1
See. for example, Hare, Industrial Relations in New Zealand (Whitcombe & Tombs. Wellington. 1946), chapter XI; knowles, Strikes (Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1952); and Ross and Irwin, “Strike Experience in five Countries, 1927-47: An Interpretation” in Industrial and Labour Relations Review, Vol. 4, No. 3, April, 1951.
2
The principal weaknesses of these statistics are briefly as follows: (a) The industry breakdown is not sufficiently detailed. (b) The overwhelming preponderance of strikes in Coal Mining in relation to other industries blurs the picture for industry as a whole as regards the duration, causes and methods of settlement of strikes. (c) There is a marked discrepancy over the period between the Commonwealth Statistician's and the State Statistician's estimates of the number of strikes in certain States, e. g. according to the Labour Reports there were 1,071 strikes in N.S.W. in 1948, but according to the N.S. W, Official Year Book there were 1,506 strikes in that year. There could be various reasons for this discrepancy but it seems probable that much of it is due to differences of definition of the term “strike“.
3
Ross and Irwin, op., cit.
4.Knowles, op. cit., p. 313: Ross and Irwin, op. cit., p. 333
5 Labour Report 1947, No. 36, p. 130.
6
For example, in recent years in Western Australia the Arbitration Court has succeeded in settling a good deal of industrial trouble stoppages of work occurred, Instead of waiting for disputes to be brought before it, the Court, when it knew trouble was brewing in an undertaking, would arrange for a conference of the parties concerned, with the result that many difference were ironed out on the spot. This policy was instituted by ex-President Dunphy, now a Judge of the Federal Arbitration Court. At first the Court itself undertook this conciliation work but subsequently a special Conciliation Commissioner was appointed to ensure a continuance of these activities.
7
For a discussion on the economic loss due to strikes see Knowles, op. cit., pp. 262–286.
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