There have been 467,000 working days misplaced to strike motion in November final yr, official figures present, bringing the variety of strike days in 2022 to a 30-year excessive.
The loss in days as a result of labour disputes within the month is the best since November 2011.
The complete variety of strike days misplaced to strike motion between June to November 2022 was 1,628,000, the Office for National Statistics mentioned.
It signifies that 2022 had the best variety of strike days since 1990, when 1.9 million work days have been misplaced to strike motion.
The numbers pale compared to the winter of discontent in 1979 when 29.5 million work days have been misplaced to strikes.
That yr recorded the best variety of strike days, with the ONS reporting 1984 had the second-highest quantity – with 27.1 million days misplaced, adopted by 1972 with 23.9 million.
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Throughout final yr, industrial motion was taken by a spread of industries throughout the financial system.
Rail employees have been engaged in walkouts because the summer time, healthcare employees throughout the NHS have signalled they’re dedicated to strikes and civil servants – together with lecturers – in addition to non-public sector baggage handlers and postal employees all went on strike by 2022.
This yr appears to be no totally different as the vast majority of disputes trundle on ad infinitum.
Source: information.sky.com”