L4sBot@lemmy.worldB to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL many US companies in the late 1800s-1938 would pay their employees in company scrip, a currency issued by the employer and can only be used in company owned stores where they upcharged exorbita...en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down13
arrow-up1171arrow-down1external-linkTIL many US companies in the late 1800s-1938 would pay their employees in company scrip, a currency issued by the employer and can only be used in company owned stores where they upcharged exorbita...en.wikipedia.orgL4sBot@lemmy.worldB to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareFollyDolly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoOh it’s even better. Look up the battle of Blair Mountain. Where the US government dropped bombs on protesting coal miners, whose only crime was wanting to be paid in real currency.
Oh it’s even better. Look up the battle of Blair Mountain. Where the US government dropped bombs on protesting coal miners, whose only crime was wanting to be paid in real currency.