Download or read book Bad Time Stories written by Yonatan Reshef and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Bad Time Stories, Yonatan Reshef and Charles Keim analyse the language of both parties in order to identify the legitimation strategies at work during government-union conflict. The authors use evidence drawn from newspapers, speeches, parliamentary transcripts, and legal statements in presenting a new framework for understanding the discursive strategies employed by governments and unions in labour disputes.