mˈɛmbɚz ɪŋklˈuːdᵻd bˈoʊθ wˈɜːkɚz ænd mˈænɪdʒmənt, ænd ˈɔfən lˈeɪbɚɹ ʌnɹˈɛst wʌz ˈeɪmd æt ðə ɡˈʌvɚnmənt, ɹˈæðɚ ðɐn ɛmplˈɔɪɚz, ɪn ɐn ˈɛfɚt tə pɹɪzˈɜːv ðə kəmˈænd ɪkˈɑːnəmi, æz əpˈoʊzd tʊ ɐ fɹˈiː mˈɑːɹkɪt sˈɪstəm.
Members included both workers and management, and often labour unrest was aimed at the government, rather than employers, in an effort to preserve the command economy, as opposed to a free market system.