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Strike Figures of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1911-1922)
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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