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    The Factories of the North In the mid-1800s lots of things were being made by machine. For example: clothing, shoes, watches, guns, and farming machines were made. In 1840 the workday was 11 ½ hours. The workers were very tired and they most likely would have accidents. Workers and even children were hurt a lot by the machines. In the summer they were hot and in the winter they were cold, because there was not air conditioning or a heater in the factories. There were no laws to help the working conditions

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    In the 1800s almost everything was created in a factories. You need people to work in there so it created more jobs for people to work at. A lot of the times it was kids working in there because they are small and can get in the small parts of the machines so it made the adults jobs easier but put a lot of kids in danger of the machines. The conditions in the factories were always bad. If it was in the summer the workers would get very hot and in the winter they would mostly freeze and it would be

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    Essay # 1 Industrialization: New Factories. New Rules. It is the nineteenth century, in this day and time many were concerned about the acceleration of businesses, agriculture and the rapidly changing living conditions. The inventions that were developed to process textiles were in high demand. The economy seemed to be booming for everyone but the working class. Therefore, it was a difficult time, people were struggling in several areas of their lives. Supply and demands were great and this

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    Disney company was found to be using child labor as investigators have found many problems in Disney Factories, Children from 10 to 16 years of age were found making Disney toys, when one group was making Winnie The Pooh toys and other Disney dolls and stamps (martin, 2010). In 1996, another NGO, the US National Labour Committee, found abuses at suppliers in Haiti. Haiti is a small island, which is an example Disney sweatshop that has no tolerance for workers rights. Workers here stitch Aladdin

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    enacted the Factory Act. In this law, it required that no child worker under 9, employers had to have certificate, no work at night, limited the working time foe children, inspectors to enforce the law and so on (The Factory Act, 1833). However, According to Reports of Inspectors of Factories 1863, inspectors had to enforce the law, otherwise they would receive penalty. But data showed that the penalty was less than their salary, so to work quickly, they were still not abidance the law. A Factory Inspector

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    across the country as well as the videos of factory farms and how their livestock are raised, along with Rachel Carson’s various books about the dangers of pesticides. Until the 1950’s, farming never used hormones to increase growth pace to achieve meatier animals. Factory farms and the mass production of animals have caused corporations to stop thinking about the quality of their foods, but the quantity and efficiency in which consumers receive it. Factory farm raised animals are produced to become

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    Cheesecake Factory

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    Cheesecake Factory Inc was incorporated in Delaware on February 1992. The Company operates 161 upscale, casual, full-service dining restaurants under The Cheesecake Factory(r), Grand Lux Cafe(r) and RockSugar Pan Asian Kitchen(r) marks. It operates two bakery production facilities hat produce baked desserts and other products for its restaurants and for other foodservice operators, retailers and distributors. It also licenses two bakery cafes under The Cheesecake Factory Bakery Cafe(r)

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    Factory Farms

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    Even though factory farms have several problems they do however have some advantages such as their low cost and the jobs they provide for communities. They have such a low cost because the care of the poultry in these farms is often over looked. Poultry in factory farms are put into stressful and dangerous situations every day that cause them physical and emotional pain (“Farm Animals”)

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    Factory Farming Benefits

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    Agriculture What is Industrial Agriculture? Also known as Factory Farming, Industrial Agriculture is a modern type of agriculture, which involves high inputs of money, eliminating jobs (as well as creating pollution) by using pesticides in place of heavy machinery, and a dense population of animals raised on limited land requiring massive amounts of sustenance. (Sustainabletable.org, “Industrial Livestock Production”) FarmSanctuary.org states that Factory Farms abuse animals and exploit the environment for

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    Because of the conditions of the animals in factory farms, they are exposed to the potential of infections and diseases. Intensive farming interrupts and restricts the natural behavior of the animals, and this can increase frustration and aggression in them. When the animals are confined in small areas, this aggression can be taken out on one another. Farmers and factory workers conduct injuries to the animals for reasons intended to benefit the animals, but in reality they are inhumane, harmful

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