
Lowest-ever strike figures: So why did we need the Trade Union Act again?
0.0029%. That’s the proportion of working days lost to strikes in the UK last year. 81,000. That’s the number of people who went on strike in 2015. It’s actually the lowest-ever number since records began in 1893. 106. That’s the total number of strikes that took place in the UK last year. It’s less than half the…