Britain Low in Strike League

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from Ministry of Labour Gazette

The following table (based on information supplied by the International Labour Office) shows the number of days lost through industrial disputes per 1,000 versons employed in a number of coumtries, including the United Kingdom, in the last ten years. The industries covered are mining, manufacturing, construction and transport. As the definitions used for these statistics vary from country to country too much significance should not be attached to relatively small aifferences in the figures.

Average per year

5 years 5 years 10 years

Bee (1961- (1956-

1960 1965) 1965)

Australia 366 352 359 Belgium 744 130 437 Canada 606 556 581 Denmark 326 772 549 Finland 260 318 289 France 260 342 301 Federal Republic of Germany 56 34 45 India 896 436 666 Ireland 256 1,008 632 ae 568 1,202 885 Netherlands si a6 gt New Zealand 81 144 EL Norway 306 212 259 Sweden 10 4

Switzerland - 10 : United Kingdom 338 238 — United States 1,296 744 1,020

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