correcting social injustice
People were dissatisfied with American politics, working conditions and living conditions for immigrants, who had flooded the United States from Europe. Most of the immigrants lived in horrid, slum-like conditions: no running water, no proper sewage, over crowded run-down buildings. The immigrants were a cheap labor source of American factories. Immigrants, children, women and minorities had no employment rights.
The Jungle described the disgusting and horrible conditions in the meat packing factories which lead to improvements like:
* Less child labor
* Worker protection from job injuries
* Cleaner working conditions
Upton Sinclair wanted to change more than conditions in the factories. He wanted to change American society into a more socialist one. He wanted to protect the poor immigrants from social injustice in the workplace and in society.
Upton Sinclair was a socialist – meaning that he believed that the government should control the economy and help the poor.
The Jungle described the disgusting and horrible conditions in the meat packing factories which lead to improvements like:
* Less child labor
* Worker protection from job injuries
* Cleaner working conditions
Upton Sinclair wanted to change more than conditions in the factories. He wanted to change American society into a more socialist one. He wanted to protect the poor immigrants from social injustice in the workplace and in society.
Upton Sinclair was a socialist – meaning that he believed that the government should control the economy and help the poor.