Work Stoppages statistics - USA Census numbers

[Excludes work stoppages involving fewer than 1,000 workers and lasting less than 1 day (896 represents 896,000). Information is based on reports of labor disputes appearing in daily newspapers, trade journals, and other public sources. The parties to the disputes are contacted by telephone, when necessary, to clarify details of the stoppages]


				DAYS IDLE

	Number				Percent
YEAR	of work	Workers			estimated
	stop-	involved ²		Number ³	working
	pages ¹	(1,000)		(1,000)	time ⁴

1960	222	896		13,260	0.09
1965	268	999		15,140	0.10
1969	412	1,576		29,397	0.16
1970	381	2,468		52,761	0.29
1971	298	2,516		35,538	0.19
1972	250	975		16,764	0.09
1973	317	1,400		16,260	0.08
1974	424	1,796		31,809	0.16
1975	235	965		17,563	0.09
1976	231	1,519		23,962	0.12
1977	298	1,212		21,258	0.10
1978	219	1,006		23,774	0.11
1979	235	1,021		20,409	0.09
1980	187	795		20,844	0.09
1981	145	729		16,908	0.07
1982	96	656		9,061	0.04
1983	81	909		17,461	0.08
1984	62	376		8,499	0.04
1985	54	324		7,079	0.03
1986	69	533		11,861	0.05
1987	46	174	⁵	4,481	0.02
1988	40	118	⁵	4,381	0.02
1989	51	452		16,996	0.07
1990	44	185		5,926	0.02
1991	40	392		4,584	0.02
1992	35	364		3,989	0.01
1993	35	182		3,981	0.01
1994	45	322		5,020	0.02
1995	31	192		5,771	0.02
1996	37	273		4,889	0.02
1997	29	339		4,497	0.01
1998	34	387		5,116	0.02
1999	17	73		1,996	0.01

1 Beginning in year indicated.
2 Workers counted more than once if involved in more than one stoppage during the year.
3 Resulting from all stoppages in effect in a year, including those that began in an earlier year.
4 Agricultural and government employees are included in the total working time; private household and forestry and fishery employees are excluded.
5 Revised since originally published.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Compensation and Working Conditions, monthly through 1995; thereafter, quarterly.

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http://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/711_work_stoppages.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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