THE POSITION OF WORKERS AND WORKING CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS
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industrialization, working conditions, industrial relations, technological progress, labour relations.Abstract
This paper analyzes the impact of the industrial revolutions on the world of work, expressed through urbanization as a process that arose due to the need to concentrate the workforce in urban areas and the formation of industrial centers. The focus is on the impact of the first, second and third industrial revolutions and its embodiment in the practices of Great Britain, the United States of America, as well as the countries of Western Europe. The creation of industrial capacities for mass production undoubtedly affected the position of workers in the work process. The development of technology, on the other hand, had an impact on the individual and collective rights of workers. This paper presents the working conditions of workers between the first and third industrial revolutions, as development projections and harbingers of the emergence of the fourth industrial revolution.
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