Open AccessThe Language and Images of Industrial Relations: Moderates and Militants
Author(s) -
Margaret Wilson,
John Deeks
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
new zealand journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0110-0637
DOI - 10.26686/nzjir.v2i1.2427
Subject(s) - militant , terminology , club , trade union , politics , political science , guardian , law , political economy , linguistics , sociology , economics , international trade , philosophy , medicine , anatomy
Keith Harper writes in 'The Guardian': from today the club for banning the use of the words "moderate" and "militant" has been formed and I am the first member. As examples of trite terminology in trade union politics they take some beating. They are frequently bandied about in the press and elsewhere as convenient shorthand terms to describe what are generally held to be the goodies and baddies in the trade union movement.