Institute for Workers' Control ( IWC ) is a public education organization founded in 1968 in the United Kingdom by Tony Topham and Ken Coates , leader of the International Marxist Group (MMG).
The institute attracted shop stewards and workers 'activists to discuss workers' control of production. The number of participants in the discussions increased after the Conference on Labor Control, organized in 1964 by the magazines The Week , Voice, and the Center for Socialist Education. From 100 people at the first meetings in Nottingham , in which one of the key cells of the International Group was located , by 1969 the number of participants reached 1,200 people.
The institute received sponsorship from several trade union organizations, including the United Engineering Union . According to the opinion of the international magazine MMG expressed at a later time, the institute often adjusted to its sponsors and failed when it was necessary to organize its supporters.