asked the Minister for Labour if his Department keep any records or estimates of man days lost due to unofficial strikes and inter-union disputes; and, if so, if he will give figures for both for the past ten years.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Man Day Losses.
9.
The official source of dispute statistics is the Central Statistics Office. The CSO records do not, however, differentiate as between official and unofficial strikes. The CSO complies statistics of man days lost as a result of inter-union disputes and a tabular statement which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report, sets out the position as regards disputes of this nature over the past ten years.
Since February, 1976, my Department have been keeping approximated figures in relation to industrial disputes, differentiating between official and unofficial. The tabular statement also contains estimates of the number of man days lost due to official and unofficial strikes in 1976 and in the first three-quarters of 1977.
Following is the statement:
NUMBER of man-days lost due to Inter-union Disputes in each year 1966 to 1976 inclusive.*
|
Year |
No. of man-days lost |
|
1966 |
Nil |
|
1967 |
Nil |
|
1968 |
Nil |
|
1969 |
64 |
|
1970 |
1,240 |
|
1971 |
300 |
|
1972 |
Nil |
|
1973 |
1,030 |
|
1974 |
560 |
|
1975 |
990 |
|
1976 |
Nil |
NUMBER of man-days lost due to official and unofficial Strikes.†
|
Year |
Official |
Unofficial |
Total |
|
1976 |
681,000 |
118,000 |
799,000 |
|
Jan-Sept. |
|||
|
1977 |
214,850 |
127,900 |
342,750 |
Source: * Central Statistics Office.
† Monitoring Unit, Department of Labour.