Table 4. Work stoppages involving 5,000 or more workers beginning in 2001
Employer, location, and union Beginning
date		 Ending
date		 Number of
workers (1)		 Estimated days
of idleness in
2001 (1)

Department of Education
State of Hawaii
National Education Association

 4-5-01 4-23-01 12,400 161,200

Seattle public schools
Seattle, WA
National Education Association

 5-1-01 5-1-01 6,900 6,900

State of Minnesota
Minnesota
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
and Minnesota Association of Professional Employees

 10-1-01 10-14-01 24,900 242,500

Pratt and Whitney Division, United Technologies Corporation
Connecticut
Machinists

 12-3-01 12-13-01 5,000 45,000

Footnotes:
(1) The number of workers and days idle are rounded to the nearest 100.