DISPUTES IN 1947 MADE RECORDS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22618, 22 April 1948, Page 4

DISPUTES IN 1947 MADE RECORDS

(S.R.) WELLINGTON, April 22. Industrial disputes in 1947 made records for the number of workingdays and wages lost. The direct strikes recorded were 123, involving 22.170 workers. The strike total was not so high as 1945, when 39,418 workers were involved in 145 strikes, of shorter duration. Last year’s disputes comprised 123 direct strikes, four officially recorded as sympathetic strikes and six as partial. The loss of working days totalled 78,835, and that of wages £123,326. Strike action in 1945 involved the loss of 66,629 working days and £92,546 in wages. The meat freezing industry with its 19 direct strikes in 1947 headed the list with 28.585 working days lost, in volving £49,661 in wages. Next came coal-mining, 25,408 days lost and wages £41.874; waterside workers, 14,819 days lost, and £16,705 wages. Workers in metal involved in six strikes lost 3193 working days, and £5436 in wages.

The fewest industrial troubles in the last 10 years were in 1940, a total of 52 involving 10,475 workers, who lost 23,097 working day's, representing £28,062 in wages.