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Table 4
Major wage settlements, inflation and labour disputes

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Year
Average annual increase in base wage rates1
Annual change in consumer price index1
Labour disputes and time lost3
Public sector employees2
Private sector employees2
Total employees
Strikes and lockouts4
Workers involved
Person-days not worked
Proportion of estimated working time
percent
number
thousands
percent
1980
10.9
11.7
11.1
10.1
1,028
452
9,130
0.37
1981
13.1
12.6
13
12.4
1,049
342
8,850
0.35
1982
10.4
9.5
10.2
10.9
679
464
5,702
0.23
1983
4.6
5.5
4.8
5.8
645
330
4,441
0.18
1984
3.9
3.2
3.6
4.3
716
187
3,883
0.15
1985
3.8
3.3
3.7
4
829
164
3,126
0.12
1986
3.6
3
3.4
4.1
748
486
7,151
0.27
1987
4.1
3.8
4
4.4
668
582
3,810
0.14
1988
4
5
4.4
4
548
207
4,901
0.17
1989
5.2
5.2
5.2
5
627
445
3,701
0.13
1990
5.6
5.7
5.6
4.8
579
271
5,079
0.17
1991
3.4
4.4
3.6
5.6
463
254
2,516
0.09
1992
2
2.6
2.1
1.5
404
152
2,110
0.07
1993
0.6
0.8
0.7
1.8
381
102
1,517
0.05
1994
0
1.2
0.3
0.2
374
81
1,607
0.06
1995
0.6
1.4
0.9
2.2
328
149
1,583
0.05
1996
0.5
1.7
0.9
1.6
330
276
3,269
0.11
1997
1.1
1.8
1.5
1.6
284
258
3,608
0.12
1998
1.6
1.8
1.7
0.9
381
244
2,444
0.08
1999
2
2.7
2.2
1.7
413
160
2,443
0.08
2000
2.5
2.4
2.5
2.7
379
144
1,657
0.05
2001
3.4
3
3.3
2.6
381
221
2,199
0.07
2002
2.9
2.6
2.8
2.2
294
168
3,033
0.09
2003
2.9
1.2
2.5
2.8
266
81
1,736
0.05
2004
1.4
2.2
1.8
1.9
298
260
3,225
0.09
2005
2.2
2.4
2.3
2.2
260
199
4,149
0.12
2006
2.6
2.1
2.5
2.5
150
43
813
0.02
20075
3.6
2.5
3
1.9
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1. Involving 500 or more employees.
2. Public-sector employees are those working for government departments or agencies; Crown corporations; or publicly funded schools, hospitals or other institutions. Private-sector employees are all other wage and salary earners.
3. Involving 1 or more workers.
4. Ten person-days not worked.
5. 2007 data refer to January to April only.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Prices Division; Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Workplace Information Directorate.
Date Modified: 2014-05-14

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