At A Minimum, A Longstanding Feature Of Our Way Of Life

Gerard Henderson's understanding of the 1907 Harvester judgment delivered by Justice Henry Bournes Higgins, and its historical impact, is flawed ("Failed policy strong on sentiment", December 18). Higgins believed the best way to determine employment conditions was by bargaining between parties of equal strength. His objection to "the higgling of the market" was based on a reading that unskilled workers lacked such strength in dealings with employers. If there was no minimum wage, workers would ...