YES AND NO TO REFERENDA Available to Purchase

In the wake of Margaret Thatcher's remarks about a referendum to settle a union‐Government confrontation, author and business consultant, Stanley Alderson, examines the practicability of referenda in industrial relations matters. He argues that a public vote would be inappropriate in the heated climate of ‘confrontation’, but a sensible method for sounding out public opinion on intended labour laws before they reach the statute book.