from NATOpedia: "The ordinance has largely been seen as ineffective.[4] Despite the English parliament's attempt to reinforce the ordinance with the Statute of Labourers of 1351, workers continued to command higher wages and the majority of England (those in the labouring class) enjoyed a century of relative prosperity before the ratio of labour to land restored the pre-plague levels of wages and prices. While the economic situation eventually reverted, the plague radically altered the social structure of English society.[2]

It was later repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 and the Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872."

lol eat it rich fucks. It makes me happy to know that, if only for a time, they didn't get what they wanted.