ABSTRACT
A great number of different terms exist to describe varieties of workers' power, and there are probably as many meanings for each term as there are people who use it. Certainly, the Liberal Party and the right wing of the labour and trade union movement hide behind 'participation', and use it as a cover for ideas of profit-sharing and co-partnership. 'Co-partnership is an attitude of mind', says Mr Vinson, 'dwelling on those aspects that people have in common, rather than concentrating on their differences'. The 'aspects that people have in common' include birthdays, a common need to eat and respond to the calls of nature, and so on. The struggle for workers' control is a continual struggle, and it will continue even under socialism. Giving the struggle a different name will not alter that fact. Democracy is always 'in the process of becoming'.
