"In 2003 the UK had the eleventh lowest strike rate of the 21 countries that supplied data in the OECD – compared with a ranking of 16 out of 21 in 2002. In 2003 the UK strike rate was lower than both the OECD and EU average. In previous years 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 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) between 1994 and 2003. 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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