Worker Guilds

The Worker Guilds developed in ancient times as men of the same trades and crafts came together for mutual benefit. The most famous of all Worker Guilds has to be the Mason Guild, which was the parent Chapter to the modern Fraternal Order of Builders. 
The Worker Guilds look to the Proletarian Orders for the bulk of their membership. 
== Facts: ==
-The Worker Guilds appear throughout time, and often across the Omniverse, since it is only natural for hard-working folk to associate with others of their own livelihood. 
-The Worker Guilds go as far back as ancient Rome where they were known as Collegium. These Collegium were voluntary, wealthy, and often very influential. Sadly, they did not survive the collapse of the Roman Empire (typical of a recurring problem for the Guilds).
-During the medieval era, the Worker Guilds as we know them today began to take shape. They spread themselves out, forming Guildhalls in major towns and cities where they would direct the affairs of the Guild's local businessmen. 
-These Guilds became essential to running a business in society, amassing enough power to dictate laws and threaten kings. They indirectly controlled the economy and directly determined what the local tradesman would or would not do, making them a force to be reckoned with. 
-Of course, the Guild's strength was only as good as the society it could depend on. Wherever the middle-class was strong, so were the Guilds. But if the upper-class gained too much power, or there was endemic chaos and warfare, the Guilds tended to suffer and lose their influence. 
-Today, the Guilds survive in the form of worker associations and unions. Occupational licensing and union politics are all signs that the Worker Guilds are alive and well.
== Guild Symbolism: ==
The Worker Guilds are divided into separate Guilds, each Guild based on a single type of trade or craft (mason, carpenter, smith, painter, tailor, etc.). Each Guild would create for itself a logo composed of the major tools used in their particular line of work. 
Guild members would display this logo outside their shops or places of business in order to let people know that they were certified members of the Guild. It was vital, therefore, that a Guild maintain a proper level of professionalism among its members in order for its power base to survive.
== Origins Among The Seneschals: ==
The Worker Guilds are uniquely tied to the Order of Seneschals and in the minds of most Adepts the two groups are synonymous. The Seneschals, who are occupied with the concepts of wealth and business, naturally gravitate towards the Worker Guilds, and the Guilds frequently sport a considerably higher percentage of Seneschals per capita than with other Orders. 
This relationship is quite lucrative for both groups, with the Seneschals gaining ready access to the underlying framework of the economy, and the Guilds, in turn, benefit from the natural talent and patronage of a major Order like the Seneschals. 
== References: ==
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild
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