They were opposed not only to political (statist) struggles but also to strikes which put forward wage or other claims, or which were organised by trade unions.
In reality, the collectives were never granted legal status, while the agreement served the further divide the anarchist movement between the anti-statist and collaborationist camps.
The two principal factions were a statist-reformist group that favored state control of the economy and a conservative group that favored the private sector.