Problems of the average factory worker included: low wages poor housing labor unions

low wages

poor housing

The correct answers are:

- low wages;

- poor housing;

The average worker had several serious problems, with the low wages, exploitation of its work, and in accordance to that poor housing and not the best of living conditions. All those things were putting the workers in a very bad situation, as they abandoned their farming life-style and were economically totally dependent on the factories.

In order for this problems to be sorted out, the labor unions were formed. They did managed to unite the majority of the workers, and together they manage to fight for their rights, and gradually improve their status and resolve their problems in general.