Bolivia
Organization responsible for the statistics
The statistics are collected, compiled and published by the
Departamento de Estadísticas, Ministerio de Trabajo.
Objectives and users
Not available.
Coverage
Strikes and lockouts
The statistics cover:
- constitutional or official strikes
- sympathetic strikes
- political or protest strikes
- general strikes
- regional strikes
- work stoppages initiated by employers
- rotating or revolving strikes
- sit-ins
- go-slows
- hunger strikes (huelgas de hambre)
- indefinite strikes (huelgas indefinidas)
Unofficial strikes, working to rule and overtime bans are not
included.
Minimum threshold:
Duration of at least one hour.
Economic activities
No particular branches of economic activity or sectors are
excluded.
Workers
Workers directly involved only. The statistics cover full-time
regular paid employees only. Temporary, casual or seasonal
workers, unpaid family workers, workers laid off, or workers
absent for any reason (sick leave, annual leave, etc.) are not
included.
No particular occupational groups are excluded.
Geographic areas
Whole country.
Types of data collected
- number of strikes and lockouts
- number of economic units involved
- duration
- time not worked
- matter in dispute or cause of dispute
- method of settlement
Concepts and definitions
Work stoppage (paro)
A work stoppage of 24, 48 or 72 hours.
Strike
An indefinite work stoppage, go-slow or hunger strike.
These definitions come from the Ley General del Trabajo.
Methods of measurement
Strikes and lockouts
The basic unit of measurement used to record a strike or lockout
is the case of dispute or the economic unit.
Economic units involved
The economic unit is the establishment, firm, enterprise or local
workplace.
Duration
The duration is measured in calendar days.
Time not worked
Total time not worked is measured in workdays as the sum of the
accumulated days of stoppage. Overtime is not taken into
consideration.
Classifications
Cause of dispute
- economic (issues concerning pay)
- social (issues not concerning pay)
Type of dispute
Method of settlement
Branch of economic activity
The data are classified by branch of economic activity.
Reference period and periodicity
The statistics are compiled and published for periods of a month,
a quarter, six months and a year.
Analytical measures
None.
Historical background of the series
Not available.
Documentations
Series available
Not available.
Bibliographic references
Departamento de Estadísticas: Anuario Estadístico del
Trabajo (annual).
Data published by the ILO
The number of strikes and lockouts, by
economic activity.
Confidentiality
Not available.
Methods of data collection
There is a legal obligation to report the occurrence of a strike
or lockout to the Ministerio de Trabajo y Desarrollo Laboral. A
standard form exists for collecting information concerning
strikes or lockouts. Information is also obtained from the daily
press.