Archived

• Archived Major Work Stoppages

Access the following tables containing data on work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers:

• Annual Historical Table, 1947-Present
• Detailed Monthly Listing, 1993-Present

Databases

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Work Stoppages
Work Stoppages Data

More Tools

• Series Report —Already know the series identifier for the statistic you want? Use this shortcut to retrieve your data.
• Flat files (FTP) —For those who want it all. Download a flat file of the entire database or large subset of the database.

Related Links to Other BLS Programs

• Monthly Labor Review (MLR) Online
• National Compensation Survey —provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings; compensation cost trends; and benefit incidence and detail plan provisions.
• Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages —comprehensive employment and wage data by industry and geographic area for workers covered by State Unemployment Insurance laws.
• Occupational Employment Statistics—data on employment and wages for over 800 occupations and for about 400 nonfarm industries for the nation, plus occupational data for States and metropolitan areas.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook —describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.
• The Strike Report —summary of strike activity during the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey reference period which includes the 12th of the month.

Other Useful Links

• Employee Benefit Research Institute —offers a detailed description of private- and public-sector employee benefit programs as they exist today.
• Wage and Hour Division (WHD) —responsible for enforcing federal labor laws including minimum wage and hour standards.
• Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) —responsible for ensuring employers doing business with the federal government comply with the laws and regulations requiring equal employment opportunity.
• Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service —information about Notices of Dispute and work stoppages including those of less than 1,000 workers.
• National Labor Relations Board —information about union elections and unfair labor practices.
• National Mediation Board —information about collective bargaining in the airline and railroad industries.
• Cornell University —information about historic collective bargaining agreements that were collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Most-Requested Questions

1. What is a work stoppage?
2. What is a strike?
3. What is a lockout?
4. What data does the BLS supply on work stoppages?
5. What are the differences or similarities between the BLS work stoppages and the BLS strike report?
6. How are "work days" defined?
7. How are "days idle this month" defined?
8. How are "days idle, cumulative" defined?
9. Where do I find data on work stoppages with less than 1,000 workers?
10. How can I get historical information?
11. How are the data collected?
12. Do you have foreign work stoppage information?
13. What has happened to the BLS collective bargaining agreements program?
14. How do I get union membership data?
15. How do I get LM forms?
16. How do I get prevailing wage data under the Davis-Bacon Act?

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Contacts

Work Stoppages information is available by calling (202) 691-6199 or you can submit a work stoppages data question by email.