STRIKE STATISTICS.
Speaking in the Legislative Counci on Monday evening, the Hon. .1. Rig;, said that there had been a steady in
crease in the number of strikes durins the last twenty years. The figure: were:—loo4. 0; 1906, 1 ; 1907, 12 190 S, 12; 1909, 1 : 1910, 11 : 1911, 15 L 912, 20; 1913, 26. In all there wen
its strikes, hut there were instance: where several unions in the one inrlus
try hail gone on strike and these wore recorded as separate l strikes. If these were classed as one strike tiie total strikes were reduced to 0!'. This was very small compared with Australia, where thev had over 100 strikes a
year. The proper course of action was
for the Government to ascertain the
cause of dissatisfaction with the Arbitration Court and remedy it. He had pointed out from year to year how tin's dissatisfaction had been growing, but no notice was taken. Thev could
have reconstituted the Arbitration Court and restored the workers' confidence in it. Men did not strike for nothing, and Parliament should give them an opportunity to avoid strikes.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 93, 19 December 1913, Page 4
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185STRIKE STATISTICS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 93, 19 December 1913, Page 4
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