"In 2002 the UK had the fourteenth lowest strike rate of the 19 countries that supplied data in the OECD – compared with a ranking of 11 out of 23 in 2001. In 2002 the UK strike rate was the same as the OECD average but lower than the EU average. In previous years the UK strike rate has been below both the EU and the OECD averages since 1993, with the exception of 1996.This article continues a regular series on international labour disputes and presents data on labour disputes in member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) between 1993 and 2002. Comparisons are made of overall strike rates between countries as well as strike rates by industry. The article also describes the differences in definitions and coverage of the statistics between countries and how they affect comparability."

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