As to the workers, who ought to be the real managers of industries, they will find it healthy not to perform the same monotonous work all the year round, and they will abandon it for the summer, if indeed they do not find the means of keeping the factory running by relieving each other in groups.
Kropotkin emphasizes the importance of worker management and varied work to enhance productivity and well-being.
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