Based on the analysis of the three major international programmes which aim at the regular publication of international labour disputes statistics, the author argues that currently the measure which best reconciles the number of days lost due to industrial action with the varying sizes of countries’ employed population and provides a reasonable basis for international comparisons is the rate of days not worked due to strikes and lockouts (per 1.000 employees).
Type Article Date issued 2003 Authors Chernyshev, Igor Unit responsible Statistics Subjects labour statistics Download English - pdf 73 KB Other languages Français - [pdf 9 KB] • Español - [pdf 7 KB]