factory council

A factory committee, also known as a works council, is a body formed by workers within an organization to discuss issues related to industrial relations. In Soviet Russia, factory committees were initially responsible for managing factories but later served as local branches of trade unions. Unlike craft unions, industrial unions, which combine all workers in a specific industry, cannot rely on worker scarcity for negotiation. Instead, they gain leverage by organizing large numbers of workers, including those who are unskilled or semiskilled. Trade councils are central organizations for local trade unions.1234