TABLE II.-NUMBER OF STRIKES AND LOCK-OUTS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AGGREGATE I. CLASSIFIED BY [Compiled by the Ministry of Labor; see note at head of table on p. 129] NUMBER OF WORKPEOPLE DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY INVOLVED 2 IN The "general strike," which occurred in May 1926, involving about 1,580,000 work people in the transport, printing, building, iron and steel, etc., industries, and causing a loss of about 15 million working days, has been included in the totals but not in the separate groups of industries. 130 DURATION, 1922-36 GROUPS OF INDUSTRIES [Compiled by the Ministry of Labor; see note at head of table on p. 129] NUMBER OF WORKPEOPLE DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY INVOLVED 2 IN AGGREGATE DURATION 3 IN WORKING DAYS OF ALL DISPUTES IN 2 See note 2 on p. 129. I. e., the number of work people multiplied by the number of working days lost, allowing for workpeople replaced by others, etc. TOTAL NUMBER OF WORKPEOPLE INVOLVED (DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY) 2 NUMBER OF DISPUTES CLASSIFIED BY AGGREGATE DURATION IN WORKING DAYS Working days TOTAL NUMBER OF WORKPEOPLE INVOLVED (DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY) 2 NUMBER OF DISPUTES CLASSIFIED BY TOTAL NUMBERS OF WORKPEOPLE Workpeople involved 10,000 and upwards. Total. gate duration, within each year, of all strikes and lock-outs in progress in that year, whether beginning in that or in an earlier year. 100,000 399,000 5,000-10,000. 302,000 22,000 |