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Organizations of artisans in the Middle Ages that sought to regulate the price and quality of products such as weaving and ironwork. Guilds survived into the eighteenth century.

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Guilds gave way to trade unions, a very different type of organization. The artisans in the guilds were self-employed, unlike most members of trade unions.

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They operate in a realm largely untouched by legislation, unions, and guilds.
Amazon’s Turkers Kick Off the First Crowdsourced Labor Guild|Kevin Zawacki|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Associated in corporations which limited their number, they were still further united into guilds by the Church.
Catherine de' Medici|Honore de Balzac
One of the finest sights in the church is that which the guilds of the place periodically make.
Our Churches and Chapels|Atticus
The church has two or three “guilds,” the female members thereof numbering about 200, and the males 100.
Our Churches and Chapels|Atticus

Cordwainer was the old name for "shoemaker," and is still kept in the names of shoemakers' guilds and societies.
Stories That Words Tell Us|Elizabeth O'Neill
Beginning with the first of these two traditions, we find that guilds of working masons existed in very ancient times.
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements|Nesta H. Webster

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