Jobs in the 1930'sThose who couldn't find jobs during the Great Depression 'rode the rails'. Men would ride the trains wherever it led them. The official firs day of the Great Depression was referred to as "Black Thursday". One in four Americans could not find a job, That's means 25% unemployment rate! During the Great Depression most Americans lived in poverty, they found th jobs via
Word-of-mouth, persistence and family connections
... but in reality most people not able to find a job were willing to do the worst jobs for low pay.
Shorter work weeks became common in the 1930s. The standard six-day week began to vanish.... as more employers lost money they granted Saturday afternoons off.
Other employers followed the example of the Ford Motor Company and switched to a five-day work week. Paid holidays, yearly vacations and an eight-hour day were also becoming more common, it paid to have happy quality workers over underpaid but less skilled workers.
In Addition:- In 1935, the Wagner Act gave workers the legal freedom to unionize.
- The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act prohibited children under 14 from working. This law didn't apply to paperboys.
- As the War drew near and soldiers were deployed, women were in high demand, this began the era of women in the workforce.
- Well sonny boy i was alive in the 1930s and i gotta tell ya it ain't easy y'all gotta work real hard do your homework and stay in school and read books and don't spend to much time playing with tires good luck my pal
