Ours to master and to own
Subtitle: workers' councils from the commune to the present
By: Immanuel Ness and Dario Azzellini, editors
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 443
ISBN-13: 9781608461196
Subjects: Works councils; Industrial relations; Labor unions; History
Description: From the dawning of the industrial epoch, wage earners have organized themselves into unions, fought bitter strikes, and 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. With specific examples drawn from every corner of the globe and every period of modern history, this pathbreaking volume comprehensively traces this often underappreciated 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 create a new world from the ashes of the old.--