YES AND NO TO REFERENDA

Abstract

In the wake of Margaret Thatcher's remarks about a referendum to settle a union‐Government confrontation, author and business consultant, Stanley Alderson, examines the practicability of referenda in industrial relations matters. He argues that a public vote would be inappropriate in the heated climate of ‘confrontation’, but a sensible method for sounding out public opinion on intended labour laws before they reach the statute book.

Citation

(1977), "YES AND NO TO REFERENDA", Industrial Management, Vol. 77 No. 11, pp. 10-38. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb056802