The reappearance of competition in an anarchist society?

[ShortSleevedMagician]

So I've been reading the Anarchist FAQ, and it seems to be getting at a "federation" of syndicates that work together within an industry. That's fine, but what if someone starts a syndicate and decides to, instead of compromising with it, compete with the federation directly for their own benefit? Some people are naturally selfish, so what force would prevent this?

Also, wouldn't more syndicates in a federation mean less pay for everyone, since there would be more workers to distribute the wealth between?

Obviously my questions adress an economic model that involves some sort of remuneration, so this post isn't really for the "distribution based on need" crowd.

[Aurorus Ruber]

I think the idea is that any syndicate trying to compete with the larger federation would find itself blocked by non-cooperation in turn. Other syndicates would not want to share with a greedy and disruptive syndicate, particularly if they also belonged to the federation in question. At the same time, I think this model of syndical federation would work on some very different incentives than capitalism, making competition of that sort less attractive.

[syndicat]

i think there's a prior question you need to ask yourself, How do these organizations get their means of producttion?

According to the Spanish anarcho-syndicalists in the '30s, the unions ("sindicatos") are not owners or proprietors of the means of production but administer production on behalf of the whole society. so this means they must be accountable thru some mechanism to the rest of society, such as a workers congress, economics council, whatever. if they are not fulfilling their responsibilities, the means of production can be taken from them and given to the others by the larger social federation in which the workplace organization is a part.