"In 2005 the UK had the fifteenth lowest strike rate of the 27 countries that supplied data in the EU and OECD – compared with a ranking of 19 out of 26 in 2004. In 2005 the UK strike rate was lower than both the OECD and EU average. The UK strike rate has been below both the EU and the OECD averages since 1994, with the exceptions of 1996 and 2002.This article continues a regular series on international labour disputes and presents data on labour disputes in member countries of the European Union (EU) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) between 1996 and 2005. 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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