The Third Way: Welcome to the Third World

Union Power in Context: Industrial Relations in the Building Industry

Ross Dalgleish

Appendix A

[Extracted from Productivity Commission 1999,Work Arrangements on Large Capital City Building Projects, page 34.]

Table 2.2 Rate of dispute related delays in building and construction, by State
Working days lost per thousand employees
State	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
New South Wales	438	96	45	1	19	469	269	388
Victoria	292	369	76	30	205	1152	551	764
Queensland	161	17	7	139	200	1440	51	340
Western Australia	454	53	75	154	180	797	525	1107
South Australia	599	36	0	21	24	660	75	161
Tasmania	16	31	0	0	0	0	0	7
Australia	349	126	41	59	115	892	290	524
Data sources: ABS ( Industrial Disputes, Australia, Cat. no. 6322.0; unpublished data).