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Work Stoppages

Major Work Stoppages: Detailed Monthly Data April 2006

Work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers, April 2006
Organizations involved and locationIndustry code (1)Beginning dateEnding dateNumber of workers (2)Days idle this monthDays idle, cumulative

Ormet(Hannibal, OH)United Steelworkers of America, Locals 5724 & 5760
(Private Industry)

331310
11-22-04
1,200
24,000
459,000

Northwest Airlines Corp. (National)Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association
(Private Industry)

481111
8-20-05
3,900
78,000
691,500

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.(Stratford, CT and West Palm Beach, FL)International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 1150
(Private Industry)

336411
2-20-06
4-3-06
3,600
3,600
108,000

AK Steel Corp., Middletown, OHArmco Employees Independent Federation
(Private Industry)

331111
3-1-06
2,400(4)
4,800
107,800

Denver Regional Transportation DistrictDenver, COAmalgamated Transit Union Local 1001 (Local Government)

485110
4-3-06
4-9-06
1,700
8,500
8,500

Greater Metropolitan Automotive Dealers Association of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MNInternational Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 974
(Private Industry)

441110
4-17-06
1,400
14,000
14,000

Stoppages beginning in month: 2

3,100
22,500

Stoppages in effect in month:   6

14,200
176,100

Footnotes:
(1) Industry code is from the 2002 NAICS (North American Industry Classification System).
(2) The BLS rounds figures to the nearest 100. Companies and unions may have rounded the figures before providing BLS the data
(3) Ongoing work stoppage
(4) The AK Steel work stoppage went from 2,600 to 2,400 at the beginning of the month.

 

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

  • Detailed monthly listing, 2022 (XLSX)

Archive of historical files:

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Last Modified Date: July 1, 2008