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Work Stoppages
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Work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers, April 2018
Organizations involved and location Industry Industry code (1) Beginning date Ending date Number of lost workdays this month (2) Number of lost workdays, cumulative for this work stoppage (3) Number of workers (4) Days idle this month (5) Days idle, cumulative for this work stoppage (6)

Charter Communications,
NY, NJ,
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 3,
(Private Industry)
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
517311
3/28/17
21
275
1,800
37,800
495,000

Oklahoma State Legislature,
OK,
Oklahoma Education Association, Statewide Local Affiliations
(State Government) (8)
Elementary and Secondary Schools
611110
4/2/18
4/12/18
9
9
45,000
405,000
405,000

Kentucky State Legislature,
KY,
Kentucky Education Association, Statewide Local Affiliations
(State Government) (9)
Elementary and Secondary Schools
611110
4/2/18
4/13/18
2
2
26,000
52,000
52,000

Arizona State Legislature,
AZ,
Arizona Education Association, Statewide Local Affiliations
(State Government) (10)
Elementary and Secondary Schools
611110
4/26/18
3
3
81,000
243,000
243,000

Colorado State Legislature,
CO,
Colorado Education Association, Statewide Local Affiliations
(State Government) (11)
Elementary and Secondary Schools
611110
4/26/18
4/27/18
2
2
63,000
126,000
126,000

Stoppages beginning in month:
4
215,000
826,000

Stoppages in effect in month:   
5
216,800
863,800

Footnotes:
(1) Industry code is from the 2017 NAICS (North American Industry Classification System).
(2) The length of the work stoppage during the month as measured in weekdays, Monday through Friday, excluding weekends and Federal holidays.
(3) The cumulative length of the work stoppage as measured in weekdays, Monday through Friday, excluding weekends and Federal holidays.
(4) The BLS rounds figures to the nearest 100. Companies and unions may have rounded the figures before providing BLS the data.
(5) Days idle during this month is measured by multiplying the number of lost workdays this month by the number of workers involved in the work stoppage.
(6) Cumulative days idle is measured by multiplying the cumulative number of lost workdays by the number of workers involved in the work stoppage.
(7) Ongoing work stoppage.
(8) Estimates based on identified school closings and employee data from the Oklahoma Department of Education reports.
(9) Estimates based on identified school closings on 4/2 and 4/13 and employee data from the Kentucky Department of Education reports.
(10) Estimates based on identified school closings and employee data from the Arizona Department of Education reports.
(11) Estimates based on identified school closings and employee data from the Colorado Department of Education reports.

 

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

  • Detailed Monthly Listing, 2023 (XLSX)

Archive of historical files:

 

Last Modified Date: February 18, 2021