THE ORGANISATION OF INDUSTRY

for the proper fulfilment of the new function it was requisite that the trade unions should be so organised that all the workers and employees in any enterprise should be united in one union, and that for each enterprise no other union should be available. Previously, the unions were so constructed that the workers were organised in accordance with their petty crafts. When subsequently endeavours were made to organise on the lines of industry (production), confusion still prevailed. For example, the Metalworkers’ Union accepted as members, not only the workers who were really engaged in the metallurgical industry, but any worker whose craft had something to do with metals, although the industry with which he was connected had nothing to do with metallurgy. Of course we do not achieve real industrial (productive) organisation when each undertaking or each branch of production is treated as a separate organism. To achieve the industrial organisation of production, we must organise in an appropriate manner, in accordance with whole branches of production, and must organise in a single union all the workers and employees engaged in any particular branch.