Table 3. Work stoppages involving 5,000 or more workers, 1990–2001
Year Number of
work stoppages		 Number of
workers involved
(in thousands)		 Number of days
idle (in thousands)

1990

 13 147 3,183

1991

 8 337 1,246

1992

 6 310 1,321

1993

 11 141 2,736

1994

 12 254 3,566

1995

 9 146 2,055

1996

 9 215 3,144

1997

 11 298 3,014

1998

 8 338 4,174

1999

 6 56 872

2000

 9 316 (1)19,009

2001

 4 49 456

Footnotes:
(1) Includes 17.3 million days of idleness resulting from the 183-day strike by 135,000 actors working in radio and television commercials, who went on strike against the Association of National Advertisers and the American Association of Advertising Agencies.