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A range of sources exploring the impact of strikes in the context of the wider economic and social landscape.
Progress to date on labour disputes statistics, analysis of UK labour disputes in June and July 2022, and our plans for future publication.
Analysis of UK labour disputes in 2018, including working days lost, stoppages and workers involved.
Analysis of UK labour disputes in 2017, including working days lost, stoppages and workers involved.
Analysis of UK labour disputes in 2016, including working days lost, stoppages and workers involved.
Analysis of UK labour disputes in 2015, including working days lost, stoppages and workers involved.
Analysis of labour disputes in 2014, including working days lost, stoppages and workers involved. This provides more in-depth analysis of the figures than the Labour Market bulletin. The number of days lost in the UK in 2014 was 788,000 (days lost per 1000 employees) and mainly attributable to large-scale public sector strikes.