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Work Stoppages
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Work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers, January 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
20
125
1,300
26,000
162,500

Cooper Tire and Rubber Company,
Findlay, OH,
United Steelworkers Local 207L
(Private Industry)
326211
11/28/2011
20
44
1,000
20,000
44,000

Kaiser Permanente Hospitals,
CA Statewide,
California Nurses Association,
National Union of Healthcare Workers,
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 39 Stationary Engineers
(Private Industry)
622110
1/31/2012
1/31/2012
1
1
21,000
21,000
21,000

Riverside County Regional Medical Center
Riverside, CA,
Service Employees International Union Local 721
(Local Government)
622110
1/31/2012
1/31/2012
1
1
5,600
5,600
5,600

Stoppages beginning in month: 2
26,600
26,600

Stoppages in effect in month:   4
28,900
72,600

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 8, 2013