Antisyndicalist

/ˌæntiˌsɪndɪkəlɪst/ noun

Definition

A person who opposes syndicalism and labor union movements, especially those advocating direct action and worker control.

Etymology

From antisyndicalism + -ist (a person who practices or believes in). This term developed alongside syndicalism's peak influence in early 20th-century Europe and America.

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Antisyndicalists included some surprising figures: capitalists wanted no unions at all, but also some democratic socialists feared syndicalism would create tyranny of the union bosses—a prediction that sometimes came true in Soviet-controlled unions.

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