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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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