Anirvan Chatterjee on Nostr: “Other examples Bond discusses in her book about groups comparable to modern labor ...
“Other examples Bond discusses in her book about groups comparable to modern labor unions include ship operators who threatened to withhold shipments of wheat if their working condition demands weren’t met, bakers withholding bread as leverage to have their demands met, ordinary Roman citizens boycotting being conscripted into the Roman military due to the negative economic impacts and debts they often accrued from being forced to do so”
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