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Work Stoppages
Work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers, November 2009
Organizations involved and location Industry code (1) Beginning date Ending date Number of workers (2) Days idle this month Days idle, cumulative for this work stoppage

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority,
Philadelphia, PA,
Transport Workers Union Local 234
(Local Government)

485111
11-3-09
11-9-09
5,500
27,500
27,500

University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign, IL,
American Federation of Teachers, Graduate Employees Organization Local 6300
(State Government)

611310
11-16-09
11-17-09
1,100
2,200
2,200

Stoppages beginning in month: 2

6,600
29,700

Stoppages in effect in month:   2

6,600
29,700

Footnotes:
(1) Industry code is from the 2007 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.

 

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: October 14, 2011