The issue focused on co-operatives. The trade union movement (the PCF) at the time was working in partnership with some non-union private sector workers. This relationship would have been difficult to maintain had it not been for a close association between the PCF and the PCS.

It is important to note that while most social movements do work within their own organizations, those who take this approach will often point out that they are very different from what we might call "party organizations." They use