asked the Taoiseach the number of industrial disputes involving stoppages of work in the four years 1961 to 1964 in State-sponsored concerns, classifying the causes of such disputes in the form of table 2 of the Statistical Survey for the four years 1961-64 published in the Irish Statistical Bulletin; and what percentage of total man-days is represented by man-days lost by such stoppages.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Industrial Disputes in State-sponsored Bodies.
2.
The term "State-sponsored concern" is not well defined and there may be some doubt as to whether or not certain bodies should be so classified. The definition has been taken as including autonomous corporations and companies, etc., with their wholly-owned subsidiaries to which the Government or Ministers appoint directors, etc., and whose staff are not civil servants. With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to circulate in the Official Report a statement giving the required information for these bodies.
Following is the statement:—
DISPUTES involving State-sponsored concerns classified by cause.
|
Cause of Dispute |
Disputes which began during year |
Workpeople involved in all disputes in progress during year |
Man-days lost during year |
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|
1961 |
1962 |
1963 |
1964 |
1961 |
1962 |
1963 |
1964 |
1961 |
1962 |
1963 |
1964 |
|
|
Number |
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|
Related to collective bargaining:— |
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|
(a) concerning trade union questions or refusal to conclude a collective agreement |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
35 |
— |
— |
— |
280 |
|
(b) concerning conditions of employment in relation to: |
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|
(i) wages |
3 |
— |
3 |
3 |
10,829 |
— |
507 |
334 |
141,329 |
— |
3,675 |
5,058 |
|
(ii) hours of labour |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
(iii) engagement or dismissal of workers |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
400 |
344 |
34 |
660 |
7,572 |
7,267 |
238 |
2,640 |
|
(iv) holidays with pay |
— |
— |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
27 |
— |
— |
— |
54 |
— |
|
(v) other matters |
— |
1 |
1 |
— |
— |
3,335 |
4,850 |
— |
— |
16,675 |
130,800 |
— |
|
Not related to collective bargaining:— |
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|
(a) Sympathetic disputes |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
65 |
— |
— |
— |
663 |
— |
— |
— |
|
TOTAL |
7 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
11,294 |
3,679 |
5,418 |
1,029 |
149,564 |
23,942 |
134,767 |
7,978 |
|
Man-days lost in above |
Per cent. |
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|
as percentage of total man-days lost |
39.6 |
23.0 |
57.7 |
1.5 |