Urban work Flashcards
Why did urban workers have poor working conditions?
mostly employed in the service or manufacturing industry
factories had the worst conditions
What did Alexander III introduce to report on industrial working conditions?
Russian officials to carry out a series of visits and inspections of industrial factories and worker housing
What were the working conditions for industrial workers reported as? (AIII)
Dangerous and unhealthy
Why were AIII’s inspectors largely ineffectual?
Too few in number, limited powers of enforcement
When were industrial inspectors introduced?
1882-1885
What was introduced in 1882?
Factory legislation banning the employment of children under 12
What was introduced in 1896
a factory law reducing working hours to 11hrs
workers not obliged to work on sundays
What did Lenin introduce in February 1920?
Rabrikin; The People’s Commissariat of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Inspection
Urban working conditions under Lenin
long hours, low pay
harsh discipline
fines for petty wrongdoings
workers were threatened by being dismissed
Officials claimed that certain workers were intent on disrupting production by damaging machinery or purposely working slowly to prevent the implementation of the five year plans
women and children were treated more severely than men
Law introduced in 1914 (NII)
9 hour working day
statutory holidays
Law introduced in 1917
8 hr working day
Why did the Bolsheviks introduce laws to improve working conditions?
To illustrate that they were the workers’ party
Why did Stalin increase the working day?
he claimed the demands of the 1st five year plan meant workers had to endure a longer working day
What did Stalin increase the working day to?
10-12 hours
When did Stalin increase the working day to 10-12 hrs?
1932
