Mine Pay Stub Archive Documenting the Exploitative Truck System which Kept Workers in Company Debt Bondage, 1907-1930
Mine payroll archive dating from 1907-1930 recording the "truck system" wage structure, which dictated housing, medical care, supplies, lighting, and retail purchases through deductions entered directly onto payroll statements. Under this system, common in factory and manual labor in the U.S. from the Industrial Revolution through the 1930s, workers were.....
