Without some alternative which attempts to secure attention for a just result--I know of no such alternative--the infliction of hardship on the community seems to me the sole way, even if an unfortunate way, to the end the trade unions have in view.
Laski believes that without alternatives, inflicting hardship is the only way for trade unions to draw attention to their cause.
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