During the early Industrial Revolution, the working conditions were absolutely horrible. The working hours were long, conditions were unsafe and unhealthy, and there was the use of child labor. Work hours for all workers, including children and women, ranged from 12 to 16 hours a day, six days a week. Cotton mills had uncomfortably high temperatures, mills were dusty and unhealthy, and coal mines were dangerous. The only real people that benefited from the Industrial Revolution in the beginning were the members of the middle class. Industrial workers did eventually push to ease the harsh working conditions of the early Industrial Revolution though. The first step workers took was the formation of labor organizations in order to gain decent