ABSTRACT

This chapter proposes some points that always appear to be essential to the success of any Co-Partnership scheme. Co-Partnership must not degenerate into charity or philanthropy. It would be an insult to the workers if it did. Co-Partnership must not result in the weakening of Management, but, on the other hand, Labour must be free to work out its own ideals—free from the tyrannies of victimization if it expresses its views. The benefits of Co-Partnership must extend to the wives and children. When we have Co-Partnership founded on these lines there will still have to continue the underlying wages system, and the wages system must be maintained on the highest scale practicable in the particular industry. In other words, those firms who adopt Co-Partnership must lead the way in advances of wages as well as in the benefits of Co-Partnership.