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Workers' control
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<p>Workers' control is <a href="/facts/Participatory_management/kaEavqyX">participation in the management</a> of factories and other commercial enterprises by the people who work there. It has been variously advocated by <a href="/facts/Anarchists/4a262gvQ">anarchists</a>, <a href="/facts/Socialists/U2kVoPaA">socialists</a>, <a href="/facts/Communists/PkUwa9xK">communists</a>, <a href="/facts/Social_democrats/Ttb0ryDT">social democrats</a>, <a href="/facts/Distributists/QAtyd7yK">distributists</a> and <a href="/facts/Christian_democrats/If75WCac">Christian democrats</a>, and has been combined with various <a href="/facts/Socialist_economics/dhPPko6R">socialist</a> and <a href="/facts/Mixed_economy/M27dNu2U">mixed economy</a> systems. </p><p><a href="/facts/Workers%2527_council/CcqfMwgP">Workers' councils</a> are a form of workers' control. <a href="/facts/Council_communism/qQdHhFyM">Council communism</a>, such as in the early <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet Union</a>, advocates workers' control through workers' councils and <a href="/facts/Factory_committee/aXtzy6b5">factory committees</a>. <a href="/facts/Syndicalism/W4skH2gg">Syndicalism</a> advocates workers' control through <a href="/facts/Trade_unions/PjeN2WKu">trade unions</a>. <a href="/facts/Guild_socialism/pNbzHvRq">Guild socialism</a> advocates workers' control through a revival of the <a href="/facts/Guild/cWSyNP50">guild</a> system. <a href="/facts/Participatory_economics/Wy53LCvj">Participatory economics</a> represents a recent variation on the idea of workers' control. </p><p>Workers' control can be contrasted to control of the economy via the state, such as <a href="/facts/Nationalisation/cQcRubNU">nationalization</a> and <a href="/facts/Central_planning/TCMJrC5M">central planning</a> (see <a href="/facts/State_socialism/V3eKpDeV">state socialism</a>) versus control of the <a href="/facts/Means_of_production/J7dkhvzF">means of production</a> by owners, which workers can achieve through employer provided stock purchases, direct stock purchases, etc., as found in capitalism. </p>