industrial relations and social dialogue

Quick guide on sources and uses of collective bargaining statistics

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Collective bargaining statistics are crucial to assess labour markets but also the state of industrial relations. However, the particularities linked with the data sources and data quality make collective bargaining statistics a very challenging field of labour statistics. Get information about all the main aspects of collective bargaining statistics in this quick guide.

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Resolution concerning the methodology of the SDG indicator 8.8.2 on labour rights (including amendments)

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Adopted by the 20th ICLS (2018), this resolution sets an internationally agreed methodology to measure indicator SDG 8.8.2 on labour rights consistent with the Resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on Work of the Statistical Commission pertaining to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (A/RES/71/313), Annex taken on 6 July 2017.

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Trends in collective bargaining coverage: Stability, erosion or decline?

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This issue brief examines differences in collective bargaining coverage for 75 countries. Collective bargaining over wages and other labour conditions between unions and employers is a key labour market institution in democratic societies. The coverage and impact of this institution varies over time and across countries. 

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Social Dialogue Indicators Comparative Note: Collecting information through Labour Force Surveys

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Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining are at the core of decent work. They are fundamental rights at work and the foundations of sound industrial relations and effective social dialogue. Data and indicators on trade union membership and coverage of collective agreements, together with other qualitative indicators, are important for monitoring the progress made towards the effective realization of these rights at work.

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Decent work statistical indicators: strikes and lockouts statistics in the international context

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Based on the analysis of the three major international programmes which aim at the regular publication of international labour disputes statistics, the author argues that currently the measure which best reconciles the number of days lost due to industrial action with the varying sizes of countries’ employed population and provides a reasonable basis for international comparisons is the rate of days not worked due to strikes and lockouts (per 1.000 employees).

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Resolution concerning statistics of strikes, lockouts and other action due to labour disputes

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Adopted by the 15th ICLS (1993), this resolution provides guidelines to assist and improve the production of national statistics on action due to labour disputes and to enhance comparability of such statistics between countries.

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