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Work Stoppages (Strikes) Involving 1,000
Workers or More
| 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 |
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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