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“he seminar concerned. itself ear the relevance of the Norwegian end Yugoslav Workers! Control movements. As a preliminary, thouch,’ chere a a short discussion of the Polish model, opened by a Government representative from Poland, Comrade Aake-Ording described the novement for Workers! Control in Norway. He described the perlianentary and legal strugsle, to underpin the ideological movement , within the Labour Forty. He mentioned uhe part in the struggle played by "political! strikes.,. Publication in : Enclish or the background to the Norwepien strugcle covld nrove useful in that the relevance to Britain is pevhens more pressing thon those of either Turoslavia or Poland, It was felt vhat & close study of the role of the merket and Trade Unions
the self-management system of Yugoslavia was necessary in the lisht of the present ‘reforms from ebove!.Is the consciousness of the Yugoslav worker so advanced as to withstand any possible encrozchnent of a form of 'workers! concrol! after lest week's pcforms ? Where was a feeling that in the British situation the strategy to be adoptea was one of ‘encroachment! 3; negative in the case of private incustry (i.e. the pnower of veto over actions sof nanacenent ) anc. sositive in the case of nationalised industries (i.e. the putiine forward of constructive alternatives). seemed that the seminar believed in this policy of ‘positive encroachment! after sche netionalisation of an industry. The stratesy con be a dangerous one in that it might lead to a Subsequent bureaucratic stifling of the 'encroachment! policies: and it needs to be looked into further, 22 conciusion ib was felt that where (were many 7.cSsons aor our movenent in those of Yugoslovia (notwithstenting cheir DECC over~emphasis on Cox Spook. schema of market sconorics) and of Norway (despite some over-emphasis on lego l enc pari Lomenve ary methods of jcohieving objectives). ‘le fcel thet C.5.5. should publish a booklet, possibly, compering Tue systems ond outlining thecr appl ic cability to the British ehjuation.
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