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The fear of unemployment made workers hostile towards the introduction of new technology.

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The above statement is true;
the workers during the industrial revolution were indeed very opposed to the adoption of new technologies because they were afraid of losing their jobs and becoming redundant. The Spinning Jenny, a device created by James Hargreaves in 1764, sped up the spinning process and decreased the need for labour. When a machine that allowed a person to operate many spindles and spin multiple threads simultaneously was introduced to the woollen industry, women who had relied on hand spinning for survival started fighting the new devices. For a long time, there was a disagreement concerning the introduction of jenny.

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