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Work Stoppages
Work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers, October 2013
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)

Los Angeles County,
CA,
Service Employees International Union Local 721
(Local Government)

921110
10/1/2013
10/1/2013
1
1
2,500
2,500
2,500

Steamship Trade Association of Baltimore, Maryland Port Administration,
Baltimore, MD,
International Longshoremen's Association Local 333
(Private Industry)

488310
10/16/2013
10/18/2013
3
3
2,000
6,000
6,000

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART),
San Francisco Bay Area, CA,
Service Employees International Union, Local 1021, Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1555
(Local Government)

485112
10/18/2013
10/21/2013
2
2
2,300
4,600
4,600

Stoppages beginning in month: 3

6,800
13,100

Stoppages in effect in month:   3

6,800
13,100

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.

Note: The work stoppage involving Federal employees is not included as the Federal Government is out of scope.

 

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: December 13, 2013