The Hudson Bay Company sought workers from pre-industrial societies who would accept the traditional master-servant relationship. To a large extent they did. In fact, these workers never questioned this central tenet of the HBC hierarchy. They did, however, bargain for higher wages, refuse to work under intolerable and dangerous conditions, object to unfair treatment by authoritarian officers, cause work stoppages in protest for sufficient food and more grog, mutiny against tyrannical ships' captains, and even kill a ...
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The Hudson Bay Company sought workers from pre-industrial societies who would accept the traditional master-servant relationship. To a large extent they did. In fact, these workers never questioned this central tenet of the HBC hierarchy. They did, however, bargain for higher wages, refuse to work under intolerable and dangerous conditions, object to unfair treatment by authoritarian officers, cause work stoppages in protest for sufficient food and more grog, mutiny against tyrannical ships' captains, and even kill a particularly brutal officer. Burley's book fully details an important aspect of the Canadian working-class experience.
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