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Standard of living to fall sharply

24 June 2022

7:30 AM

24 June 2022

7:30 AM

In the pre-Covid days, strike activity was fast disappearing. In Europe, the average days lost from strikes more than halved.

In Australia, the fall was even more dramatic – from over 500 strike days per 1,000 workers in the 1970s, to just 14 in the decade to 2020.

Suddenly, in Europe a spate of strikes is underway.

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