The Revolution in the Factories
political problems in connection with the working classes, it is the latter that more and more deals with the purely economic problems. It is the latter, notably, that now organizes the representation of workmen on the committees of arbitration where employers are represented by the general association of the factory owners. The Labour section of the Soviet was to intervene in this matter according to the original plan, and as the council of arbitration seems destined to become one of the principal organs of the working class in the capital of Russia, we can see the importance of this change of function.
It is the same thing in the factories; there is already a marked tendency to subordinate the committee to the Trade Union. In some parts the members of the committees are chosen from among the members of the Trade Unions. In most of the factories the Trade Union members are in the majority. It is becoming more and more the rule that before acting they should consult the Trade Unionist authority. We can foresee that soon
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