Amalgamated Society of Engineers

…The history of the guild can be traced back to the medieval craft guilds (see the entry on craft guilds). They were originally organizations of self-employed craftsmen, but with the development of capitalism they were reorganized into organizations of wage laborers. The most representative example was the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, which was organized as a national organization in 1851 in England, and many other professions followed suit. Until industrial unions were established around the time of World War I, they were typical of labor unions in Western countries, and were the basis for the American Federation of Labor (AFL).…

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…沿革は中世の職人ギルド(〈手工業ギルド〉の項参照)にさかのぼることができ，当初は自営職人の組織であったが，資本主義の発達にともない賃金労働者の組織に再編された。イギリスで最も発達し，1851年全国的組織として組織された合同機械工組合Amalgamated Society of Engineersが代表的なものであり，他の職業でもこれにならって数多く結成された。第1次大戦前後に産業別組合が成立するまで，欧米各国の労働組合の典型であり，アメリカ労働総同盟(AFL。…

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