). The Case for the Factory Acts, Ed. by Beatrice Webb; with a Preface by Mrs. Humphry Ward. (1908). The...
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    London street life by Charles Dickens. The campaign that led to the Factory Acts was spearheaded by rich philanthropists of the era, especially Lord Shaftesbury...
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