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Work Stoppages
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Work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers, December 2012
Organizations involved and location 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)

American Crystal Sugar Company,
MN, IA, ND,
Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers, Sugar Council
(Private Industry)
311313
8/1/2011
6
342
1,300
7,800
444,600

Pacific Maritime Association,
Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, CA,
International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63A, Office Clerical Unit (Private Industry) (8)
488310
11/27/2012
12/4/2012
2
6
5,500
11,000
33,000

Community Unit School District 300,
Carpentersville, IL Area
Local Education Association of District 300
(Local Government)
611110
12/4/2012
12/4/2012
1
1
1,300
1,300
1,300

Goodman Manufacturing Company,
Fayetteville, TN,
International Association of Machinists, Local Lodge 2385
(Private Industry)
333415
12/9/2012
12/13/2012
4
4
1,100
4,400
4,400

Sutter Health Hospitals and Hospital Corporation of America,
San Francisco Bay Area, CA,
California Nurses Association
(Private Industry)
622110
12/24/2012
12/24/2012
1
1
5,000
5,000
5,000

Stoppages beginning in month: 3
7,400
10,700

Stoppages in effect in month:   5
14,200
29,500

Footnotes:
(1) Industry code is from the 2012 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) As of December 10, 2012, the number of workers decreased below 1,000 workers.
(8) Workers idled by the work stoppage but not employed by the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, CA are excluded.

 

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: February 8, 2013