July 14, 1999 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Length of work stoppages in 1998
Most major work stoppages in the United States in 1998 lasted
two weeks or less. The four shortest work stoppages lasted for just one day while the
longest stoppage of the year lasted for over seven months.
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Fully a third of stoppages in 1998 were less than a week long. An additional 23 percent
lasted between one and two weeks, for a total of 56 percent that were in effect no more
than two weeks.
The longest work stoppage of the year commenced on May 3, 1998, at Peterbilt Motors
Company. This stoppage—involving 1,200 workers represented by the United Automobile
Workers—came to an end after 206 days on November 24, 1998.
These data are a product of the BLS Office of Compensation and
Working Conditions, Collective Bargaining Agreements. Additional information is
available in "1998 Work Stoppages" (PDF 46K),
Compensation and Working Conditions, Summer 1999. Also find out more about work
stoppages from news release USDL 99-33, "Major
Work Stoppages, 1998." 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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