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While many of the theoretical models of strike activity predict that strikes will be procyclical, econometric studies have produced rather ambiguous results in general. This paper investigates the cyclicality of British postwar strike frequency by examining the relationship between an index of the business cycle and the number of strikes, disaggregated by cause of slippage and broad industrial sector. With the exception of the coal industry, strike activity is found to be strongly procyclical. This results is particulrly pronounced for strikes over pay issues and, thus, the findings of the paper accord well with the predictions of the theories of conflict activity. Copyright 1994 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd