We want industry to be in the public sector, to change the power structure of our society...We have not yet carved out of public enterprise a wide enough area of management decision which ought properly to be brought within the ambit of the workers themselves.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Industry should be public to shift power, but workers need more decision-making authority within enterprises.
- In plain terms
- Public ownership needs to give workers real control over management decisions.
- What can you take from it?
- Public ownership must include worker management control.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How can workers truly control enterprise decisions?
- Is public ownership enough for power shift?
Another view
Public ownership does not guarantee worker influence without specific structural changes.
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