The Myth of Workers' ControlUK. Pamphlet arguing that workers participation and workers control are misconceived strategies that divert workers and activists from effective industrial and political struggle for a socialist society - presents reasons for revival in the 1960s and 1970s, attitudes of the labour political party, the tuc trade union federation and the institute for workers' control, and roles in public enterprise and private enterprise. References. |
Contents
The Labour Party the TUC and the Institute for Workers Control | 5 |
Industrial democracy in nationalised and private industry | 11 |
Conclusion | 20 |
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