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Work Stoppages
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Work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers, December 2014
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)

FairPoint Communications,
ME, NH, VT,
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Locals 2320, 2326, and 2327, Communications Workers of America Local 1400
(Private Industry)
517110
10/17/2014
22
51
1,700
37,400
86,700
 

SFO Airport Restaurant Employer Council,
San Francisco International Airport, CA,
UNITE HERE Local 2
(Private Industry)
722510
12/11/2014
12/12/2014
2
2
1,000
2,000
2,000
 

MedStar Washington Hospital Center,
Washington, D.C.,
National Nurses United
(Private Industry)
622110
12/22/2014
12/31/2014
7
7
1,900
13,300
13,300
 

Stoppages beginning in month: 2
2,900
15,300
 

Stoppages in effect in month:   3
4,600
52,700
 

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) Ongoing work stoppage.

 

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

  • Detailed Monthly Listing, 2023 (XLSX)

Archive of historical files:

Work Stoppages home

 

Last Modified Date: February 11, 2015