Lowest decade on record for number of major work stoppages, averaging 14 per year

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Lowest decade on record for number of major work stoppages, averaging 14 per year

Economic News Release USDL-17-0180

Work Stoppages summary


For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Thursday, February 9, 2017

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MAJOR WORK STOPPAGES IN 2016


In 2016, there were 15 major work stoppages involving 99,000 workers, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Private industry organizations accounted for over 94 percent of the 1.54 million total days idle for major work stoppages in effect during 2016.

This year marks 70 years of work stoppages data collected by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Over the past four decades (1977-1986 to 2007-2016) major work stoppages declined approximately 90 percent. (See table A and table 1.) The period from 2007 to 2016 was the lowest decade on record, averaging approximately 14 major work stoppages per year. The lowest annual number of major work stoppages was 5 in 2009.

In 2016, the information industry had the largest number of workers involved in major work stoppages with 38,200. Educational services were the next largest industry with 33,600 followed by health care and social assistance with 12,100 workers. These three industries accounted for over 84 percent of workers idled for major work stoppages.

In 2016, the largest major work stoppage in terms of number of workers and days idle was between Verizon Communications and the Communication Workers of America union involving 36,500 workers. This work stoppage accounted for 1,204,500 total days idle. The second largest work stoppage in 2016 in days idle was between Allina Health and the Minnesota Nurses Association/National Nurses United union, involving 4,800 workers with 153,600 days idle from two different work stoppages that occurred during 2016. The City of Chicago Public Schools had a 1-day stoppage with the second most number of workers, involving 27,000 employees.

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1. Surprised, considering state of unions in the U.S???

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