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Work Stoppages

Major Work Stoppages: Detailed Monthly Data October 2018

Work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers, October 2018
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)

Charter Communications,
NY, NJ,
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 3
(Private Industry)

Wired Telecommunications Carriers
517311
3/28/17
22
403
1,800
39,600
725,400

National Grid,
MA,
United Steelworkers Local 12003 and 12012
(Private Industry)

Natural Gas Distribution
221210
6/25/18
22
90
1,200
26,400
108,000

Chicago Downtown Hotels,
Chicago, IL,
UNITE HERE Local 1
(Private Industry) (8)

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels
721110
9/7/18
10/3/18
3
19
1,000
3,000
91,000

Marriott Corporation,
CA, HI, MA, MI,
UNITE HERE
(Private Industry) (9)

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels
721110
10/3/18
20
20
6,000
120,000
120,000

University of California Medical Centers,
CA,
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299
(State Government)

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
622110
10/23/18
10/25/18
3
3
15,000
45,000
45,000

Stoppages beginning in month:

2
21,000
165,000

Stoppages in effect in month:   

5
25,000
234,000

Footnotes:
(1) Industry code is from the 2017 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.
(8) Number of workers based on work stoppage of 9 hotels (1,000 workers) from 10/1 to 10/3 before number of workers were below 1,000.
(9) Includes hotels in Oakland, San Diego, San Francisco (multiple locations), San Jose, Hawaii (multiple locations), Boston (multiple locations), and Detroit.

 

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 18, 2021