The Labour Disputes – Annual Article 2013, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), gives information on labour disputes in 2013 by industry, region, cause, size and duration as well as comparing the figures with previous years. In 2013, 443,600 working days were lost in the UK from 114 stoppages of work arising from labour disputes. The days lost figure is almost double the total lost in 2012 (248,800). There was an overall decrease in the number of stoppages on the previous year for both public (50) and private (64) sector disputes, although disputes in the public sector resulted in a larger proportion of working days lost. The sector losing the most days was education (215,000). The majority of stoppages (63%) lasted one day.

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