Better outcome for trade unions in the USSR?

I always thought it was ironic that the Soviet Union, which espoused an ideology that idealized self-governing workers, ultimately made it impossible for workers to negotiate better working conditions and higher pay.

My question is rather simple - with a PoD of 1917 (or 1905 if that helps) how could trade unions have existed in the Soviet Union more along the lines of Western Europe and America? What would have been the consequences for the USSR, its economy, and its fate in the 20th century?
 
I learned something from the podcast for the show Chernobyl, it seems that there was actually at least one occupation that had some amount of real independence: the coal miners. Coal being such a crucial resource for the Soviet Union's energy needs- why do you think the USSR was so keen on nuclear reactors? - the need to keep the miners satisfied was felt to be so necessary that they had the right to strike.
 
You mean mostly compliant yellow dog unions with a very few red labourite or communist unions mostly in strategic sectors?

There’s no way The Party will tolerate the latter. Which means a pre left-SR split Soviet Union is necessary.
 
The Kronstadt Uprising is delayed by two weeks. During the Bolshevik conference going on at the time the Democratic Centralists and Workers Opposition form a united front and, without the threat of the uprising, the ban on factions is averted. Because the uprising was delayed the ice around Kronstadt has time to thaw making a military assault impossible and as a result the Bolsheviks are forced to negotiate resulting in political concessions. After the civil war the Democratic Centralists and Workers Opposition are in a stronger position to resist the degeneration of the Soviet Union and after Lenin's death Shlyapnikov, Kollontai and Bukharin end up in charge whilst the likes of Trotsky and Stalin end up marginalised.
 
The discussion around trade unions mainly occured during the 1919-1920 period as the trade unions were subordinated to the state. If you look at economic aspects, it's the strikes during the civil war that precluded this position, particularly around the rail workers but also within the factories. So it's something that sprung about from the conditions of civil war and was perpetuated through the consolidation of power by Stalin.
 
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