Workers' Control: A Book of Readings and Witnesses for Workers' Control - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0851246990 ISBN 13: 9780851246994

Publisher: Spokesman Books, 2012

Synopsis

This book of Readings and Witnesses for Workers' Control was
originally published in 1968, at a time when the issue of workers' control
in British industry was beginning to stir in the trade unions and
throughout the Labour movement. The paperback version was first published
in 1970.

The book sought to show the rich history of a movement to win a voice in
the government of industry for the people who do the work in it. It
assembled a great deal of material, from different points of view, showing
the breadth of the argument over the years from 1900 onwards. It helped to
shape an alternative view within the official Labour movement, and
exercised considerable influence, not only in a number of key trade unions,
but also in local government and in some public services. It gives a
graphic, panoramic picture of many of the best minds in the Labour
movement, exploring the ideas of syndicalism, industrial unionism, guild
socialism and so on, concluding with a section dealing with burgeoning
arguments in the 1960s.

About this title

Review

"Lively and learned: the product of great industry and enthusiasm." Royden
Harrison -- Political Quarterly

"Strongly commended to everyone on the left." -- New Left Review

"This anthology is a major publishing event, one to be very thankful for."
John Hughes -- Plebs

Edition details

• Publisher: Spokesman Books
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851246990
• ISBN 13: 9780851246994
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 470
• Editor: Coates Ken, Topham Tony