HL Deb 09 December 1970 vol 313 cc1024-7WA
LORD DELACOURT-SMITH

asked Her Majesty's Government:

To provide (where appropriate on the basis used in Appendix 2 of Cmnd. 3888) figures for 1967, 1968, 1969 and to the latest practicable date in 1970, of:—

  1. (i) the number of stoppages of work due to industrial disputes (distinguishing between coal-mining and the rest of the economy);
  2. (ii) the number of official, unofficial and other stoppages of work due to industrial disputes with, in the case of each category, the number of workers involved and the number of working days lost;
  3. (iii) the number of official and unofficial strikes respectively (with 1025 in each case the number of such strikes per 100,000 employees and the number of days lost per 1,000 employees) in (a) all industries and (b) the following areas of employment—coal-mining; docks (port and inland water transport), shipbuilding, ship-repairing and marine engineering; motor vehicle manufacturing; engineering other than motor-vehicle

STOPPAGES OF WORK DUE TO INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES
(i)Stoppages beginning in period
United Kingdom
Coal Mining Rest of the economy
1967 394 1,722
1968 221 2,157
1969 186 2,930
January-October, 1970 (provisional) 133 3,358

(ii) Stoppages beginning in period Stoppages in progress in period
Workers involved Working days lost
Total of which known official Total of which known official Total of which known officia
1967 2,116 108 734,000 38,000 2,787,000 394,000
1968 2,378 91 2,258,000 1,566,000 4,690,000 2,199,000
1969 3,116 98 1,665,000 285,000 6,846,000 1,613,000
January-October, 1970 (provisional) 3,491 94 1,520,000 227,000 8,828,000 2,261,000
(iii) Incidence rates
1967 1968 1969 January-October, 1970 (provisional)
ALL INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES
Stoppages beginning in period 2,116 2,378 3,116 3,491
Per 100,000 employees 9.1 10.3 13.5 15.1
Of which known official 108 91 98 94
Per 100,000 employees 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Working days lost in all stoppages in progress in period 2,787,000 4,690,000 6,846,000 8,828,000
Per 1,000 employees 120 203 297 383
Of which known official 394,000 2,199,000 1,613,000 2,261,000
Per 1,000 employees 17 95 70 98
COAL MINING
Stoppages beginning in period 394 221 186 133
Per 100,000 employees 80.8 51.7 48.6 34.7
Of which known official — — — —
Per 100,000 employees — — — —
Working days lost in all stoppages in progress in period 105,000 54,000 1,039,000 88,000
Per 1,000 employees 215 126 2,712 230
Of which known official — — — —
Per 1,000 employees — — — —
PORT AND INLAND WATER TRANSPORT
Stoppages beginning in period 97 193 368 224
Per 100,000 employees 71.5 141.5 304.6 185.4
Of which known official — — — 3
Per 100,000 employees — — — 2.5
Working days lost in all stoppages in progress in period 606,000 114,000 424,000 706,000
Per 1,000 employees 4,466 836 3,510 5,844
Of which known official — — — 505,000
Per 1,000 employees — — — 4,181

manufacturing; local government service; the remainder of the economy.

LORD DRUMALBYN

Because of the difficulty of classification, estimates are now available only for (1) all stoppages and (2) stoppages known to have been official. The great majority of the remainder would have been unofficial.

Following is the information available:

1967 1968 1969 January-October, 1970 (provisional)
SHIPBUILDING, SHIP REPAIRING AND MARINE ENGINEERING
Stoppages beginning in period 96 134 89 111
Per 100,000 employees 46.1 67.9 46.1 57.5
Of which known official 4 3 — 3
Per 100,000 employees 1.9 1.5 — 1.6
Working days lost in all stoppages in progress in period 153,000 356,000 192,000 376,000
Per 1,000 employees 736 1,803 995 1,948
Of which known official 75,000 226,000 — 5,000
Per 1,000 employees 361 1,145 — 26
MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURING
Stoppages beginning in period 219 226 271 305
Per 100,000 employees 46.6 47.6 53.9 60.7
Of which known official 4 10 7 —
Per 100,000 employees 0.9 2.1 1.4 —
Working days lost in all stoppages in progress in period 486,000 866,000 1,624,000 1,079,000
Per 1,000 employees 1,034 1,825 3,232 2,147
Of which known official 6,000 350,000 814,000 30,000*
Per 1,000 employees 13 738 1,620 60
ENGINEERING OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURING
Stoppages beginning in period 457 595 854 1,019
Per 100,000 employees 14.0 18.5 26.3 31.3
Of which known official 26 28 34 31
Per 100,000 employees 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0
Working days lost in all stoppages in progress in period 590,000 1,722,000 1,353,000 2,237,000
Per 1,000 employees 181 536 416 688
Of which known official 67,000 937,000 241,000 218,000
Per 1,000 employees 21 292 74 67
LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Stoppages beginning in period 12 46 48 54
Per 100,000 employees 1.5 5.7 5.9 6.6
Of which known official — 2 2 2
Per 100,000 employees — 0.2 0.2 0.2
Working days lost in all stoppages in progress in period 1,000 43,000 175,000 888,000
Per 1,000 employees 1 53 214 1,087
Of which known official — 2,000 5,000 850,000
Per 1,000 employees — 2 6 1,041
REMAINDER OF THE ECONOMY
Stoppages beginning in period 841 963 1,300 1,645
Per 100,000 employees 4.7 5.4 7.3 9.2
Of which known official 74 48 55 55
Per 100,000 employees 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Working days lost in all stoppages in progress in period 846,000 1,535,000 2,039,000 3,454,000
Per 1,000 employees 47 86 115 194
Of which known official 246,000 684,000 553,000 653,000
Per 1,000 employees 14 38 31 37
* Days lost attributable to stoppages which began before January, 1970.