However, as a sidebar, our investigation into Australian strike activity led us to a golden oldy from an old union campaign.
The union movement’s ‘YourRights At Work’ was, by most assessments, an extremely successful media campaign which had a significant impact on Australian politics at the time.
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With high profile strikes being seen in recent times in the education sector, aviation industry as well as the construction sector, HRwisdom has taken a quick peek at what’s actually happening from a numbers perspective.
This investigation also led us to a golden oldy…
How Strikes Are Measured In Australia
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) produces regular updates on industrial action and strikes in Australia.
Here’s how the ABS measures industrial disputes in Australia . . .
The Industrial Disputes (ID) collection produces quarterly statistics on the number of industrial disputes, employees involved in industrial disputes, working days lost and working days lost per thousand employees where at least ten working days are lost as a result of the dispute.
The following types of industrial disputes are within the scope of the ID collection:
unauthorised stopwork meetings;
general strikes;
sympathetic strikes (e.g. strikes in support of a group of workers already on strike);
political or protest strikes;
rotating or revolving strikes (i.e. strikes which occur when workers at different locations take turns to stop work);
unofficial strikes;
work stoppages initiated by employers (e.g. lockouts).
Excluded from the scope of the collection are work-to-rules, go-slows and bans (eg. overtime bans).
Also excluded are effects of disputes on locations other than where the stoppages occurred, such as stand downs because of lack of materials, disruption of transport services and power cuts.
Knowing the categories and definitions is useful to understanding what’s going on for employers.
Highest Number of Working Days Lost To Industrial Action Since 2004
Now let’s turn our attention to what’s actually happening in the bigger picture.