The purpose of the National Labor Union was not merely to secure labor's standard demands touching hours, wages, and conditions of work or to maintain the gains already won.

全国工会的目的不仅仅是为了确保劳工在工作时间、工资和工作条件方面的标准要求，也不仅仅是为了维持已经赢得的成果。

Along with new opportunities for some people to accumulate surpluses, came new labor demands, tying most people to a hard regime of tending their crops while a privileged few received freedom and the leisure to do other things.

伴随着一些人积累盈余的新机会，出现了新的劳动力需求，将大多数人束缚在照料庄稼的艰苦制度下，而少数享有特权的人则获得了自由和空闲时间来做其他事情。