councils are associated with reduced strike activity. However, where union members make up a majority of works councillors …, such union-dominated councils experience greater strike activity than do their counterparts with minority union membership …. Dissonance between the parties as to the state of industrial relations is associated with elevated strike activity. Finally …

, we go over some more recent ones. When a strike changes the future strategic positions of unions relative to firms … compared to a bargain, then a strike can ensue; significantly, the more important the future is considered to be (i.e., the … higher is the discount factor), the more likely a strike is. In a new model we show how solidarity based on identification …

relations quality and strike incidence. We also consider some six issues behind the most recent instances of industrial action … or threatened industrial action and their outcomes. Strike incidence is found to be elevated in establishments where … relationships are associated with increased strike incidence, and the converse for an employee-focused business strategy and …