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 …showed first 75 words of 346 total…

…showed last 75 words of 346 total…laborers had families to support, and if they were not making even the small amount they could get paid, they couldn’t survive. If a lot of people are unemployed the entire economy suffers. In conclusion, life for laborers was pretty hard in the Twenties. They were paid too little and worked too long. They worked under poor work conditions. They also suffered from unemployment. All of these factors contributed to the laborers difficult life.