"Our recent 5-year labour agreements, in Canada as well as the United States, are based upon experience, logic and principle rather than on pressure, propaganda and force"
- Charles E. Wilson
About this Quote
This quote by Charles E. Wilson suggests that the recent 5-year labour contracts in both Canada and the United States were not based upon coercion or manipulation, however rather on a more reasonable and principled method. Wilson indicates that the contracts were based upon experience, reasoning, and principle, rather than on pressure, propaganda, and force. This recommends that the arrangements were reached through a more collective and equally beneficial process, instead of through a more adversarial one. This quote highlights the value of taking a more affordable and sensible method to labour contracts, rather than counting on more coercive tactics. It likewise stresses the need for both parties to come to a contract that is beneficial to both sides, rather than one that is based on power dynamics.
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