Industrial Relations in the United Kingdom
| Published date | 01 November 1972 |
| Date | 01 November 1972 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.1972.tb00599.x |
Chronicle
Industrial Relations in the United Kingdom
May-August
I972
STATISTICAL BACKGROUND
TO
THE
INDUSTRIAL
RELATIONS SCENE
The
Labour Market-Great
Britain
In May and June the number of registered unemployed in Great Britain fell
sharply but in July the total began to rise again. On a seasonally adjusted basis
the number of wholly unemployed, excluding school-leavers, decreased on
average by about 22,700 per month in the three months April to July. This
compared with an increase on average of about 3,200 per month in the previous
three months, January to April.
Seasonally acajusted
Wholly unemployed
(~04
Total unemployed Percentage Excluding school
Month
1972 1971 1972 1971 1972 1971
861
755 3.8 3.3 a34 717
795 724 3.5 3.2 798 722
823 786 3.6 3.5 803 752
885
859 3.9 3.8
807
772
unemployed leaven
(0004
May
July
June
August
Throughout the period under review the number of unfilled vacancies notified
by employers in Great Britain increased. On
a
seasonally adjusted basis the
number
of
vacancies for adults increased on average by 4,000 per month in the
three months, April to July, and by about 3,200 per month in the previous
three months.
Unfilled Vacancies in Great Britain for Adults-Seasonally Adjusted
(000s)
Month
1972 1971
134 129
139
127
140 119
148 122
May
July
June
August
Wages
and
Earnings
In the first
six
months of 1972 5 million workers received increases in their
basic weekly rate or minimum entitlements amounting to E9.4.m. This compared
with the corresponding period for 1971 when 5.3 million workers received
increases totalling Q3.7m. In the period under review the principal wage in-
creases were in shipbuilding and ship repairing, cotton spinning and weaving,
food manufacture, British Rail and the motor vehicle retail and repair trade.
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