Plural of glassworker; multiple people who make, shape, or install glass.
From 'glassworker' + the regular plural suffix '-s'. The term became formalized in the 1800s as factory work and labor unions organized by profession.
Glassworkers were among the first to unionize in industrial Britain—they recognized their specialized skills gave them collective bargaining power, and glassworker unions became models for other trade unions.
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