Archived

• Archived Major Work Stoppages

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

• Detailed monthly listing, 2020 (XLSX)

Archive of historical files:

• Annual Historical Table, 1947-2019 (XLSX)
• Detailed Monthly Listing, 1993-2019 (XLSX)

Databases

Database Name	Special Notice	Top Picks	Data Finder	One Screen	Multi- Screen	Tables	Text Files
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.

Other BLS Resources

• Benefits—comprehensive data on incidence and provisions of employer-sponsored benefit plans.
• Compensation Costs and Trends—indexes measuring change over time in labor costs and data measuring level of average costs per employee hour worked.
• Compensation Research and Program Development Group—carries out research that addresses methodological, conceptual, and technical issues of concern to the National Compensation Survey, Occupational Requirements Survey, and the Workplace Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Programs.
• Guide for Evaluating Your Firm's Jobs and Pay (PDF)—explains how the Bureau determines the work level of an occupation in the National Compensation Survey.
• Information Guide (PDF)—provides descriptions of the information and data produced by BLS, as well as descriptions of the publications in which they appear.
• Modeled Wage Estimates—annual estimates of average hourly wages for occupations by job characteristics and within geographical location.
• Occupational Requirements Survey—provides job-related information regarding physical demands; environmental conditions; education, training, and experience; as well as cognitive and mental requirements for jobs in the U.S. economy.
• 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

• Cornell University—information about historic collective bargaining agreements that were collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)—administers and enforces most provisions of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA).
• Employee Benefits Security Administration—provides participant and compliance assistance in the areas of retirement, health and other employee benefits.
• 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.
• Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs—responsible for ensuring employers doing business with the federal government comply with the laws and regulations requiring equal employment opportunity.
• Wage and Hour Division—responsible for enforcing federal labor laws including minimum wage and hour standards.

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.