I don't know the history of bagel baking. Though it seems odd to me that bagel bakers would be allowed to keep bagel recipes away from bakeries they work at. My

I don't know the history of bagel baking. Though it seems odd to me that bagel bakers would be allowed to keep bagel recipes away from bakeries they work at. My suspicion is that the group we're discussing did not act as a labor union at all, but rather as a trade association trying to control the bagel market on behalf of bakery owners.