End of Labor Exploitation

Category
One Earth
Begin
1753
End
2020
Region
Global
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia

This period is linked to the following events

Event Name
Category
Date
Factory Act reduces the number of hours that children are allowed to work
Human Rights
1833
The British laboring poor in the People's Charter movement petitions for reform
Government
1838
Tsar Alexander II emancipates the serfs despite opposition of nobility
Human Rights
1861
Karl Marx publishes Das Kapital--labor is exploited in capitalism
Government
1867
Modernization of Japan begins with the Meiji Restoration--the end of feudalism
Human Rights
1868
German Social Democratic Party is unified
Trade
1875
Riots in Haymarket Square after strike against McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.
Trade
1886
In May 3-12, first & last British general strike--2.5 million workers stop working
Trade
1926
France paralyzed for 2 weeks by rioting students and striking workers
Government
1968
Lech Walesa creates Solidarity and leads strikes in Gdansk shipyard
Human Rights
1980
British miners end 51 week strike and admit defeat
Human Rights
1985

This period is linked to the following movies

Movie title
Genre
Released
Unfinished Sky
Historical
2007