In this concluding section I deal with lines of argument from those opposed to the right to strike. See below for references. Is the right to strike an historical anachronism or has it contemporary relevance? 1 ‘Firewalling the right to strike is too much’ employer line Skilled industrial relations advocates settle collective bargaining and workplace [...]

it would be ‘odd in the extreme’ if one clause later found technically not to be ‘pertaining to the employment relationship’ and to be unlawful, would withdraw the protection. A technical legal matter that may take years, as in this case, to resolve through the courts should not remove the immunity for industrial action. The threat of the common law of torts means a ‘grave, even crippling, civil liability for industrial action, determined years later to have been unprotected, is to introduce a serious chilling effect into the negotiations that such organisations can undertake on behalf of their members. It would be a chilling effect inimical to the process of collective bargaining.’ (43-68).