Strikes down in 1980
New Zealand had' fewer industrial stoppages last year, involving fewer work-' ers and with the loss of fewer working days than in any year since 1975, according to provisional figures published in the latest
Monthly Abstract of Statistics. ' .1. j - -. The 108,084 workers involved lost almost ?18 million in, wages, compared with less than.sl3 million lost in. 1979, but much of the increase can be attributed to
.the increased level of.wages paid to offset the cost-of-living increases. The workers lost an average of . 3.33. days a worker involved-in industrial stoppages,, more than in any year for at least 10 years.
INDUSTRIAL STOPPAGES ■ Yea? Number of Number of Working days Average days lost stoppages workers involved lost per worker involved 1975 428 74.820 214,632 2.87 1976 ' 487 • 201,085 488,441 2.43 1977 562 159,407 436,808 2.74 1978 ... 411 157,903 380,605 " 2.41 1979 • ' ‘523 ■/ 158.195 381,896 • ■- . 2.41'
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