Excerpt from Trade Unions and the Law
This Paper was written in its entirety in the interval between the issue of the Report of the Royal Commission on Trade Disputes and Trade Combinations and the sharp debates in the House of Commons on the 28th and 30th March on the Government and Labour Party Trade Disputes Bills, which will be found in an Appendix.
As an effort by way of "peaceful persuasion for the purpose of peacefully obtaining or communicating information," it evoked a keen exchange of diverse opinions among those, both unionists and non-unionists, for whom it was primarily prepared. They spontaneously asked that it might be printed, and I venture to have this done as a contribution to the public discussion of the questions involved.
I write this fore-note on the morning after listening to the former of the debates above referred to, and I feel sure, if I may respectfully say so, that many members may have given pledges on the subject, no doubt honestly, but without full consideration of what is involved.
The Labour Party will insist on seeing the question thrashed out, but they ought to recognize the fact that the important thing is not whether the "Taff Vale" decision altered the supposed law, but whether it does or does not lay down what social justice requires in accordance with both law and fair play.
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