Algeria
Organization responsible for the statistics
The statistics are collected and compiled by the Inspection
générale du travail and the Ministère du Travail et des Affaires
sociales. They are not published.
Objectives and users
Not available.
Coverage
Strikes and lockouts
The statistics cover:
- constitutional or official strikes
- unofficial strikes
- sympathetic or solidarity strikes
- political or protest strikes
- general strikes
Overtime bans, go-slows, rotating or revolving strikes and
lockouts are not included.
Minimum threshold
Duration of at least one day and with a total of at least ten
days not worked.
Economic activities
No particular branches of economic activity are excluded.
Workers
Workers directly involved only. In addition to regular paid
employees, including part-time workers, the statistics cover
temporary, casual and seasonal workers. Workers laid off, or
absent on sick leave, annual leave or absent for other reasons,
and unpaid family workers are not included.
No particular occupational groups are excluded.
Geographic areas
Whole country.
Types of data collected
- number of strikes
- number of workers involved
- duration
- time not worked
- branch of economic activity
- sector
Concepts and definitions
Strike
A work stoppage with a view to expressing demands.
Collective labour dispute (conflit collectif de travail)
All disputes between workers and their employers, concerning
social-labour relations and general working conditions, which are
not settled during the regular meetings provided for in articles
4 and 5 of the law 90-02 of 6.2.90 regarding the prevention and
settlement of collective labour disputes and the right to strike
(la loi 90-02 du 6.2.90 relative à la prévention et au règlement
des conflits collectifs de travail et à l'exercice du droit de
grève).
These definitions come from the labour legislation.
Methods of measurement
Strikes and lockouts
The basic unit of measurement used to record a strike is the case
of dispute in one workplace. A strike which is interrupted and
later resumes, still due to the same case of dispute, is treated
as a new strike when it resumes.
Work stoppages due to the same case of dispute which occur in
different workplaces or at different times in the same workplace
are treated as different strikes.
Workers involved
The number of workers involved is the average number of daily
absences during the period of the strike. Part-time workers are
counted as individuals on the same basis as full-time workers.
Duration
The duration is measured in workdays, from the date the strike
began in the workplace to the date it terminated without
interruption in that workplace.
Time not worked
Time not worked is measured in workdays, by ascertaining the
total amount of time not worked on each day of the strike, and
summing these totals. The shorter working hours of part-time
workers and overtime are not taken into account in the estimate.
Classifications
Branch of economic activity
The statistics are classified according to the following
branches:
- agriculture, forestry and fishing
- industry
- building and public works
- transport
- electricity, gas and water
- services
Other
- sector (public or private)
Reference period and periodicity
The statistics are compiled for periods of a month, a quarter, a
semester and a year. They relate only to strikes beginning
during the particular reference period.
Analytical measures
None.
Historical background of the series
Not available.
Documentation
Series available
Not available.
Bibliographic references
None.
Data published by the ILO
The number of strikes and lockouts, the number of workers involved and the number of
days not worked, by economic activity.
Confidentiality
Not available.
International standards
Not available.
Methods of data collection
There is a legal obligation to report the occurrence of a strike.
The group of workers involved is required to give notice of a
strike to the employer and to the Inspection du Travail of the
area. No standard forms are used for this.