At the final stage of the "trade-union debate" of the Soviet Communists, to a large extent, the fate of the trade unions was no longer a cause for concern - the question of which fraction would win the upcoming 10th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) became more important. As a result, the struggle of the factions escalated into a battle for leadership in the party - which significantly affected the course of the discussion. In the event, the congress passed a resolution "On Party Unity" which banned factions within the party and ordered the immediate dissolution of the groups that had been previously formed. The resolutions put an end to the aspirations of the Workers' Opposition and the Democratic Centralists.