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Work Stoppages

Major Work Stoppages: Detailed Monthly Data January 2015

Work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers, January 2015
Organizations involved and locationIndustryIndustry Code (1)Beginning dateEnding dateNumber 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)

Wired Telecommunications Carriers
517110
10/17/2014
20
71
1,700
34,000
120,700

Kaiser Permanente Hospitals, Statewide CA, National Union of Healthcare Workers (Private Industry)

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
622110
1/12/2015
1/19/2015
5
5
3,500
17,500
17,500

Stoppages beginning in month: 1

3,500
17,500

Stoppages in effect in month: 2

5,200
51,500

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) Ongoing work stoppage.

 

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

  • Detailed monthly listing, 2022 (XLSX)

Archive of historical files:

 

Last Modified Date: February 10, 2016