tommy shops (English) tommyshops

…Also called the truck system, this system was widespread in the early stages of capitalist development. In Britain, sometimes an employer paid the full wage in kind, or part of the wage with vouchers that could only be used at shops run by the employer or his associates, called tommy shops. Similar vouchers were called yamafuda or kinfuda in Japan, and were widely seen in mining and construction company boarding houses during the Meiji and Taisho periods. …

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…トラック･システムtruck system(実物賃金制度)ともよばれ，資本主義発展の初期に広範に存在した。イギリスでは，ときに，雇主は賃金の全額を現物で支払ったり，雇主またはその仲間の経営するトミー･ショップtommy shopsとよばれた売店でのみ使用可能な金券で賃金の一部を支払った。同様の金券は日本でも山札や金札とよばれ，明治･大正期に鉱山や土建業の飯場で広くみられた。…

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