During the twenty-one years covered by this table 2,483 strikes were reported; 2,436 of these strikes involved a total of 623,810 strikers; 2,400 strikes resulted in an aggregate loss of 5,485,360 working days. Of 298,422 strikers involved in strikes during the last six years of the period, 143,658 were men, 102,632 were women, and 52,132 were children 15 years of age or under. Of 2,404 strikes during the twenty-one years for which the results were reported, 592, or 24.62 per cent, were successful; 824, or 34.28 per cent, were partly successful, and 988, or 41.10 per cent, failed. The following table shows, by occupations, the number and results of strikes and the number of strikers for the eight years, 1892 to 1899, statistics for the years 1879 to 1891 not being given by occupations: SUMMARY OF STRIKES IN ITALY, BY OCCUPATIONS, FOR THE PERIOD 1892 TO 1899. More than one-half of all the strikes during this eight-year period were those of textile workers, miners and quarrymen, and day laborers, the textile workers alone having participated in 412 of the 1,427 strikes. Of 361,331 strikers who participated in 1,415 strikes reported, 84,704 were engaged in the hat-making industry, 81,139 in the textile industry, and 75,937 in mining and quarrying, making for the three industries a total of 241,780, or more than two-thirds of the entire number. The two following tables show the strikes for each year, classified according to their duration and the number of strikers involved, respectively: STRIKES IN ITALY, BY DURATION, 1879 TO 1899. a Not including 39 strikes the duration of which was not reported. STRIKES IN ITALY, BY NUMBER OF STRIKERS INVOLVED, 1879 TO 1899. a This total does not agree with the figures given in the general table of strikes, page 866; the figures are given, however, as shown in the original report. The strikes were mostly of short duration, 1,382 out of 2,429 reported, lasting three days or less. About one-half of the strikes involved less than 100 strikers each. In the summary tables showing the causes and results of strikes, the strike is made the unit, as is done in the case of this country and Great Britain, the principal causes only being considered. The following table shows, by years, the causes and results of strikes from 1879 to 1899, the years 1879 to 1891 being taken collectively: CAUSES, ETC., OF STRIKES IN ITALY, BY YEARS, 1879 TO 1899. |