WHAT IS CRAFT AUTONOMY?
It is a term used to lay down restrictive rules for each organization which adheres to the policy of allowing only a certain portion of workers in a given industry to become members of a given trade union. Formerly, as a rule, a craft was determined by the tool which a group of workers used in the manufacturing process. But as the simple tool of yore gave way to the large machine, the distinction was changed to designate the part of a manufacturing process on a given article, by a part of the workers engaged in the making of the same. For instance, in the building of a machine the following crafts are designated, as performing certain functions, namely : The workers preparing the pattern are patternmakers. The workers making cores are core makers. The workers making molds and casting are molders. The workers molding the brass bearings are brass molders. The helpers working in the foundry are foundry helpers. The workers preparing and finishing the parts of machines are machinists. The
