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7 3 7 4 7 5 7 6 7 7 7 8 7 9 8 0 8 1 8 2 8 3 8 4 8 5 8 6 8 7 Figure 16A

The curve for the period in terms of rise and fall is almost the same as for all strikes in Tasmania. (See Figure 1F) Peak strike activity for the issues in aggregation occurred in 1984, and represented 77.3 per cent of strike involvement. (See Figure 16B) This situation was unique to Tasmania. Over the entire survey period, Pay, Allowances or Log of Claims were often responsible for high percentages of strike activity. Their involvement however, was somewhat erratic on a year to year basis.

The above largely explains the variations in curves: For example, in 1975, strikes declined overall, followed by an increase in 1976. The curve for the three issues shows the reverse. In 1975, in aggregation they accounted for 100 per cent of all strikes, an increase from 57.2 per cent the previous year. In 1976, they fell from 100 per cent to only 12.5 per cent. The same reason applied for the variations that occurred in 1981- 82 and 1987.

A decline in the number of strikes due to Pay and Log of Claims from 1985-87 was accompanied by unprecedented numbers of disputes where Allowances was the issue. Apart from 1975, this also represented an increase in Allowances as a percentage of all strikes. In doing so, Allowances either alone or in aggregation maintained, (and even increased in some years), pre-1984 proportions.

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Tasmania reproduced the Queensland trend in the latter period. Strikes overall were high in 1984 and despite a decline thereafter, remained higher than in the 1973-78 period. Unlike the other states, Pay, Allowances and Log of Claims continued to represent substantial proportions of overall activity from 1984, particularly Allowances.

5 . 1 . 7 . Nor t her n Ter r i t or y

In the Northern Territory, Pay disputes were marginally higher overall than Allowances and Log of Claims. (See Figure 17A)

Northern Territory Strikes -1973-87 Pav. Allowances and Log of Claims

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The rise and fall curve is the same with the exceptions of 1980 and 1983. (See Figure 1H) In both years, the number of strikes overall increased. While in 1980 Pay, Allowances and Log of Claims remained static in numbers, as a percentage of overall strikes they declined from 50 per cent to 20 per cent. In 1983, no strikes involving

Strikes which were attributed to the three issues, either singly or in combination, accounted for 50 per cent or more of overall strikes in only three years: in 1976 and 1979, (50 per cent); and in 1981, (54.6 per cent). The Northern Territory reflects the situation in Queensland. Contrary to the national trend, peak strike activity occurred in 1984, with Allowances and Log of Claims accounting for only 16.7 per cent of all strikes. C/J <D O) 05 C <D O ® CL

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The trend in other states towards a decline in overall strike activity did not occur in the Northern Territory, although the decline in the aggregated three issues as a percentage of overall strike activity was consistent with elsewhere. Nor was the trend towards a decline in the number of strikes involving one or more of the issues evident after 1984. As Figure 17A indicates, apart from 1981 where there was a sharp increase in Log of Claims disputes, the numbers for the period 1984-87 were not significantly different to 1973-82.

5 . 1 . 8 . Australian Capital Territory

Strikes over Pay were the major issue of the three in the ACT between 1975 and 1985. No strikes that were due to Pay, Allowances or Log of Claims were recorded in 1973-74 and 1986. Pay and Allowances in 1980 and 1981 provided the only examples of more than one issue occurring simultaneously. (See Figure 18A)

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As Figure 1H indicates, the rise and fall curve for all strikes in the ACT is not in overall agreement with Figure 18A. While overall strike activity was quite moderate in its fluctuations, strikes recorded over Pay and Allowances tended to rise and fall dramatically, (Log of Claims were recorded only once, in 1985.) In 1978, when overall strike activity had declined slightly, there was an increase in the number of strikes over Pay. This also represented a marked rise in the percentage of strikes over Pay, from 28.6 per cent in 1977 to 66.7 per cent in 1978. (See Figure 18B)

In 1981 when strikes over Pay and Allowances were at their highest, for the survey period, they also accounted for 66.7 per cent of all strikes. An increase from 45.5 per cent in the previous year. Alternatively, in 1976 when the number of strikes overall were low, Pay, represented 50 per cent of their number.

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As in South Australia, bans were the major form of industrial disputation in the ACT. Except in 1973, 1978 and 1987, bans exceeded strikes. As Table 4 demonstrates,

significant in terms of percentages) issue; in contrast there was an absence of strikes over Allowances between 1982-86.

Table 4

ACT Strikes and Bans - 1973-87

YEAR STRIKE ACTIVITY BAN ACTIVITY

Pav Allowances LOC* Pav Allowances LOC 1 973 % % 1 974 - - - - 1 975 - - - - 1976 50.0 - - 14.3 - - 1 977 28.6 - - 6.7 - 6.7 1978 66.7 - - 50.0 - - 1979 20.0 - - 66.7 - . 1 980 18.2 27.3 - 15.8 - - 1981 33.3 33.3 - 20.0 16.0 8.0 1 982 33.3 - - 17.6 11 .8 - 1 983 - - - 3.8 11 .5 - 1984 50.0 - - 9.1 13.6 - 1 985 - - - - 1 1.8 - 1 986 - - - - 14.3 14.3 1987 - 25.0 - 16.7 - -

LOC = Log of claims

The two peak years in terms of ban activity make for interesting comparison: In 1981, Pay and Allowances accounted for 66.7 per cent of all strikes which at the time were relatively high in number; bans over Pay, Allowances and Log of Claims accounted for 44.0 per cent in the same year. Just two years later in 1983, strike numbers fell and none were recorded that involved any of the three issues. Despite the marked increase in bans that year, there was still a drop in the number that were concerned with Pay and Allowances. They accounted for a mere 15.3 per cent of all bans.

The trend as regards strikes which has been identified in most of the other states, generally manifested itself in the ACT. Between 1983-86 a change can be seen in terms of the numbers of strikes over the three issues, although there was an increase in 1984, with Pay accounting for 50 per cent of all strikes.

The use of bans on the other hand, tended to compensate for the reduced use of strikes as far as Allowances were concerned, and to a lesser extent, Pay. Nevertheless, despite the 5 The extent to which bans were supportive cannot be determined from the Table. On some