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Work Stoppages
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Work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers, September 2015
Organizations involved and location Industry 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)

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated,
OH, PA, WV,
United Steelworkers,
(Private Industry)
Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing
331110
8/15/2015
(7)
21
32
2,200
46,200
70,400

Consolidated Nuclear Security,
Amarillo, TX,
Amarillo Metal Trades Council OPEIU Local 306,
(Private Industry)
Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing
325180
8/29/2015
(7)
21
22
1,200
25,200
26,400

Pasco School District,
Pasco, WA,
Pasco Association of Educators,
(Local Government)
Elementary and Secondary Schools
611110
9/1/2015
9/13/2015
8
8
1,100
8,800
8,800

Seattle School District,
Seattle, WA,
Seattle Education Association,
(State Government)
Elementary and Secondary Schools
611110
9/9/2015
9/15/2015
5
5
5,000
25,000
25,000

Stoppages beginning in month:
2
6,100
33,800

Stoppages in effect in month:   
4
9,500
105,200

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, 2025 (XLSX)

Archive of historical files:

 

Last Modified Date: February 10, 2016