Laborers in the Twenties
Life for laborers in the “Golden Twenties” was not all that great. They received very little pay and worked many hours. Laborers worked under very poor conditions. A lot of laborers lost jobs and suffered from unemployment. The pay laborers received was very little. They worked many hours for literally pennies. Laborers worked anywhere from 8-hour workdays to 16-hour workdays. They worked six or seven days a week just so they could survive. The average industrial worker’s wages in 1920 was $0.56 an ho
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Approximate Word count = 344
Approximate Pages = 1 (250 words per page double spaced)
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