Work Stoppages: December 2008 quarter

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Annual work stoppages decrease

Highlights

  •  22 work stoppages ended in the December 2008 year.
  • The estimated loss in wages and salaries for the December 2008 year was $2.4 million
  •  5 work stoppages ended in the December 2008 quarter.
  Quarterly Work Stoppages
Quarter  Number of work stoppages  Number of employees involved  Person-days of work lost  Estimated loss in wages and salaries
$(000)
December 2007 13 842 2,711 434
March 2008 3 118 178 24
June 2008 9 3,890 7,412 2,181
September 2008 5 R 551 R 480 R 62 R
December 2008 5 434 516 99

R revised

 Graph, Number of Stoppages Year ended December.

 Geoff Bascand  22 April 2009
 Government Statistician  ISSN 1178-0703
 

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