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Work Stoppages
Work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers, July 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
21
252
1,300
27,300
327,600

Consolidated Edison,
New York City and Westchester County, NY
Utility Workers of America Local 1-2
(Private Industry)

221122
7/1/2012
7/26/2012
18
18
8,000
144,000
144,000

Sutter Health Hospitals,
Alameda and San Mateo Counties, CA,
California Nurses Association
(Private Industry)

622110
7/3/2012
7/7/2012
3
3
3,700
11,100
11,100

Stoppages beginning in month: 2

11,700
155,100

Stoppages in effect in month:   3

13,000
182,400

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