| S.No. | Conditions of workers in a leather tannery | Conditions of English workers |
| 1. | Most of the workers in a tannery feed the leather to the machines. | In place of skilled workers, women and children were employed. |
| 2. | Machines could be worked by unskilled workers. | Most of the workers start as laborers and learn their skills on the job. |
| 3. | In wet operations, workers wear rubber aprons and gloves to handle wet and slippery hides. | No protection wear was given to the workers. Working in unhygienic conditions. |
| 4. | Dry end workers handle only lightweight. | Children were employed to push heavily loaded wagons to the point where the horses or mules can haul them. |
| 5. | Some tasks in this industry may be unpleasant because of the sights and smells. | In the dyeing units of the textile industry and in other chemical Industries there used to be unhygienic conditions. |
| 6. | Many tannery workers work the day shift eight hours a day, forty hours a week. | Workers had to work more than 12 hours a day. |
| 7. | The average earnings of a worker is Rs. 500 to Rs. 600 a day. | The workers had to work with meager wages, with which they cannot satisfy their minimum needs. |
| 8. | Most tanneries offer health insurance, paid holidays, and paid vacations. Some tanneries offer pensions. | No such facilities were there. |
| 9. | Workers form unions to protect their rights. | Workers did not have any right to form unions. |
