syndicalists
Labor movement radicals
Syndicalists are advocates of syndicalism, a labor movement theory holding that workers should control industry through trade unions rather than through state ownership or private capitalism.
The term usually refers to revolutionary syndicalists who believed general strikes could overthrow capitalism and replace it with worker-run collectives: The syndicalists clashed with both communists and reformist socialists over strategy.
Forceful impact or stoppage
- general strikeCross-industry work refusal
- industrial actionCollective employee pressure tactic
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
- boycottOrganized economic protest
collective bargaining · workplace democracy · shop steward · rank and file · wildcat strike · sit-down strike · work-to-rule · labor organizing
Opposition to concentrated power
- direct actionConfrontational political tactics
- self-managementGoverning oneself independently
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
free association · mutual aid · self-governance · anti-capitalism · class war · expropriation
Group primacy doctrine
- solidarityUnity among allies
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
- class consciousnessAwareness of economic group identity
- worker solidarityMutual support among employees
mutualism · proletariat · class struggle · social revolution · emancipation · internationalism · working class
Confrontational political tactics
- sabotageDeliberate disruption of operations
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- blockadeSealing off a place
- slowdownReduction in pace
civil disobedience · agitation · propaganda · consciousness raising · industrial sabotage · economic disruption · grassroots organizing
Union of semi-autonomous states
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
- trade unionWorkers' collective for negotiations
- industrial unionLabor organization by industry
- local chapterArea-based organizational division
delegate · assembly · council · Wobblies · workers' council · guild · section · secretariat
strike
Forceful impact or stoppage
- general strikeCross-industry work refusal
- industrial actionCollective employee pressure tactic
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
boycott · collective bargaining · workplace democracy · shop steward · rank and file · wildcat strike · sit-down strike · work-to-rule · labor organizing · industrial union
anti-authoritarianism
Opposition to concentrated power
- direct actionConfrontational political tactics
- self-managementGoverning oneself independently
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
decentralization · free association · mutual aid · self-governance · anti-capitalism · class war · expropriation
collectivism
Group primacy doctrine
- solidarityUnity among allies
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
- class consciousnessAwareness of economic group identity
worker solidarity · mutualism · proletariat · class struggle · social revolution · emancipation · internationalism · working class
direct action
Confrontational political tactics
- sabotageDeliberate disruption of operations
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- blockadeSealing off a place
slowdown · civil disobedience · agitation · propaganda · consciousness raising · industrial sabotage · economic disruption · grassroots organizing
federation
Union of semi-autonomous states
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
- trade unionWorkers' collective for negotiations
- industrial unionLabor organization by industry
local chapter · delegate · assembly · council · Wobblies · workers' council · guild · section · secretariat
syndicalistsreformists
Advocates for gradual improvement
gradualists · social democrats · Fabians · democratic socialists · revisionists
syndicalistscapitalists
Owners of productive wealth
industrialists · bourgeoisie · proprietors · corporatists · robber barons
syndicalistsstatists
Advocates for government authority
authoritarians · totalitarians · Bolsheviks · Leninists · Marxist-Leninists