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A Decade of Striking Figures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Braham Dabscheck
Braham Dabscheck*
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School of Industrial Relations, University of New South Wales
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Abstract

This article provides information concerning various aspects associated with industrial disputes or strikes in Australia in the years 1980 to 1990. Losses to production and output from other sources are compared to those that result from industrial disputation. Australia’s strike record is compared to that of other OECD countries. An explanation is developed concerning Australia’s propensity for a high proportion of short strikes, and disputes which end with a resumption of work without negotiations. The article also explores reasons for the decline in the level of industrial disputation which occurred in Australia during the decade of the 1980s.

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The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , June 1991 , pp. 172 - 196
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1991

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