Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - syndicalism

 noun  Etymology: French ~e, from chambre syndicale trade union  Date: 1907  1. a revolutionary doctrine by which workers seize control of the economy and the government by direct means (as a general strike)  2. a system of economic organization in which industries are owned and managed by the workers  3. a theory of government based on functional rather than territorial representation  • syndicalist adjective or noun