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Harold J. Laski: “And until the policy of the state meets that experience with similar profundity conflict between the government and the…”

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And until the policy of the state meets that experience with similar profundity conflict between the government and the trade union will rarely involve the desertion by the members of the association they have themselves made.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski argues that state policies must resonate with the experiences of trade union members to avoid conflict.

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