LABOUR DISPUTES
A YEAR'S AGGREGATE World statistics of labour disputes, which have been compiled by the International Labour Office and are published in the new edition of its Year Book of Labour Statistics, show that in the 19 countries for which complete figures are available a total of 10,267 strikes or lockouts occurred during 1937. These disputes, involving 4,223,994 workers, resulted in a loss of 50,755,454 working days. The United States led with 4,740 disputes, involving 1,860,621 workers, and a loss of 28,424,857 working days. Next came Poland, with 2,103 disputes involving 545,165 workers and a loss of 3,297,105 working days. Great Britain was third with 1,122 strikes, involving 595,000 workers, and a loss of 3,420,000 working days. Figures for the other countries are given as follows:
J. S| 1 R •go o £ ££ Argentina ... 82 49,993 517,045 Australia ... 312 96,173 557,111 Belgium 209 81.544. 047,647 Canada 274 71,905 886,393 China 128 79,202 668,076 Denmark 22 1,372 21,000 Estonia 5 6,129 1,109 Finland ® ... 38 6,168 183,629 India 379 647,801 8,982,257 Ireland 143 26,734 1,754,949 Now Zealand 52 11,411 29,916 Palestine 53 6.305 29,910 llumania 70 7,251 72,535 Switzerland 37 6,043 115,648 Czechoslovakia ... 438 120,056 1,128,720 Union of South Africa 23 5,121 25,090
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Evening Star, Issue 23094, 21 October 1938, Page 1
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