In the late stages of the Industrial Revolution, workers began to organize into unions in order to fight for better and safer working conditions. The government also became involved. New regulations were imposed to shorten the work week and to make factories safer.
In 1939 Francisco Franco established a fascist government in Spain,it lasted from 1939 to 1975, this period is commonly referred as the Francoist Spain.
The factors which lead to the economic development of the middle class was the postwar expansion of goods and trade. This enabled the people to acquire and sell more things and which led to the development of the middle class that could afford more things than the working class.
