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Work Stoppages
Work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers, May 2006
Organizations involved and location Industry code (1) Beginning date Ending date Number of workers (2) Days idle this month Days idle, cumulative

Ormet(Hannibal, OH)United Steelworkers of America, Locals 5724 & 5760
(Private Industry)

331310
11-22-04
1,200
26,400
485,400

Northwest Airlines Corp. (National)Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association
(Private Industry)

481111
8-20-05
3,900
85,800
777,300

AK Steel Corp., Middletown, OHArmco Employees Independent Federation
(Private Industry)

331111
3-1-06
2,400
52,800
160,600

Greater Metropolitan Automotive Dealers Association of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MNInternational Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 974
(Private Industry)

441110
4-17-06
5-9-06
1,400
9,800
23,800

General Building Contractors Association (GBCA), Philadelphia, PAUnited Brotherhood of Carpenters Metropolitan Reginal Council of Philadelphia
(Private Industry)

238350
5-1-06
5-2-06
5,000
5,000
5,000

Stoppages beginning in month: 1

5,000
5,000

Stoppages in effect in month:   5

13,900
179,800

Footnotes:
(1) Industry code is from the 2002 NAICS (North American Industry Classification System).
(2) The BLS rounds figures to the nearest 100. Companies and unions may have rounded the figures before providing BLS the data
(3) 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:

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Last Modified Date: July 1, 2008