AHC: Syndicalist form of government

While syndicalism has always been connected with anarco-syndicalism, is it plausible that instead of communism, syndicalism became the dominating ideology behind socialist revolutions since early last century, and that a Syndicalist government is formed? Say, a country virtually does not exist, but each state is run by a federation of local trade unions, and FTUs altogether jointly elect a leader, who will be the de facto head of state? Any other ideas?
 

Meerkat92

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Unions, yes, sort, feudalism, no, not at all.

Feudalism as a system is antithesis to pretty much every leftist ideology in existence.

So is totalitarianism, but look at the USSR.;) Deeds matter vastly more than words. The sad truth is that totalitarianism is easy, and no side has a monopoly on it.

But I don't want to derail the thread before we get ten posts in. I'm far more interested in how this syndicalist system would actually work.
 
So is totalitarianism, but look at the USSR.;) Deeds matter vastly more than words. The sad truth is that totalitarianism is easy, and no side has a monopoly on it.

But I don't want to derail the thread before we get ten posts in. I'm far more interested in how this syndicalist system would actually work.

The best/closest OTL example can actually be found in modern Argentina and Brazil, though I'm having a hard time finding the stuff on Brazil.
 
The best/closest OTL example can actually be found in modern Argentina and Brazil, though I'm having a hard time finding the stuff on Brazil.

Keep in mind this isn't government sanctioned stuff, per say. These are more cooperatives formed by workers so that they can get by.
 
Keep in mind this isn't government sanctioned stuff, per say. These are more cooperatives formed by workers so that they can get by.

In the case of Argentina they have a law that when a company goes bankrupt the factories are automatically legally turned over to the workers, so their is some government involvement.

Anyways though, like I said, they're the closest OTL situations.
 
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In the case of Argentina they have a law that when a company goes bankrupt the facotries are automatically legally turned over to the workers, so their is some government involvement.

Anyways though, like I said, they're the closest OTL situations.

Okay, the first part is news to me, but that's quite interesting, to say the least.
 
Okay, the first part is news to me, but that's quite interesting, to say the least.

Well don't feel to bad, it was only passed in 2011, but their had ben growing tacit government support for worker managed factories and stuff for several years prior.
 
It wouldn't.

Proof? Because cooperatives have been proven repeatedly to be successful enterprises, and are frequently much more successful than their private enterprise counterparts.

Examples include the Mondragon Cooperative Corporation in Spain, and the S Group in Finland.
 
Proof? Because cooperatives have been proven repeatedly to be successful enterprises, and are frequently much more successful than their private enterprise counterparts.

Examples include the Mondragon Cooperative Corporation in Spain, and the S Group in Finland.

The S Group has come far from its cooperative roots and is in most ways a pretty regular company these days. I am a "customer-owner" in the group myself, as is a large part of Finns, and it mostly amounts to a glorified customer loyalty scheme.
 
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