790 days lost
NZPA-Reuter Geneva The International Labour Organisation (1.L.0.) reports that the average number of working days lost through New Zealand’s major industrial disputes in 1978 was 790 days per 1000 workers, compared with 810 days in 1977. The-figure for Australia was 1010 days lost per J 000 workers in 1978 compared with 700 for 1977. In Britain, the average number of working days lost through industrial disputes in big industries was 840 per 1000 workers, the same as in 1977.
This compared with a high of 1930 in Canada (830 in 1977), 1630 in Ireland (1050), 1820 in Spain (almost half the 1977 figure of 3350), and 1080 in the United States (1070 in 1977). The 1.L.0. figures for France were 200 (260), West Germany .370 (less than five), the Netherlands less than five (140), Norway 590 (40). Italy 890 1560), and Finland 160 (2360). - The 1.L.0. said it compiled these figures using statistics from the transport, communication, mining, manufacturing, and construction industries.
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