Abstract
In post–1992 Europe, capital will tend to flow to areas of lowest unit output cost. Difference in the quality of labour-management relations, here proxied by strike activity, could be an important component of such costs. The performance of strike models for EC member states is examined, paying particular attention to the evidence for reaction equality to macroeconomic stimuli and for the existence of ‘strike waves’. Both hypotheses are rejected, meaning firstly, that there is no justification for datapooling but, secondly, that member states are free to pursue policies to improve their industrial relations environments without fear they will be undermined by developments elsewhere.
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