Trotsky's Plan for the Workers Opposition

Trotsky reorganized soldiers who were on the verge of demobilization into what were called labor armies. They were put to work chopping timber, repairing railroads and procuring food under strict military discipline. The workers opposition focused on maintaining the independence and autonomy of labor unions. Ad leader's like trotsky now treated unions as anachronisms. By nine, ten, 20, the amount of land that was being harvested in russia had dropped to about 60 % of what it had been prior to world war one.