Industrial action "becoming increasingly routine" as figures show 1.4m days lost to unrest in 2011

Industrial action "becoming increasingly routine" as figures show 1.4m days lost to unrest in 2011: Nearly 1.4 million working days were lost to industrial action in 2011 - almost four times as many as during the previous year and the highest number since 1990, according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).16 Aug 2012