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They were not the slaves, but unionized workers: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlak https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlak
by beatcracker 3y ago
They were not the slaves, but unionized workers:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlak https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlak
- mananaysiempre 3y agoAFAIU an артель artelʼ usually did not engage in collective bargaining as such, so calling it a union is not really accurate; you might compare it to a guild but I think there’s no implicaton of a monopoly on a particular trade either. The most accurate description I can think of is perhaps a cooperative combined with a mutual insurance fund.
- beatcracker 3y agoAgree, I might've stretched It a bit. Your descriptions is more accurate.
- Iwan-Zotow 3y agoYEp, somewhat resemblance to Teamsters