STATISTICS ON  INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES, CLOSURES,

RETRENCHMENTS AND LAY-OFFS IN INDIA DURING THE YEAR 2006

 

TABLE 2(VII) (e)

 

Strikes Classified by Causes in the State Sphere during the Year 2006

 

Sr. No.

Cause Group Name

Number of Strikes

Number of Workers involved

Number of Mandays Lost

Number

Percentage to Total

Number 

Percentage to Total

Number 

Percentage to Total

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

1

Wages and Allowances

49

30.1

28,035

42.2

2,046,961

78.6

2

Personnel

38

23.3

10,189

15.3

208,751

8.0

3

Retrenchment

2

1.2

65

0.1

1,695

0.1

4

Indiscipline

13

8.0

4,757

7.2

65,695

2.5

5

Violence

2

1.2

175

0.3

8,945

0.3

6

Leave & Hours of Work

1

0.6

170

0.3

3,570

0.1

7

Bonus

9

5.5

2,941

4.4

65,916

2.5

8

Labour Enactments/ Agreements

4

2.5

1,277

1.9

40,189

1.5

9

Charter of Demands

15

9.2

4,741

7.1

71,779

2.8

10

Work norms/Loads

1

0.6

244

0.4

3,660

0.1

11

Demand for Amenities

1

0.6

27

0.0

189

0.0

12

Government Economic Policy

11

6.7

777

1.2

777

0.0

13

Other reasons

11

6.7

2,234

3.4

31,327

1.2

14

Not Known

6

3.7

10,787

16.2

54,387

2.1

 

Total

163

100.0

66,419

100.0

2,603,841

100.0

 

-   = Nil

0.0 = Less than 0.05 percentage

Note:  Figures in brackets indicate the percentages to total