industrial democracy
control of an organization by the people who work for it, esp by workers holding positions on its board of directors
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How to use industrial democracy in a sentence
The first attempt in modern times to accomplish the social revolution and set up industrial democracy was in the Paris Commune.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairDiscusses various programs for the change from industrial autocracy to industrial democracy.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairThe trade unionists termed the new fashioned expressions of industrial democracy "company unions."
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States | Selig PerlmanOne phase of the "labor personnel" work was a rather wide experimentation with "industrial democracy" plans.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States | Selig PerlmanOrganized labor, therefore, though a minority of the whole, should establish "industrial democracy" by force.
The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean Martin
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