Review and reflection : a half century of labour relations

This is not an autobiography. It is not a chronology, nor by any means a full history of labor relations of the past few dec ades. It is an attempt to put on paper some of my experiences and observations over the years, along with a bit of philosophy, in the hope these may prove a contribution to the development of better employer-employee relations or, as author prefer to call them, human relations. Always there is the hope that past mistakes need not be repeated in the future.

Timing is a thing that always has impressed me as being very important. The Scriptures tell us there is a time for everything. Often, good proposals and good ideas fail because of poor tim ing. A good idea advanced at the wrong time may prove as much of a failure as a bad idea. Over the years we note that certain new ways of getting along together are rejected as presenting insurmountable problems, only to be accepted later as a matter of course. It takes time for people to become accustomed to new things, and that is particularly true of human relations.