All of Desoleum’s “work brotherhoods” are essentially legalised Gangs, but some put more emphasis on legitimacy than others. For many centuries, the Minders of the Shift have been a "loyal if ruthless" method of maintaining shift discipline. Their enforcers hunt down any labourer who misses a work-period and ensure he reports in properly, as well as ensuring any lost production is paid back. When quotas are high, the Minders hire out as additional foremen in order to put the fear of the God-Emperor into the production lines.
Unfortunately for this "proud if somewhat distasteful tradition", recent leaders of the work brotherhood have been more concerned with the Minders’ profits than their task. The focus of the Minders has been turned towards collecting the bounty on truant workers instead of towards deterring truancy. Some workers have been lured off shift by promises of bribes or outright deceit only to be turned in as evading work, while some Minders have even turned in random passerby for bounties, pitting their word against their captive in the hope of pay.