THE GOVERNMENT AND LAW
Sir, : —The most satisfactory way of finding the will of the workers on all shift work is the stop-work meeting. It is a severe shock to discover that under the emergency regulations this is defined as a “strike.” If it is suggested that union officials do not assess the current feeling but rather guide it, one may reply that they originally came into office because they have a certain amount of political insight which allows them to clarify issues for other men. If they do this according to their own integrity they have done as much as any
man can to serve those by whom they were elected. From the point of view of justice, democracy, and political realism the sooner the so-called emergency regulations, which prevent the over-all rational discussion of the total situation, are lifted the better.—Yours, etc., J.S. March 10, 1948. ■ 1 .
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25440, 11 March 1948, Page 5
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