A review of strike activity in Western Europe at the end of the second millennium

Abstract

Most analyses of strike activity in Western Europe suggest that it has declined quite dramatically since the early 1970s. The contention of this article is that this decline has been exaggerated, largely as a result of an inadequate recognition of the deficiencies of the statistical data on which these analyses are based. Recognising this, the article argues that strike activity in many countries in Western Europe may be considerably higher than previously thought.

Citation

Gall, G. (1999), "A review of strike activity in Western Europe at the end of the second millennium", Employee Relations, Vol. 21 No. 4, pp. 357-377. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459910285465