1st Edition

Trade Unions in the New Society

By Harold J. Laski Copyright 1950
194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

First Published in 1950 , Trade Unions in the New Society examines the changing significance of trade unionism and the place they occupy in the democratic world. Harold J. Laski contrasts their function in a capitalist or socialist society with what it became under Russian totalitarianism. This book explores the relation between trade unions and the public, trade unions and the law and trade... Read more

Preface 1. The Changing Significance of Trade Unionism 2. Trade Unions and the Public 3. Trade Unions and the Law 4. Trade Unions and Democracy

Biography

Harold J. Laski

‘… with absolute moral integrity, the late Harold Laski was able to retain a critical independence without forfeiting Socialist affection and socialism…(In this, his last book) he tackles, honestly the most awkward of Labour’s problems at home: what ought to be done, indeed what can be the proper functions of free trade unions in a planned State?’ The Spectator.