Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The database presents information on all stoppages of work officially recorded by the Office for National Statistics since 1966. The series was formerly known as <i>Industrial Stoppages Data</i> and was the responsibility of the Employment Department. The title changed to <i>Labour Disputes in the UK</i> in 1992 and the Office for National Statistics took over responsibility when the Employment Department was abolished in 1995.
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The data base presents information on all recorded stoppages for each year from 1974 to 1980. The information covers region, county (from 1975), industry, public sector (all coded) and MLH, number of workers involved (both directly and indirectly, manual and non-manual), working days lost in the current and following years, total number employed at the stoppage establishment (if known). Additional coded information is also given for total number of workers involved, number of working days lost, duration of stoppage in working days, cause of stoppage, sympathetic action, official or other, company ownership (1977-1979 only), number of trade unions involved (from 1976) and names of trade unions involved (from 1976).
No sampling (total universe)
Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Personal and telephone enquiries of employers and unions by the Employment Department local officers, supplemented by other information, e.g. press reports
