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Table 4 Major wage settlements, inflation and labour disputes
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| Average annual increase in base wage rates1 | Annual change in consumer price index | Labour disputes and time lost3 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public sector employees2 | Private sector employees2 | Total employees | Strikes and lockouts4 | Workers involved | Person-days not workded | Proportion of estimated working time | ||
| Year | % | number | '000 | % | ||||
| 1980 | 10.9 | 11.7 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 1,028 | 452 | 9,130 | 0.37 |
| 1981 | 13.1 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 12.5 | 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 | 4.0 | 829 | 164 | 3,126 | 0.12 |
| 1986 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 748 | 486 | 7,151 | 0.27 |
| 1987 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 668 | 582 | 3,810 | 0.14 |
| 1988 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 548 | 207 | 4,901 | 0.17 |
| 1989 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 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 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 404 | 152 | 2,110 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 381 | 102 | 1,517 | 0.05 |
| 1994 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 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 | 1.5 | 330 | 276 | 3,269 | 0.11 |
| 1997 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 284 | 258 | 3,608 | 0.12 |
| 1998 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 381 | 244 | 2,440 | 0.08 |
| 1999 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 413 | 160 | 2,441 | 0.08 |
| 2000 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 378 | 143 | 1,644 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 381 | 221 | 2,203 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 294 | 166 | 2,986 | 0.09 |
| 2003 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 266 | 79 | 1,730 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 297 | 259 | 3,185 | 0.09 |
| 2005 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 260 | 199 | 4,148 | 0.11 |
| 2006 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 151 | 42 | 793 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 206 | 66 | 1,771 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 187 | 41 | 876 | 0.02 |
| 20095 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.0 | ||||
| 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 worker or more. 4. Ten person-days not worked. 5. 2009 data refer to January to April only. Sources: Statistics Canada, Prices Division; Human Resources and Social Development Canada, Workplace Information Directorate . |
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