February 25, 2000 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Work stoppages at 53-year low
Seventeen major work stoppages began in 1999,
the lowest number in the 53-year history of the series.
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Of the 17 major work stoppages beginning in 1999, 12 were in the
private sector; the remainder occurred in State and local government, all
in educational services. In the private sector, seven stoppages occurred
in goods-producing industries and five occurred in service-producing
industries.
There were three stoppages that each idled more than 10,000 workers. In
Atlantic City, 12,000 workers represented by the Hotel Employees and
Restaurant Employees Union struck various casino hotels for 2 days. The
other large stoppages involved 11,000 teachers in various school districts
in the State of Washington and 11,000 teachers in Detroit, Mich.
These data are a product of the BLS Office
of Compensation and Working Conditions, Collective Bargaining Agreements.
Learn more about work stoppages from news release USDL 00-51, "Major
Work Stoppages, 1999." Major
work stoppages are defined as strikes or lockouts that idle 1,000 or more
workers and last at least one shift.
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