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Work Stoppages (Strikes) Involving 1,000 Workers or More, 1950-2008

The following table shows the number of work stoppages (strikes), the number of workers involved, and how many days of work were lost due to the stoppages each year from 1950 through 2008.

Year Work
stoppages		 Workers
involved
(thousands)		 Days idle
(thousands)
1950 424 1,698 30,390
1960 222 896 13,260
1970 381 2,468 52,761
1975 235 965 17,563
1980 187 795 20,844
1983 81 909 17,461
1984 62 376 8,499
1985 54 324 7,079
1986 69 533 11,861
1987 46 174 4,481
1988 40 118 4,381
1989 51 452 16,996
1990 44 185 5,926
1991 40 392 4,584
1992 35 364 3,989
1993 35 182 3,981
1994 45 322 5,020
1995 31 192 5,771
1996 37 273 4,889
1997 29 339 4,497
1998 34 387 5,116
1999 17 73 1,996
2000 39 394 20,419
2001 29 99 1,151
2002 19 46 660
2003 14 130 4,091
2004 17 232 3,344
2005 22 102 1,736
2006 20 191 2,687
2007 23 221 1,265
2008 15 72 1,954
NOTE: Refers to stoppages that began in the year. Days idle is total for all stoppages in effect. Workers are counted more than once if they were involved in more than one stoppage during the year.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Web: data.bls.gov .

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