Mormon History, 1847

[Labor in Utah] When the Mormons entered the Valley of the Great Salt Lake in , they brought with them a tradition, albeit a short one, of craft and merchant guilds in their short-lived capital, the city-state of Nauvoo, Illinois. Contributing to this tradition was the heavy influx of working-class converts from Great Britain with their experience in the growing British trade union movement, along with workers from the not yet industrialized northeastern states. In the seven years of Nauvoo's Mormon history, guilds were established among at least the tailors, smiths, boot and harness makers, coopers, actors, wagonmakers, spinners, and printers--apparently with the blessings of the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith. 1847

[source: Utah History Encyclopedia: Labor in Utah, http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/l/LABOR.html]