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147 000 working days lost
statistikk
2007-05-09T10:00:00.000Z
Labour market and earnings
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arbkonfl, Work stoppages, strike, lockout, working days lostWorking environment, sickness absence, strikes and lockouts, Labour market and earnings
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Work stoppages, 2006

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147 000 working days lost

Nearly 147 000 working days were lost in connection with labour disputes in 2006. This was 6 000 more compared with the number of days lost in connection with the main settlement in 2004.

A total of 29 100 employees were involved in 12 labour disputes during 2006. By the last main settlement in 2004, 10 000 fewer employees were involved in the same number of work stoppages.

The insurance intermediation had most of the lost working days with a total of 36 000. In construction and electricity supply, strikes occurred among construction workers and electric line installers respectively. 30 000 and 26 000 working days were lost. Journalists in TV lost 25 000 working days, when 2 400 employees were involved in a strike.

As a rule, years with main settlements, such as 2006, have more work stoppages than years with mid-term settlements. The main settlement takes place every other year and means that two-year agreements are signed in most areas. A revision of the agreements during the main settlement takes place in years with mid-term settlements. This explains some of the major changes in the statistics from one year to another.

About the statistical basis

The statistics cover labour disputes, or work stoppages, of at least one day's duration. The number of disputes per year is computed from the number of trade union federations or confederations that have had groups of employees involved in a work stoppage. The following types of strikes are covered: legal strikes, illegal strikes, sympathy strikes, political or protest strikes, general strikes, work stoppages started by employees, rotating strikes. Strikes that are discontinued and later resumed for the same reason count as one strike unless where the interruption lasts more than two months. A dispute resumed after more than two months counts as a new strike. A dispute that occurs one year and continues the next is included in both years, i.e. as two strikes.

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