A crowd of workpeople will be required all at once to pick up the sheaves, or to cart them to the rick; and the difference will lie in this, that while now the crowd are employed, say twelve hours, then they will be employed only nine.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
As for speaking to the workpeople-the idea would be too absurd!
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
Such profit as remained was then divided into two equal parts, one of which went to the employers, while the other was divided among the workpeople in proportion to the amounts of wages which they had received during the year.
"Political economy"
W. Stanley Jevons