ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book presents a detailed examination of the historical development of the political dimension of labor-management relations in Massachusetts. Much of the attention focused on the political aspects of labor and management activities during the latter 1950’s was a result of an undue amount of publicity being given to two events—one on the labor side and the other on the management side of the political fence. The continued agitation for “labor reform” in the Bay State, much of it unsupported by the Republican Governor Robert Bradford and his special labor-management advisory committee, culminated in the Massachusetts Citizens’ Union presenting three labor referenca to the Bay State electorate in 1948. Several public statements during the late 1950’s seemed to imply that the political dimension of labor-management relations might be expanding.
