barworker

plural barworkers

1. A worker at a bar (drinking establishment).

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   The ILP [Independent Labour Party] gained prestige for its prominent role during the strike. Salter told the press, 'I shall not rest satisfied until every working man, woman and girl in Bermondsey is a member of a trade union.' The response was immediate. In early September a National Union of Barmen, Barmaids and Potmen was launched at the Labour Institute. Leaflets inviting barworkers to join this union described bar staff earning 14 shillings for a 100-hour week. Publicans said they provided many barworkers with free board and lodgings but barworkers retorted that accommodation was overcrowded and they shared poor quality food.

   2019, David Rosenberg, Rebel Footprints: A Guide to Uncovering London's Radical History, Pluto Press, →ISBN