Ours to master and to own: workers' control from the Commune to the present
Ness, Immanuel ; Azzellini, Dario
Haymarket Books - Chicago
2011
443 p.
history ; labour movement ; trade unionism ; workers control ; works council
Workers participation and European works councils
English
Bibliogr.;Index
978-1-60846-119-6
13.06.7-63607
"From the dawning of the industrial epoch, wage earners have organized themselves into unions, fought bitter strikes, and have gone so far as to challenge the very premises of the system by creating institutions of democratic self-management aimed at controlling production without bosses. Looking at specific examples drawn from every corner of the globe and every period of modern history, this pathbreaking volume comprehensively traces this often under-appreciated historical tradition.
Ripe with lessons drawn from historical and contemporary struggles for workers' control, Ours to Master and to Own is essential reading for those struggling to bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old."
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