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He got his bike the year we got the goddamn union (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 days ago by cyu to c/unions

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Why were they living in the coal mines?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Companies in the late 1800s to early/mid 1900s would build towns and housing around the mines and pay workers in "credit" only redeemable at the company store for necessary goods, food, etc. Due to the high prices and single company monopoly over all aspects of life there, people would go into debt and be essentially locked in with fences like prisoners and forced to work off the debt.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys 11 points 5 days ago

I think they were just making a joke about the wording of the OOP.

That being said, the background info is probably good for other people seeing this

[–] ClemFandango 5 points 5 days ago

"I owe my soul to the company store"

[–] Jiggle_Physics 24 points 6 days ago

Just West Virginia things

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I'm gonna tell you in the form of a song!

Here is some background on what a company store is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_store

[–] Kecessa -2 points 6 days ago

Thanks for the text OP, I couldn't read all of that