Years in Italy: | 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 |
Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
Decades: | 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s |
Years: | 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 |
See also: 1901 in Italy, other events of 1902, 1903 in Italy.
Events from the year 1902 in Italy.
In 1902 a new working law limited the working day for women to 11 hours and prohibited employment of children under the age of 12. Socialist trade unionism enjoys rapid growth in 1901-02. In 1902 nearly 250,000 industrial workers were organized in the Socialist national federations. The main labour organizations, the Camera del Lavoro (Labour Exchange) also expanded rapidly: from 14 in 1900 to 76 in 1902.