History of social conflicts. Since the beginning of the 1980s, the trade union membership has been dropping; consequently, collective bargaining has been declining. However, this trend does not concern the recession periods. During the recession of the beginning of the 90s, the number of strikes had strongly declined because the workers feared a loss of pay and even of their jobs. But at the same time, the Acas organisation was faced with an increase in conflicts to solve. What about the recent recession? The number of social conflicts has been similar to the one observed in the 90s, contrary to what implies the successive announcements of strikes, involving Royal Mail, British Airways and other companies, which impact on the public and are more and more turned into media events. An analysis of the figures shows that stoppages fell to 121 in the year to June 2009 from 155 in the same period in the previous non-recessionary year. But again, since the beginning of 2009, the demand for Acas’ collective conciliation services has risen (+ 19% in 2009). The main reasons of conflicts are the redundancies and the changes to pay and working conditions.
what implies the successive announcements of strikes, involving Royal Mail, British Airways and other companies, which impact on the public and are more and more turned into media events. An analysis of the figures shows that stoppages fell to 121 in the year to June 2009 from 155 in the same period in the previous non-recessionary year. But again, since the beginning of 2009, the demand for Acas’ collective conciliation services has risen (+ 19% in 2009). The main reasons of conflicts are the
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