Venezuela

Organization responsible for the statistics

The statistics are collected by the relevant inspectors, and compiled and published by the Ministerio del Trabajo.

Objectives and users

Not available.

Coverage

Strikes and lockouts

The statistics cover: Unofficial strikes, political or protest strikes, general strikes and rotating or revolving strikes are not included, nor are sit-ins, working to rule, go-slows or overtime bans are excluded.

Minimum threshold None.

Economic activities

No particular branches of economic activity or sectors are excluded.

Workers

Workers directly involved, workers indirectly involved and workers rendered idle in other economic units than those directly involved in the strikes. In addition to regular paid employees, including part-time workers, the statistics cover temporary and casual workers and workers on commission. Seasonal workers, unpaid family workers, workers laid off and workers absent on sick or annual leave or absent for any other reason are not included.

No particular occupational groups are excluded.

Geographic areas

Whole country.

Types of data collected

Concepts and definitions

Strike

The right of workers to stop work collectively and not to go to the premises of the enterprise where they work for the duration of the strike.

Sympathetic strike (huelga de solidaridad)

A strike by workers in a particular office, occupation or branch of activity with the sole objective of supporting other workers in the same office, occupation or branch of activity in their economic demands addressed to their employers.

Lockout

The temporary closure of the enterprise by the employer.

The definitions come from labour laws and decrees.

Methods of measurement

Strikes and lockouts

The basic unit of measurement used to record a strike is the case of dispute in an economic unit. The resumption of strike or lockout that is interrupted but later begins again, still due to the same case of dispute, is treated as the continuation of the same strike or lockout.

Economic units involved

The economic unit is the enterprise.

Workers involved

Part-time workers are converted to full-time equivalents on the basis of their hours of work.

Duration

The duration is measured in workdays, calendar days or workhours.

Time not worked

Total time not worked is measured in work hours. As a result, the shorter working hours of part-time workers are taken into account. Overtime is not taken into consideration.

Classifications

Cause 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 year. They refer to strikes and lockouts beginning during the particular reference period only.

Analytical measures

None.

Historical background of the series

Not available.

Documentation

Series available

Not available.

Bibliographic references

Ministerio del Trabajo: Memoria y Cuenta.

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 for trade unions to notify the Ministerio del Trabajo of the occurrence of a strike, giving details of the objectives and conditions of the strike. Information about strikes and lockouts is also obtained from periodic reports and direct enquiries.