September Strikes 1969

Attitude of workers to the strike. Job situation of workers, judgement
on the trade union work and attitude to the strike.

Topics: Work satisfaction; evaluation of personal job; satisfaction
with payment; judgement on company and atmosphere at work; wage form;
company employment; overtime; change of shift; membership in a trade
union; necessity of trade unions; judgement on the power of trade
unions and their most important tasks; judgement on task fulfillment of
trade unions; responsibility of trade unions for political questions;
judgement about trade union functionaries; judgement on the work of the
works council; trade union representatives at work; assessment of the
future of workers; judgement on equal opportunities and the structure
of society in the FRG; attitude to the student unrest; political
interest.

The following additional questions were posed in companies on strike:
personal participation in the strike; reasons for the strike; strike
example from other companies; conduct of relevant groups in the strike;
personal conduct in the strike; judgement on strike result and lessons
for the future; recommendations for future wage policies; willingness
to strike even with spontaneous strikes; reactions to red flags.

The following additional questions were posed in companies not on
strike: familiarity of the reasons for the strike; judgement on the
conduct of the Federal Government, the press and the trade unions;
assessment of strike result; effects of the strike on one´s own company
and on society in general; assessment of the probability of renewed
spontaneous strikes.

Demography: age (classified); marital status; number of children;
school education; vocational training; income; interest in politics;
social origins; present and past offices held; memberships.

Interviewer rating: interest of respondent in interview; assessment of
the capability to give an opinion and willingness of respondent to
cooperate; particular difficulties with the interview; presence of
other persons; length of interview; date of interview; place of
interview.

Also encoded was: identification of interviewer.