The latter’s scornful attitude towards direct action and its total lack of comprehension of the real needs of the working masses laid the basis for the class to progressively abandon the Order, a good part of which went on to join more modern trade unions like the American Federation of Labour. ###>La condition implicite de celle-ci est et demeure: la masse de temps de travail immédiat, le quantum de travail employé comme facteur décisif de la production de la richesse.