Strike action hits all-time low
Work stoppages hit a record low in 2010, with only 17 strikes in the whole year.
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Seventeen work stoppages ended in the December 2010 year, the lowest number of stoppages since the current time series began in 1986, Statistics New Zealand said today.
Stoppages in the December 2010 year involved 6,394 employees, and losses of 6,285 person-days of work and an estimated $1.1 million in wages and salaries.
In comparison, the 31 stoppages in the December 2009 year involved 8,951 employees, and losses of 14,088 person-days of work and an estimated $2.4 million in wages and salaries.
The proportion of stoppages that were resolved in the December 2010 year was 82%, up from 42% in the previous year and the highest proportion of resolved stoppages since the December 2003 year (86%).
Six work stoppages ended in the December 2010 quarter, up from four in the September 2010 quarter.
The six stoppages in the December quarter comprised four complete strikes and two partial strikes.
Strike action in New Zealand has been on a long-term decline since the 1970s.
Niko Kloeten
Thu, 21 Apr 2011
Thu, 21 Apr 2011
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Strike action hits all-time low
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