Industrial Unrest (1890-1913) With the expiration of the Anti-Socialist Law on September 30, 1890, the Socialist movement in Germany gathered strength. The Social Democratic Party encouraged organized resistance to factory conditions, and strikes proliferated, especially after the turn of the century.
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page 1 of 2 I. Strikes, Lockouts, and "Non-Confrontational Movements," 1890-1913 Strikes incl. Lockouts (1,2) Strikes (4) Year Number Participants Duration (3) Calculated number of participants (3a) Number Participants Duration( 3) Calculated number of participants (3a) 1890/91 (6) 226 38,536 1,348 1892 73 3,022 507 1893 116 9,356 568 1894 131 7,328 879 1895 204 14,032 1,030 1896 483 128,808 1,923 1897 578 63,119 1,921 1898 985 60,162 4,848 1899 976 100,779 3,976 1900 852 115,711 1,234,025 65,761 806 101,081 1,051,159 53,346 1901 727 48,522 1,194,553 38,913 692 40,062 1,070,278 32,825 1902 861 55,713 964,317 48,159 805 48,922 847,121 43,239 1903 1,282 121,593 2,622,232 88,954 1,200 75,830 1,109,461 56,818 1904 1,625 135,957 2,120,154 128,700 1,513 104,555 1,512,886 93,121 1905 2,323 507,964 7,362,802 414,703 2,010 363,917 5,565,546 278,882 1906 3,480 316,042 6,317,675 301,590 3,059 222,686 3,991,606 212,562 1907 2,792 281,030 5,122,467 274,052 2,469 176,292 2,147,695 170,456 1908 2,052 126,883 2,045,585 105,859 1,795 66,307 1,139,636 60,021 1909 2,045 131,244 2,247,512 121,171 1,839 96,750 1,587,257 89,110 1910 3,194 369,011 9,037,575 341,994 2,224 142,113 2,193,452 133,455 1911 2,914 325,253 6,864,240 280,073 2,707 211,896 4,359,062 184,829 1912 2,825 479,589 4,776,818 304,979 2,469 397,490 3,447,729 240,763 1913 2,600 248,986 5,672,034 196,460 2,173 177,594 4,139,720 151,121 1) The editors (Hohorst, et. al.) would like to thank Klaus Tenfelde for preparing this table. 2) For the entire period in question, the figures for the first three categories also include lockouts, but not non-confrontational movements. 3) Duration of the strikes until 1899 in weeks (= sum total of the duration of all strikes, regardless of the number of participants); beginning in 1900 (in all categories): loss of work time in days (calculation based on the number of participants). 3a) The statistics of the "Generalkommission" determine the loss of work time in days only for a certain number of participants, which fluctuates between 56.8% and 97.5% of the total number of striking workers. 4) Separate counting possible only after 1900. 6) For these years the data has been recorded together.
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