‘Finally, we must think big and dream even bigger. In America, we understand that a nation is only living as long as it is striving. … Do not let anyone tell you it cannot be done.’ As I listened to President Donald Trump concluding his inaugural address last Friday, I recalled that the first time I came upon this exhortation of his to ‘think big’ was when I was appointed Minister of Labour in 1992 and set myself the task of working with social partners to update our labour legislation.
I was reasonably well schooled in labour matters but realised that for the task I had set myself I would have to be able to hold my own with the likes of formidable trade unionists and business people such as the late Joseph Pollydore and David Yankana, and this meant I needed to get a grip on
