“We have come along ways since the work conditions of the 1930s and economic issues have greatly improved” (Fosdick, 2009). Workers today have such program as OSHA, Worker’s Compensation, unemployment, and laws to help protect them against poor and unsafe working conditions. Unlike workers of the 30s, where the government felt it was up to the businesses to run their workforce and did not get involved in such issues. However, the union forces helped fight for better working conditions, safety, and better pay. In labor industries alone there were hundreds of thousands of accidents annually, and compared to todays 5000 reported accidents, safety has obviously become a bid concern for everyone. Working conditions for women in the 1930s were just