Company stores operate as monopolies that sell to a captive - TopicsExpress



          

Company stores operate as monopolies that sell to a captive clientele, post no prices and track purchases in dog-eared ledgers.They play a key role in a farm labor system that holds workers in a kind of indentured servitude. The combination of low pay and high prices drives many deep in debt to the stores. They spend the picking season trying to catch up. Guards and barbed-wire fences deter workers from fleeing the camps and their unpaid bills.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 18:16:22 +0000

Trending Topics



Recently Viewed Topics




© 2015