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Book 6. (1 results) Raiders of Gor (Individual Quote)

I suspected that the sail-makers would, threatening desertion of the arsenal, this year or the next obtain their desired increase in wages. - (Raiders of Gor, Chapter 10, Sentence #168)
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10 168 I suspected that the sail-makers would, threatening desertion of the arsenal, this year or the next obtain their desired increase in wages.

Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)

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10 165 Layoffs occur, but, because of the amount of work, not frequently.
10 166 The organizations, such as the sail-makers, almost guildlike, not castes, have dues, and these dues tend to be applied to a number of purposes, such as support of those injured or their families, loans, payments when men are out of work, and pensions.
10 167 The organizations have also, upon occasion, functioned as collective-bargaining agencies.
10 168 I suspected that the sail-makers would, threatening desertion of the arsenal, this year or the next obtain their desired increase in wages.
10 169 Brutal repressions of organization have never characterized the arsenal.
10 170 The Council of Captains respects those who build and outfit ships.
10 171 On the other hand, the wages tend to be so slight that an organization seldom has the means to mount a long strike; the arsenal can normally be patient, and can usually choose to build a ship a month from now rather than now, but one cannot well arrange to eat a month from now, and not today, or tomorrow, or until a month from now.
Layoffs occur, but, because of the amount of work, not frequently. The organizations, such as the sail-makers, almost guildlike, not castes, have dues, and these dues tend to be applied to a number of purposes, such as support of those injured or their families, loans, payments when men are out of work, and pensions. The organizations have also, upon occasion, functioned as collective-bargaining agencies. I suspected that the sail-makers would, threatening desertion of the arsenal, this year or the next obtain their desired increase in wages. Brutal repressions of organization have never characterized the arsenal. The Council of Captains respects those who build and outfit ships. On the other hand, the wages tend to be so slight that an organization seldom has the means to mount a long strike; the arsenal can normally be patient, and can usually choose to build a ship a month from now rather than now, but one cannot well arrange to eat a month from now, and not today, or tomorrow, or until a month from now. - (Raiders of Gor, Chapter 10)