ABSTRACT

Are certain industries in democratic industrialised nations consistently strike prone, while others are consistently strike free?1 If the facts give an affirmative answer to this question, then how can this social phenomenon be explained? How do several of the standard theories of industrial peace and industrial conflict fare in the light of these facts? Finally, if it were desired either to encourage or to discourage the propensity to strike in an industry, how best should it be attempted? These are the four questions to which this chapter is addressed.