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Work Stoppages
Work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers, December 2004
Organizations involved and location (1) Industry code (2) Beginning date Ending date Number of workers (3) Days idle this month Days idle, cumulative

Sutter Health(San Francisco, CA)Service Employees International Union, Local 250

622110
12-6-04
12-10-04
7,000
35,000
35,000

St. John's Mercy Medical Center(St. Louis, MO)United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 655

622110
12-15-04
12/31/2004(5)
1,500
16,500
16,500

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

331310
11-22-04
1,200
25,200
32,400

Jersey Central Power & Light(New Jersey)International Brotherhood of Electric Workers, Council U3

221122
12-8-04
1,300
20,800
20,800

Stoppages beginning in month: 3

9,800

Stoppages in effect in month:   4

11,000
97,500

Footnotes:
(1) Labor organizations are affiliated with the AFL-CIO except where noted as independent (Ind.).
(2) Industry code is from the 2002 NAICS (North American Industry Classification System).
(3) The BLS rounds figures to the nearest 100. Companies and unions may have rounded the figures before providing BLS the data.
(4) On going work stoppage
(5) On December 31, 2005, the number of workers idled fell below 1,000.

 

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

  • Detailed Monthly Listing, 2023 (XLSX)

Archive of historical files:

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Last Modified Date: July 1, 2008