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TIL After the big banking crisis of Florence in 1340 which wrecked the economy, an obscure laborer named Ciuto Branditi single handedly tried to organise his fellow wool workers into a union. He h... (sites.duke.edu)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Ainsley-Sorsby on 2025-02-08 18:54:56.

Original Title: TIL After the big banking crisis of Florence in 1340 which wrecked the economy, an obscure laborer named Ciuto Branditi single handedly tried to organise his fellow wool workers into a union. He held assemblies and collected tithes for strike funds. His arrest caused a strike in the wool industry

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