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A guild is a union. It is the earliest form of union. People of like occupations like

tailors, butchers etc join together for several reasons. One is to ensure that the people who are in the trade are properly trained and that their work is of the highest quality otherwise they would give everyone in the guild a bad name. Secondly, the guild was

used to restrict the number of people who could work at that occupation thus limited

the amount of competition their would be for their trade or product. Thirdly, they woudl

use their numbers to fight for better laws, regulations, higher prices and lower taxes for their members. There are still guilds existing in England today.

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