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The '''Institute for Workers' Control''' was founded in 1968 by [[Tony Topham]] and [[Ken Coates]], the latter then a leader of the [[International Marxist Group]], and subsequently became special professor inat the [[University of Nottingham]], and a member of the [[European Parliament]] from 1989 until 1999.

The Institute drew together [[shop stewards]] and militant workers to discuss [[workers' control]] of production. It grew out fromof the [[Workers' Control]] Conferences]] organised from 1964 by ''[[The Week]]'' and the ''Voice'' and the [[Centre for Socialist Education]]. From around 100 at the first meeting in [[Nottingham]], the figure grew to some 1200 in 1969.

The Institute won sponsorship from a number of trade union leaders, including [[Hugh Scanlon]]. In the later opinion of the [[International Marxist Group]]'s journal, the Institute over-accommodated to its sponsors and failed to organise its supporters: "only 26 people attended the [[Annual General Meeting|AGM]] in 1970, and affiliation and membership fees have been maintained at a very high level."

==External links==

* Coates and Topham [http://www.spokesmanbooks.com/Readings%20and%20Witnesses.htm Readings and Witnesses for Workers' Control]

[[Category:Political pressure groups of the United Kingdom]]