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Originally Posted by Chris
But after the miners' strike ended, there was a steady decline in days lost to industrial action. Until Labour got in of course, and began laying the foundations for the upswing we are now seeing.
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Yup.
http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/strikes.pdf
Ratio of public:private sector strike rates - 1999: 1.71, 2009: 15.07
In this 10 year span public sector workers went from striking on average 1.71 times more than the private sector to striking 15.07 times more.