Note 1209 — Chapter VIII · Rome
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E.g. Bloch, Répub. Rom. p. 58. One of the earliest recorded strikes in England is that of the Wisbech shoemakers who in 1538 left the town and established themselves on a neighbouring hill from which they summoned their masters to come out and meet them and hear their demands for higher wages. Webb, Hist. of Trade Unionism, p. 3.