Workers’ Control on the Railroad A Practical Example “Right Under Your Nose”

The late “Lefty” Morgan, a British Columbia railway engineer, outlines his philosophy of workers’ control in this fascinating volume. The volume has a scholarly introduction by University of New Brunswick anthropologist, Gail Pool, and University of Toronto PhD student in anthropology, Donna Young. They situate Lefty politically and historically and locate Lefty’s work in current debates about workers’ control.

Table of Contents

1. Preface
2. Acknowledgements
3. Introduction: R.E. (Lefty) Morgan, His Life and Work
4. Editors’ Note
5. A Practical Example “Right Under Your Nose”
   1. “Right Under Your Nose”
   2. The Break In The Chain
   3. Who Does What
   4. “Student”
   5. “You’re Called
   6. Seniority
   7. Authority
   8. “Safety First”
   9. Rules, Supervision and Promotion-1
   10. Rules, Supervision and Promotion-2
   11. “In Case of Accident”
   12. Dismissal and “Out of Service”
   13. “In the Judgement of Management”
   14. A Common Goal
   15. Firemen — Safety and Efficiency
   16. Workmanship and Judgement
   17. Co-operation, Control and Interest
   18. Summary
   19. Conclusion
   20. Bibliography: A Practical Example
   21. Bibliography: Introduction and Editors’ Notes

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