Department of Manpower strike statistics

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	official statistical series
Producer	Department of Manpower
Coverage	1972-1991
Works using it	3

Debates

Debate	Works
Black trade unions: growth, wage effects, Wiehahn and strategy	3
Racial wage gaps, wage convergence and wage determination	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Bendix (1989)	Department of Manpower strike statistics (strikes and work stoppages 1972-1987, man-days lost, duration, reasons, sectors)	1972-1987	Establishes the rising incidence, duration and causes of strikes, and the sectoral shift to mining and the public service.
Frost (1993)	DOM statistics on strikes	1980-1991	Strike incidence and causes presented as indicators of worker militancy and wage demands.
Maller (1994)	Department of Manpower strike statistics 1972-1990, quoted in Bendix (1992: 549)	1972-1990	Table 2 documents strike frequency and employees involved, supporting the claim that strike action peaked in 1987.