• meep_launcher@lemm.eeOP
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      8 months ago

      Hobos do participate in the labor pool. They were migrant workers, and the union they formed was to help fight against anti-homeless/ worker legislation.

      People don’t realize Hobos aren’t 100% synonymous with homeless.

      • Hikermick@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        The definition I’ve seen is Hobo: traveling looking for work Tramp: traveling but no interest in work Bum: don’t travel, don’t work