The Importance of Strike Size in Strike Research

Jack W. Skeels, Paul McGrath and Gangadha Arshanapalli

ILR Review, 1988, vol. 41, issue 4, 582-591

Abstract: This analysis of 1953–81 Department of Labor strike data demonstrates that strike samples selected on the basis of various size criteria (ranging from 25 or more workers involved to 5,000 or more workers involved) are not representative of all U.S. strikes. “Small†strikes are found to differ significantly from “large†strikes, whatever the size criterion, in terms of industry, strike issue, region of the country, and contract status. The authors question the generalizability of findings of strike research using post-1981 Department of Labor data, which have been collected using an inclusion criterion of 1,000 or more workers involved.

Date: 1988
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