The premise--queer union organizing witches--may be too good for any story to live up to. The Factory Witches of Lowell reads like a novel from the time it takes place--mid-19th century. It's weirdly (or intentionally?) stilted and dry. Or just not my taste!

One element that interested me was the ascribing of belief in money and other evils (enslavement) as a kind of witchcraft.

The Boston gentleman whom he addressed had built the industrial city of Lowell, not with their hands, but with more mystical faculties like "ingenuity" and "entrepreneurship." And money, of course. Most mystical of all.

and

Capitalists have their paper-craft.

I mean, that's accurate and extends to legislation, I think.