In 2014, there were 11 major work stoppages involving
1,000 or more workers and lasting at least one shift, the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics reported today. The 11 major work stoppages beginning in 2014 were
down from the 15 major work stoppages beginning in 2013, and equaled the second
lowest annual total (11 in 2010) of work stoppages since the series began in
1947. The lowest annual total was 5 in 2009. (See chart 1 and table 1.)
Major work stoppages beginning in 2014 idled 34,000
workers, lower than the 2013 total of 55,000 idled workers. In 2014, there were
200,000 days idle from major work stoppages in effect, also lower than 2013
with 290,000 days idle. In 2014, private industry organizations accounted for 9
of the 11 major work stoppages in 2014. In addition, 7 of the 11 major work
stoppages beginning in 2014 occurred in the health care and social assistance
industry and the educational services industry. (See table 2.)
In 2014, the largest major work stoppage in both days
idle and duration was between FairPoint
Communications and the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers Locals 2320, 2326, and 2327 and the Communications Workers
of America Local 1400, with 1,700 workers accounting for 86,700 days idle in
2014. The work stoppage was still ongoing at the end of 2014. (See table 2.)
Between 2009 and 2014, there have been 80 major work
stoppages (average of 13.3 major work
stoppages per year). Three industry groups combined for
over 60 percent of all major work stoppages during the six year period: health
care and social assistance (34 percent), educational services (15 percent), and
construction (13 percent). (See chart 2.) Manufacturing had 11 percent of all
major work stoppages between 2009 and 2014.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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