Strike Figures of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1911-1922)
Year
|
Number of Strikes
|
Number of
workers directly and ind. involved
(x 1.000) (b)
|
Number of
working days lost
(x 1.000) (p)
|
Directly involved
Workers
(x 1.000) (b)
|
Days lost
directly inv. workers
(x 1.000)
|
|
|
1911
|
872
|
952
|
10.155
|
824
|
10.126
|
|
|
1912
|
834
|
1.462
|
40.890
|
1.232
|
38.255
|
|
|
1913+
|
1.459
|
664
|
9.804
|
497
|
10.239
|
|
|
1914
|
972
|
447
|
9.878
|
326
|
9.362
|
|
|
1915
|
672
|
448
|
2.953
|
401
|
2.969
|
|
|
1916
|
532
|
276
|
2.446
|
235
|
2.367
|
|
|
1917
|
730
|
872
|
5.647
|
575
|
5.865
|
|
|
1918
|
1.165
|
1.116
|
5.875
|
923
|
5.892
|
|
|
1919
|
1.352
|
2.591
|
34.969
|
2.401
|
36.330
|
|
|
1920
|
1.607
|
1.932
|
26.568
|
1.119
|
28.858
|
|
|
1921
|
763
|
1.801
|
85.872
|
1.770
|
82.269
|
|
|
1922
|
576
|
552
|
19.850
|
512
|
19.652
|
|
|
+ exclude the Irish General Strike of 1913
b relates to strikes beginning in the year
p relates to strikes in progress in year
Source: K. Knowles, Strikes, a Study in Industrial Conflict,
Oxford, 1952, p. 310