THE STANDARD SYNDICALIST MODEL

~Garrett Kennedy~

~Reed Jackson~

I. The Nature of Syndicalism

Syndicalism is a model of economics and government intertwined, in which places of work and different fields of labor are organized in a federal system. These federated groups not only dictate the conduct of their fields of work, but the laws by which people live. Naturally, the people whom dictate civil law and the those who dictate the operations and standards of business are more often than not different, and they more often than not operate under different districts. Nonetheless, civil leaders are to be elected from the same councils and assemblies as the leaders of industry, as this ensures a consolidated government with it's power rooted in the people.

II. The basic structure of a Syndicalist Government.

In a syndicalist government, officials are elected by whatever assembly is beneath them on a chain of command, and is not only accountable to this assembly, but directly takes orders from them. For example, imagine a fictional place of work (we'll call it the Widget Factory). Five regional factories form a Basic Cooperative, and the Widget factory elects a representative, someone who works in their factory, to be their official spokesperson in the Basic Cooperative. This Basic Cooperative will set rules and standards that the factories within it have to follow. This does not mean, however, that the factory is subservient to the Basic Cooperative. Going back to the Widget Factory, the people of this factory have to power to, at any time, withdraw their representative and elect a new one. On top of this, the Widget factory dictates their representative's pay. This pattern is repeated all the way up the chain of command. Representatives are directly incentivised to follow the orders of the people who elected them.

In a traditional bourgeoisie democracy, the only thing that keeps an elected official accountable, in theory, is the fear of not being elected. Unfortunately, they have an entire class of career-politicians conspiring with them to conceal deceit, and to continue support of the current leading class and their cohorts. As such, officials regularly lie to their electorate to ensure their re-election. Even if they are not re-elected, another bourgeoisie candidate is usually the only other option.

In a Syndicalist system, elected representatives have no need, nor as much ability to lie to their electorate, since their electorate is their co-workers or council members whom they see on a regular basis, people who would quickly pick up on the candidate's tells and who knows much of what is and isn't true about that person's skills and intents.

III. More complex Syndicalist structure

Local businesses are self-run. There is little set-in-stone structure at this level, but there are several standards that most, if not all locations meet. A leader of the business is elected, and this person has most if not all of the power in the operation of the business. These leaders are also recallable at any point, and their pay is typically dictated by their electorate, so they tend to listen to their fellow workers. All businesses are obligated to elect a representative to serve in a Basic Co-operative. These are councils of the representatives of 5-7 businesses of a similar nature, such as food service, manufacturing or artistry. These representatives work together to formulate rules, regulations and procedures that all involved businesses