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What did critics of early industrial work call the new arrangement?

Wage slavery.

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Why: Critics called the new arrangement wage slavery, though the term that persisted was employment.

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Answer: Wage slavery. Critics called the new arrangement wage slavery, though the term that persisted was employment.

  1. Trade union en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_union
    The critics of the new arrangement would call this "wage slavery"
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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