Strikes are dismal; lockouts are dismal; want of employment, bankruptcy, dear bread, famine, are all dismal things.
"Political economy"
W. Stanley Jevons
Strikes and lockouts would be for the most part a thing of the past, because, if wages were too low, the balance-sheet would prove the fact at the end of the year, and half the surplus would go to the workmen.
"Political economy"
W. Stanley Jevons
Thus, strikes and lockouts are proper only as mere trials, to ascertain whether labour will be forthcoming at a certain rate of wages, or under certain conditions.
"Political economy"
W. Stanley Jevons