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Analysis
of Work
Stoppages
1972
Bulletin 1813
U.S. DEPARTM ENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
1974
Analysis
of Work
Stoppages
1972
Bulletin 1813
U.S. DEPARTM ENT OF LABOR
Peter J. Brennan, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Julius Shiskin, Commissioner
1974
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Preface
This bulletin, continuing an annual feature of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the
field of industrial relations since 1941, presents a detailed statistical analysis of work stop
pages in 1972. The data provided in earlier bulletins have been expanded by the addition of
seven appendix tables: Work stoppages by industry group and occupation, 1972, table A 15; government work stoppages by major issue and level, 1972, table A-16; government
work stoppages, union participation by major issue, 1972, table A-17; government work
stoppages by occupation and level, 1972, table A-18; government work stoppages, by oc
cupation and function, 1972, table A-19; government work stoppages by State, affiliation
and recognition, 1972, table A-20; work stoppages by region, State and occupation, 1972,
table A-22.
Preliminary monthly estimates of the level of strike (or lockout) activity for the
United States as a whole are issued about 30 days after the end of the month of reference,
and are available on request. Preliminary estimates for the entire year are available at the
year’s end; selected final tabulations are issued in the early summer of the following year.
The methods used to prepare work stoppage statistics are described in appendix B.
The Bureau wishes to acknowledge the cooperation of employers and employer associ
ations, labor unions, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, and various State
agencies which furnished information for this program.
This bulletin was prepared in the Division of Industrial Relations by Virginia A. Bergquist under the supervision of Albert A. Bel man. The analysis of the individual work stop
pages was prepared by Louise D. Breeden, Alroy E. Derr, Douglas E. Hedger, and Evelyn
L. Traylor, under the supervision of James T. Hall, Jr.
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Contents
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Tables:
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Analysis—annual and monthly .................................................................................................................
Size of stoppages .
Affiliation of unions
Contract status . . .
Major issues ........................................................................................................................................
Industries affected .............................................................................................................................
Government work stoppages .............................................................................................................
Location of stoppages.........................................................................................................................
Regions ........................................................................................................................................
States ............................................................................................................................................
Metropolitan areas .....................................................................................................................
Duration of strik e s.............................................................................................................................
Mediation ............................................................................................................................................
Settlement ............................................................................................................................................
Procedures for handling unsettled issu es..........................................................................................
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Monthly distribution of new strikes involving 1,000 workers or more, 1970-72 ...............
Percent of stoppages and idleness by contract status, 1970-72 ............................................
Percent of idleness by major issue, 1969-72..............................................................................
Work stoppages by mean and median duration, man-days idle per worker, and
number of prolonged strikes, 1954-72 .................................................................................
Unresolved issues in work stoppages, 1972............................................................................
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Appendixes:
A. Tables
Work stoppages:
A—1. In the United States, 1927-72..............................................................................
A-2. By month, 1971-72 ............................................................................................
A-3. By size and duration, 1972 ..................................................................................
A-4. Trend of, involving 10,000 workers or more,1927-72 ......................................
A-5. Involving 10,000 workers or more, beginning in 1972 .......................................
A-6. By industry group and size, 1972 .......................................................................
A-7. By affiliation of unions involved, 1972 ............................................................
A-8. By contract status and size, 1972 ............................................................
A-9. By industry group and contract status, 1972 ...................................................
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Contents— Continued
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Appendixes—Continued
A. Tables—Continued
Work stoppages—Continued
A-10. By contract status and major issue, 1972 ..........................................................
A - ll. By major issue, 1972 ............................................................................................
A - 12. By industry group and major issue, 1972 ......................................................
A-13. By major issue and size, 1972 .............................................................................
A-14. By industry, 1972 ................................................................................................
A-15. By industry group and occupation, 1972 ..........................................................
A-16. Government, by major issue and level, 1972 ..................................................
A-17. Government, union participation by major issue, 1972 ..................................
A-18. Government, by occupation and level, 1972 ....................................................
A-19. Government, by occupation and function, 1972 ..............................................
A-20. Government, by State, affiliation and recognition, 1972 ...................................
A-21. By standard federal region and State, 1972 ......................................................
A-22. By region, State and occupation, 1972 ..............................................................
A-23. In States having 25 stoppages or more by industry, 1972 ............................
A-24. By State and metropolitan area, 1972 ..............................................................
A-25. By industry group and duration, 1972 ..............................................................
A-26. By duration and major issue, 1972 ....................................................................
A -2 1 . By duration and contract status, 1972 ..............................................................
A-28. Mediation of, by contract status, 1972 ..............................................................
A-29. Settlement of, by contract status, 1972 .............................................................
A-30. Settlement of, by major issue, 1972 .................................................................
A-31. Settlement of, by industry group, 1972 .............................................................
A—32. Procedure for resolving unsettledissues in, by contract status, 1972 ............
B. Scope, definition, and m ethods..................................................................................................
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Analysis-Annual and Monthly
A variety of economic factors tempered the in
cidence and intensity of labor disputes during 1972.
One important influence on the level of stoppages
was continuation of the effects of the Economic
Stabilization Act which created the Pay Board in
1971. When 4 of the 5 labor members of the Board
resigned in a dispute over a reduction in the wage
increase negotiated by the West Coast International
Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union, the
15-member Board had to be restructured. Efforts to
curb inflation by monitoring wage settlements con
tinued under the direction of a smaller “public”
board.
Average general wage increases were lower in
1972 than in 1971. First-year wage rate adjustments
in major collective bargaining settlements during
1972 averaged 7.3 percent compared with 11.6
percent in 1971. In the construction industry, moni
tored by the Construction Industry Stabilization
Committee, moderation in wage settlements during
1972 was evident also.1
Lessened pressure for large wage settlements may
also have resulted from a reduction in the rate of
increase of consumer prices during 1972. After the
Consumer Price Index had risen over 5 percent both
in 1969 and in 1970 and over 4 percent in 1971, the
increase was only 3.3 percent in 1972.
One other factor which typically affects work
stoppage activity—that is, unemployment—worked
counter to those mentioned above. Generally, the
higher the level of unemployment the less likely
workers are to walk out. As 1972 progressed, un
employment fell from nearly 6 percent in the first 5
months of the year to 5.1 percent in December,
decreasing the reserve work force. This situation,
theoretically, should have made workers less hesi
tant to withhold their services.
However, still another factor was probably most
responsible for a decline in labor disputes in 1972:
the reduced collective bargaining schedule. Com
pared with the levels in 1970 and 1971, when
approximately 4.8 million workers renegotiated
major labor agreements annually, only 2.8 million
employees were so involved in 1972. Except for the
construction industry, where many contracts are for
1 year, industries facing major renegotiations in
1972 included none of those which typically experi
ence prolonged deadlocks in trying to reach a new
contract.
Thus, for the reasons cited, strike2 activity de
clined during 1972. (See table A -l.) Most signifi
cantly, man-days of idleness due to strikes fell 43
percent from 1971 levels, a direct reflection of the
reduced number and size of major stoppages (in
volving 10,000 workers or more). Although the
reduction in total number of stoppages in 1972 was
minimal, the number of workers idled in these dis
putes was cut almost in half.
In total 5,010 stoppages idled over 1.7 million
workers during 1972, the lowest level in 7 years
and almost 50 percent lower than 1970’s total of 3.3
million workers. Working days idle per thousand
declined to 1.5 in 1972, from 2.6 a year earlier,
almost entirely because of the 20.5 million fewer
days idle due to strikes. Almost half of this reduc
tion was attributable to the transportation, com
munication, electric, gas and sanitary services
industry which experienced eight major stoppages
in 1971 and only two in 1972.
In spite of fewer stoppages overall in 1972, (com
pared with 1971), a greater number of strikes began
in 7 of 12 months; also, in 4 months more workers
were idled in disputes than during 1971. (See table
A-2.) Despite this increase, every month during
1972 registered at least a 4 percent decline in mandays idle compared with the level of the previous
year. The fact that new large stoppages (1,000
workers or more) in 1972 were fewer each quarter
compared with every corresponding quarter in 1971,
except one, partially explains this consistent reduc
tion in idleness. (See table 1.) Typically, at least
two-thirds of all man-days away from the job are
attributable to stoppages of this size.
1 Robert W. Fisher, “Labor in a Year of Economic Stabili
zation,” M onthly Labor R eview , January 1973, pp. 17-26.
2 The terms “strike” and “work stoppage” are used inter
changeably in this bulletin and include lockouts.
Table 1. Monthly distribution of new strikes involving
l t000 workers or more, 1970-1972
1972
1971
1970
January ....................................................
February .................................................
March ......................................................
First quarter ................................
14
12
18
44
30
19
29
78
12
15
29
56
April .........................................................
May ...........................................................
June .........................................................
Second quarter .........................
33
26
41
100
30
39
31
100
59
57
50
166
July ...........................................................
August ....................................................
September ............................................
Third quarter ..............................
21
27
21
69
27
23
23
73
41
28
32
101
October ....................................................
November ...............................................
December ...............................................
Fourth quarter ...........................
18
15
4
37
21
16
10
47
33
18
7
58
Total ..........................................
250
298
381
Month
Historically, and again in 1972, construction
strikes and other spring and summer contract re
negotiation stoppages caused the heaviest strike ac
tivity in the second and third quarters. The highest
monthly idleness figure— 3.6 million man-days away
from the job—was recorded in June, when five major
stoppages were in effect. More idleness than this was
experienced during each of 5 months in 1971.
Size of stoppages
In 1972, as in 1971, 3 of every 5 strikes involved
at least 20 but less than 250 employees; most of
these stoppages lasted 2 weeks or less. (See table
A-3). On the other hand, the majority of all work
ers idled in strikes and over two-thirds of all idleness
were recorded in stoppages of at least 1,000 em
ployees. In this category, it was strikes of over 2
weeks’ duration that resulted in the most workers
idled and man-days away from the job.
Not since 1964 have so few major stoppages (in
volving 10,000 workers or more) taken place. (See
table A -4.) The 18 major strikes in 1972 idled only
390,000 workers, 1.5 million less than last year.
Only 28 percent of total idleness was attributable
to these large disputes, considerably less than in any
of the previous 5 years, when they accounted for an
average of 48 percent of all idleness. Despite the
efforts of the Construction Industry Stabilization
Committee, 10 of the 18 major stoppages were in
the construction industry, not atypical of past ex
perience. (See tables A-5 and 6.) Excluding an
interstate elevator constructors strike, eight States
experienced major construction stoppages.
Affiliation of unions
Over 56 percent of all strikes during 1972 were
called by unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO, whose
latest membership was almost 15.1 million, or 78
percent of all organized U.S. workers.3 The propor
tion of all idleness recorded in strikes by AFL-CIO
members exceeded three-fifths of the total, a slight
increase from the previous year. (See table A-7.)
The membership of State and professional employee
associations also increased as did the proportion of
all strikers and all idleness attributable to that group,
but they accounted for only 1 percent of all mandays away from the job.
Contract status
Typically close to one-half of all strikes occur
when the parties are unable to agree on new contract
terms. Experience in 1972 was slightly different, in
that only 43.5 percent of all strikes occurred in these
situations, a 9-year low. At the same time, an un
usually high percentage of stoppages grew out of
disagreements during the term of the contract. (See
table 2.) A large part of this increase was attributable
to repeated flare-ups in bituminous coal.
Table 2. Percent of stoppages and idleness by contract
status, 1970-72
Contract status
All stoppages ..............................
Negotiation of first agreement
or union recognition .........................
Renegotiation of agreement
(expiration or reopening) ..................
During term of agreement
(negotiation of new
agreement not involved) .................
Other ..............................................................
Insufficient information to
classify ....................................................
1972
Stoppages
1971
1970
100.0
100.0
100.0
13.4
12.7
12.8
43.5
51.0
51.3
39.8
2.6
33.4
2.0
33.1
1.6
.9
1.3
.7
Man-days
All stoppages ..............................
Negotiation of first agreement
or union recognition .........................
Renegotiation of agreement
(expiration or reopening) .................
During term of agreement
(negotiation of new
agreement not involved) ..................
Other ............................................................
Insufficient information to
classify ....................................................
100.0
100.0
100.0
7.4
3.7
4.7
83.0
90.5
89.4
8.7
.6
5.5
.2
5.6
.1
.2
.1
.2
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
3 Directory of National Unions and Employee Associa
tions, 1973 (Forthcoming), (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Because stoppages arising out of new contract
talks generally affect an entire bargaining unit, they
are usually larger and last longer than those occur
ring under other contract circumstances. Generally,
some 80 to 90 percent of total idleness is attributable
to contract renewal strikes.
The 83 percent of total idleness which resulted
from renegotiation disputes was a reduction from
the previous 2 years. Most of this reduction occurred
in disputes over wage disagreements, which caused
one-third of all strikes and three-fifths of idleness.
Several characteristics were common to 1972
strikes which occurred during contract renegotia
tions.
1. Major strikes (10,000 workers or more) were
identified with the greatest proportionate reduction
in idleness, accounting for 47 percent of all contract
renewal idleness in 1971 and only 27 percent during
1972. (See table A-8.)
2. Between the mining industry and the transpor
tation, communication, electric, gas and sanitary
services industry, almost 14 million fewer man-days
of idleness were recorded in contract renewal stop
pages. (See table A-9.)
3. The average duration of these stoppages
changed only slightly, with a somewhat smaller
proportion of strikes lasting over 2 weeks.
On the other hand, the proportion of total mandays away from the job increased in stoppages
occurring while the contract was in effect, most
frequently due to plant administration problems
(which include disputes over work rules, safety,
overtime and physical facilities). (See table A-10.)
Major issues
Labor-management disputes over three issues
caused three-fourths of all strikes in 1972 and over
four-fifths of total idleness: general wage changes,
union organization and security, and plant admin
istration. This experience was very similar to that
of 1971. In 1972, however, a greater proportion of
strikes and man-days idle were caused by the latter
two noneconomic issues. Nevertheless, almost twothirds of all man-days idle were recorded in strikes
over wage increases. (See table A - ll.) The work
er’s concern for his economic well-being has for
over a decade resulted in wage disputes being the
most common source of man-days away from the
job. (See table 3 for 1969-72 data.) One-third of
the wage-related idleness in 1972 was attributable to
the construction industry. (See table A-12.) Because
the largest proportion of wage-related strikes gen
erally occur during contract renegotiations, these
stoppages typically involve more workers and last
for a longer period than stoppages caused by other
issues, as was the case in 1972. (See table A-13.)
Table 3. Percent of idleness by major issue, 1969-1972
Major issue
1972
Percent of man-days idle
1970
1971
1969
All issues .........................
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Economic 1 ...................................
Other contractual
matters ...................................
Union organization
and security ..............................
Job security ...................................
Plant administration .................
Other working conditions..........
Intra- or interunion matters. . .
66.5
73.8
56.8
67.7
5.7
10.6
27.6
.6
8.4
4.6
12.7
.8
1.0
7.0
2.1
5.1
.6
.7
9.2
.6
2.6
.6
2.4
17.4
5.3
6.6
1.0
1.2
1 Includes wage changes, supplementary benefits, wage adjustments, and
hours of work.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Strikes arising over plant administration issues,
most of which occurred while a contract was in
effect, accounted for almost one-fourth of all strikes
and one-eighth of idleness. As noted, the mining
industry was particularly hard hit by these disputes,
as was the transportation industry, which experi
enced over 900,000 man-days of idleness due to
plant administration differences. Since many of these
stoppages may have been in violation of the contract
and they often involved only part of a bargaining
unit, as well, they were generally shorter and smaller
than the average strike.
Disagreement over union organization and security
in a plant was the third most frequent issue in dis
pute, causing 10 percent of all strikes and 8 percent
of idleness. Measured by man-days away from the
job, the apparel industry, largely because of a sizable
8-month strike, and the contract construction in
dustry, were primarily affected.
Industries affected
The general decline from 1971 to 1972 in the
number of workers participating in strikes and the
similar reduction in idleness was reflected in both
the manufacturing and nonmanufacturing sector
totals. (See table A-14.) Among all manufacturing
industries, idleness declined from 18.5 million days
in 1971 to 12.3 million in 1972. Nine out of every
10 days of idleness in this category resulted from
strikes by production and maintenance workers.
(See table A-15.) An even greater proportionate
drop was recorded for the nonmanufacturing group,
where man-days away from the job dropped from
29.1 million days in 1971 to 14.8 million during
1972. Primarily responsible for this decline in non
manufacturing idleness was the reduced incidence
and size of major stoppages involving 10,000 work
ers or more. However, in the manufacturing sector
idleness in strikes of every size declined.
Idleness in several industries declined dramatically
from 1971 to 1972. In the tobacco industry, after
almost 350,000 man-days away from the job were
recorded during 1971, when many major company
contracts expired, only two strikes took place in 1972,
resulting in less than 2,000 man-days idle. Three
other major manufacturing industries—primary met
als; fabricated metal products; and electrical machin
ery, equipment and supplies—experienced about 50
percent year-to-year declines in idleness.
In the nonmanufacturing sector, the greatest pro
portional decline in idleness came in the mining
industry. Here, where over 4.9 million man-days
had been idle due to strikes in 1971, with the
occurrence of a 57-day major interstate strike, this
figure was reduced to 724,000 in 1972.
The construction industry, after recording in 1971
its lowest level of idleness since 1967, led all others
during 1972 in total idleness as well as the percent
of estimated total working days away from the job.
Primarily responsible for this year-to-year increase
were two additional major stoppages. In total, 10
major 1972 disputes idled 240,000 workers for a
total of 5.0 million man-days. In 1971, eight disputes
had idled workers for about 4 million man-days. The
contract construction industry was responsible for
the only two major disputes beginning in 1972 which
resulted in over 1 million man-days idle each, one
in New York City and vicinity and one in Minne
sota and Wisconsin.
Experiencing only two major stoppages in 1972,
compared with eight the previous year, workers in
the transportation, communication, electric, gas and
sanitary services industry accumulated only 3.2 mil
lion man-days away from the job during 1972. This
was the lowest level of idleness for that industry
since 1965.
With 2.3 million man-days of idleness, the ma
chinery (except electrical) industry scored the third
highest level for a single industry. Along with only
one major 3-day stoppage (by a Frigidaire Division
of General Motors), the industry’s idleness level
was also affected by several moderate-sized strikes
which continued for 3 months and longer.
Government work stoppages
Government stoppages, which had declined in
1971 for the first time since 1961, rose again in
1972 from 329 to 375.4 Although 10,000 fewer
workers were idled in these disputes, the total num
ber of man-days away from the job rose to 1.3 mil
lion, the third highest level ever recorded. (See
table A-16.)
Similarly with strikes generally, the majority of
government stoppages occurred when first contracts
were being drawn up or when old ones were being
renegotiated. However, due to the vital nature of
many government facilities and the apparent illegal
ity of many stoppages, the average strike for the
industry was less than 2 weeks in duration, compared
with 28 days for all stoppages.
For the first time in 5 years, there were no strikes
by Federal employees. However, it was the consider
able decline from 47,000 to 20,000 workers in
volved in city government stoppages that caused the
overall drop in workers idled in government disputes.
On the other hand, sizable increases in man-days of
idleness at the State and school district levels more
than offset the reduced idleness at the city level,
resulting in an overall increase.
As in private industries, wages were most fre
quently the point of contention in government
strikes, accounting for 85 percent of all government
idleness (the greatest proportion registered at the
State and school district levels) as against 70 percent
the previous year. A proportional increase in idle
ness was also identified with stoppages that resulted
from union organization and security problems,
which accounted for another 97,000 man-days away
from the job.
The number of teachers’ strikes declined for the
third consecutive year, falling in 1972 to less than
one-half the level recorded in 1969. (See table
A-18.) The 207,000 man-days away from the job
in teachers’ disputes was less than 10 percent of
the peak 1968 level, when school systems in Florida,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and New York City were
hit by major teachers’ strikes. However, the con
siderable increase in man-days of idleness among
professional, technical, clerical and blue-collar em
ployees in government establishments was due largely
to a 3-week Philadelphia school system stoppage.
Government facilities most frequently affected by
strikes were educational institutions (187 stoppages),
4 See Work Stoppages in Government, 1958-68, Report
348, and Summary Report, 1960, 1969-70 (Bureau o f Labor
Statistics, 1971).
with sanitation services (40 stoppages), and law
enforcement and correction agencies (23 stoppages)
far behind. (See table A - 19.)
According to all 3 measures of strike intensity,
Pennsylvania was hardest hit by government strikes
in 1972, with more than twice as many stoppages
as any other State. All but two of Pennsylvania’s 73
stoppages were called by unions or associations of
ficially recognized by the government agency in
volved. (See table A-20.)
23,000-employee construction strike which began in
July and continued throughout the year contributed
over one-third of that city’s total idleness. Phila
delphia, with its 3-week school strike, ranked second
in total idleness among all metropolitan areas. After
accumulating less than 450,000 man-days away from
the job in 1971, the Minneapolis SMSA moved into
third place in total idleness in 1972 with 959,000
man-days, two-thirds of which was attributable to a
major 39-day strike by building trades workers.
Location of stoppages
Duration of strikes
Regions. Measured by the total number of new
strikes which began during 1972, Standard Federal
Region III (Delaware, District of Columbia, Mary
land, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia)
with more than 1,400 stoppages, topped the other
nine regions in strike activity. (See table A-21.)
Almost nine-tenths of these strikes were by bluecollar workers, similar to the experience in all of the
other regions. (See table A-22.) Among these six
States, Pennsylvania, with 616 strikes, and West Vir
ginia, with 516, were primarily responsible for this
high level of new stoppages. The 8.3 million mandays of idleness accumulated by Region V (Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin)
was higher than any other region in 1972. Region
II (composed only of New York and New Jersey)
compiled the highest percentage of total working
time idled due to strikes—2.6 working days per
thousand. Because the regional groupings were al
tered in 1972 to correspond to the Standard Federal
Regions, comparison with past years is not possible.
In 1972, approximately three-fifths of all labor
disputes were settled in 2 weeks or less, as in 1971.
However, almost 90 percent of all idleness was
accumulated in strikes that lasted longer than 2
weeks, about the same as last year.
The reduction from 1971 levels in the number
of prolonged major disputes and the increasing
number of typically shorter strikes during the term
of the contract partly explains the year-to-year de
cline in the average duration from 27 days to 24 and
the more marked proportional decline in the median
from 11 days to 8. (See table 4.) The wholesale and
retail trade and construction industries—both with
major contract expirations in 1972—were identified
with the largest number of stoppages lasting longer
than a month. (See table A-25.)
Approximately three-fifths of all short strikes (less
than 1-week) were caused by plant administration
problems and wage disputes. (See table A-26.) At
the other end of the spectrum, the longest stoppages
(over 2 weeks) also arose over wages. Half of the
15.5 million days recorded in stoppages which lasted
more than 3 months resulted from wage disagree
ments. This was a considerably greater proportion
than in 1971 despite an absolute decline in idleness
in these long strikes due to wage issues, from 1971
to 1972.
As in recent years, over nine-tenths of all strikes
that lasted longer than a month occurred when the
parties were negotiating a first labor agreement or
renegotiating a previous agreement. (See table A 27.) Almost 70 percent of all strikes that lasted less
than a week occurred while the contract was in
effect. This was only a slightly higher proportion
than in recent years.
States. For the second consecutive year, New York,
with 4.6 million man-days away from the job, led
all other States in strike-related idleness. (See table
A-23.) A communication workers’ strike, which be
gan in mid-1971 and continued into February 1972,
as well as the 110-day strike by New York building
trades unions, each contributed over 1 million mandays of idleness to New York’s total.
Pennsylvania ranked second during 1972, partly
due to the 23-day strike by Philadelphia school
personnel noted previously. Ohio, which ranked
fourth last year, moved into third place in 1972,
experiencing a number of stoppages idling 1,000
workers or more.
Metropolitan Areas. As in 1971, New York recorded
the highest level of man-days idle for any metro
politan area—2.9 million. (See table A-24.) A
Mediation
Government mediators entered into labor disputes
in slightly more than one-third of all strikes, con-
Table 4. Work stoppages by mean and median duration,
man-days idle per worker, and number of prolonged
strikes, 1954-72
All stoppages ending during year
Year
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
..............................................................
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Mean
duration
Median
duration
22.5
18.5
18.9
19.2
19.7
24.6
23.4
23.7
24.6
23.0
22.9
25.0
22.2
22.8
24.5
22.5
25.0
27.0
24.0
6
8
8
8
8
10
10
9
9
8
8
9
9
9
10
10
11
11
8
Man-days
idle per
worker
Number of
prolonged
strikes 1
14.7
10.7
17.4
11.4
11.6
36.7
14.5
11.2
15.0
17.1
14.0
15.1
12.9
14.7
18.5
17.3
20.1
14.5
15.8
172
137
132
124
133
221
201
191
224
203
189
221
210
232
261
274
334
375
313
strikes involving approximately one-half of all strik
ing workers. (See table A-28.)
Settlement
Much like experience in 1971, almost 80 percent
of all 1972 strikes (which caused over 90 percent of
total idleness) ended either with a formal settlement
or an agreement on a procedure for handling out
standing issues. (See table A-29.) The greatest
proportion of these stoppages were the result of
disputes over wage or other economic demands, when
new contracts were being discussed. (See table
A-30.) Some 86 percent of all stoppages in manu
facturing industries in 1972 ended in complete
agreement between labor and management. (See
table A-31.) On the other hand, only 72 percent of
all strikes in nonmanufacturing businesses were
settled formally. Reducing this average were numer
ous protest disputes in mining, which apparently
were resolved informally or by a court injunction.
Compared with strikes occurring during new con
tract talks where 94 percent ended with a formal
settlement of all issues, only 63 percent of the stop
pages during the term of the contract ended in this
manner. Differences over the administration of plant
facilities constituted by far the most frequent issue
in dispute in all strikes where no formal settlement
was reached.
Overall, the number of strikes ending with a
formal settlement declined from 1971 levels by more
than 230. However, the number of stoppages that
either were broken, ended without a formal settle-
1 Extending 90 days or longer.
siderably less than in 1971.5 Most often it was the
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service which
intervened, generally during strikes occurring when
contracts were being renegotiated. Mediators, either
private or government personnel, attempted to settle
3
Two agencies, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service and the National Mediation Board, conduct most
of the mediation on the Federal level. Occasionally, officials
of the U.S. Department of Labor or other persons desig
nated by the President are directly involved. Several States
also have mediation agencies.
ment (short protest or sympathy strikes) or were
terminated by an injunction increased from 1971
levels in both absolute and proportional terms.
stoppages ended was interunion disputes, followed
by complaints over working conditions in a plant or
office. (See table 5.)
Table 5. Unresolved issues in work stoppages, 1972
Procedures for handling unsettled issues
Direct negotiations were much more frequently
used in 1972 than in 1971 to settle disagreements
that remained after these stoppages were terminated.
Used to solve these problems in 40 percent of the
607 stoppages, direct negotiations were employed
most frequently when strikes arose during the con
tract term. (See table A-32.) In 10 percent of all
cases where unresolved issues remained, arbitration
was employed, and in another 30 percent govern
ment agencies intervened.
The most frequent problem remaining after the
[workers and man-days idle in thousands]
Stoppages
Issues
j Workers involved
j Man-days idle
Number Percent Number j Percent | Number Percent
i
Total stoppages
covered 1 . . . .
572
100.0
178.5
40
Wages and hours............
Fringe benefits ...............1
10
Union organization . . . .
29
192
Working conditions
Interunion .........................1 250
Combinations ................. i
39
.. i
12
Other ..........
1
7.0
1.7
5.1
33.6
43.7
6.8
2.1
8.7
1.4
6.6
81.9
22.2
53.2
4.5
;
100.0
1,404.1
100.0
455.7
4.9
5.5
.8
3.7
40.0
45.9
190.0
12.4 I 88.2
29.8
576.2
2.5 ! 48.5
32.5
.4
2.8
13.5
6.3
41.0
3.5
1 Excludes stoppages which have no information on issues unsettled or no
agreement for issues remaining.
NOTE:
Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Work stoppages
Workers involved2
Year
Mean2
Median
Number
(thousands)
Duration
Number
Man-days idle during year
Percent
of
total
employed
Number
(thou
sands)
Percent of
estimated total
working time
Total
economy
Private
nonfarm
Per
worker
involved
1927__________________________________________________
1928__________________________________________________
1929__________________________________________________
1930__________________________________________________
707
604
921
637
26.5
27.6
22.6
22.3
3
(4)
(4)
(4)
330
314
289
183
1.4
1.3
1.2
.8
26,200
12,600
5,350
3,320
(4)
(4)
<‘)
(*)
0.37
.17
.07
.05
79.5
40.2
18.5
18.1
1931__________________________________________________
1932__________________________________________________
1933__________________________________________________
1934__________________________________________________
1935__________________________________________________
810
841
1,695
1,856
2,014
18.8
19.6
16.9
19.5
23.8
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
342
324
1,170
1,470
1,120
1.6
1.8
6.3
7.2
5.2
6,890
10.500
16,900
19,600
15,500
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
.11
.23
.36
.38
.29
20.2
32.4
14.4
13.4
13.8
1936__________________________________________________
1937__________________________________________________
1938__________________________________________________
1939__________________________________________________
1940___________________________________________ _____ -
2 172
4,740
2,772
2,613
2,508
23.3
20.3
23.6
23.4
20.9
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
789
1,860
688
1,170
577
3.1
7.2
2.8
3.5
1.7
13,900
28,400
9,150
17,800
6,700
(4)
(4)
(4)
0.21
.08
.21
.43
.15
.28
.10
17.6
15.3
13.3
15.2
11.6
1941__________________________________________________
1942__________________________________________________
1943__________________________________________________
1944__________________________________________________
1945__________________________________________________
4.288
2,968
3,752
4,956
4,750
18.3
11.7
5.0
5.6
9.9
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
2,360
840
1,980
2,120
3,470
6.1
2.0
4.6
4.8
8.2
23,000
4,180
13,500
8,720
38,000
.23
.04
.10
.07
.31
.32
.05
.15
.09
.47
9.8
5.0
6.8
4.1
11.0
1946__________________________________________________
1947__________________________________________________
1948__________________________________________________
1949__________________________________________________
1950__________________________________________________
4,985
3,693
3,419
3,606
4,843
24.2
25.6
21.8
22.5
19.2
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
8
4,600
2,170
1,960
3,030
2,410
10.5
4.7
4.2
6.7
5.1
116,000
34,600
34,100
50.500
38,800
1.04
.30
.28
.44
.33
1.43
.41
.37
.59
.40
25.2
15.9
17.4
16.7
16.1
1951__________________________________________________
1952__________________________________________________
1953__________________________________________________
1954__________________________________________________
1955__________________________________________________
4,737
5,117
5,091
3,468
4,320
17.4
19.6
20.3
22.5
18.5
7
7
9
9
8
2,220
3,540
2,400
1,530
2,650
4.5
7.3
4.7
3.1
5.2
22,900
59,100
28,300
22,600
28,200
.18
.48
.22
.18
.22
.21
.57
.26
.19
.26
10.3
16.7
11.8
14.7
10.7
1956__________________________________________________
1957__________________________________________________
1958__________________________________________________
1959__________________________________________________
1960__________________________________________________
3,825
3,673
3,694
3,708
3,333
18.9
19.2
19.7
24.6
23.4
7
8
8
10
10
1,900
1,390
2,060
1,880
1,320
3.6
2.6
3.9
3.3
2.4
33,100
16,500
23,900
69,000
19,100
.24
.12
.18
.50
.14
.29
.14
.22
.61
.17
17.4
11.4
11.6
36.7
14.5
1961__________________________________________________
1962__________________________________________________
1963__________________________________________________
1964__________________________________________________
1965__________________________________________________
3,367
3,614
3,362
3,655
3,963
23.7
24.6
23.0
22.9
25.0
9
9
8
8
9
1,450
1,230
941
1,640
1,550
2.6
2.2
1.1
2.7
2.5
16,300
18,600
16,100
22.900
23,300
.11
.13
.11
.15
.15
.12
.16
.13
.18
.18
11.2
15.0
17.1
14.0
15.1
1966__________________________________________________
1967__________________________________________________
1968__________________________________________________
1969__________________________________________________
1970__________________________________________________
4,405
4,595
5,045
5,700
5,716
22.2
22.8
24.5
22.5
25.0
9
9
10
10
11
1,960
2,870
2,649
2,481
3,305
3.0
4.3
3.8
3.5
4.7
25,400
42,100
49,018
42,869
66,414
.15
.25
.28
.24
.37
.18
.30
.32
.28
.44
12.9
14.7
18.5
17.3
20.1
1971__________________________________________________
1972__________________________________________________
5,138
5,010
27.0
24.0
11
8
3,280
1,714
4.6
2.3
47,589
27,066
.26
.15
.32
.17
14.5
15.8
1 The number of stoppages and workers related to those stoppages beginning
in the year; average duration, to those ending in the year. Man-days of idle
ness include all stoppages in effect.
Available information for earlier periods appears in Handbook of Labor Statistics, BLS Bull. 1790 (1973), tables 154-159. For a discussion of the pro
cedures involved in the collection and compilation of work stoppage statistics,
see BLS Handbook of Methods for Survey and Studies, BLS Bull. 1711 (1971),
ch. 19. Agricultural and government employees are included in the total
employed. An explanation of the measurement of idleness as a percentage
of the total employed force and of the total time worked is found in “ Total
Economy Measure of Strike Idleness” by Howard N. Fullerton, Monthly Labor
Review, October 1968, pp. 54-56.
2 In these tables, workers are counted more than once if they were in
volved in more than 1 stoppage during the year.
■
! Figures are simple averages; each stoppage is given equal weight regard
less of its size.
4 Not available.
Workers involved
Number of stoppages
Month
Beginning in month
Beginning in month
In effect during month
Man-days idle
In effect dtiring month
Percent of
estimated
working time
Number
Percent
Number
Percent
Number
(thousands)
Percent
Number
(thousands)
Percent
Number
(thousands)
Percent
1 9 7 1 .......................
5.138
100.0
8,951
100.0
3,280
100.0
5,080
100.0
47,589
100.0
0.26
January-----------------February ----------------March ------------------April--------------------May _____________________
June ------ -----------July ....................— ............
August------------------September -------------October_________________
November---------------December----------------
416
359
457
550
612
617
499
438
352
304
315
219
8.1
7.0
8.9
10.7
11.9
12.0
9.7
8.5
6.9
5.9
6.1
4.3
647
632
725
859
957
1,031
938
891
670
553
562
486
7.2
7.1
8.1
9.6
10.7
11.5
10.5
10.0
7.5
6.2
6.3
5.4
6.0
4.1
5.2
5.0
8.4
8.6
16.6
10.6
6.8
11.6
10.6
6.5
.20
.14
.15
.15
.28
.26
.52
.32
.21
.36
.33
.20
1972 ____________
5.010
100.0
8,382
100.0
100.0
.15
427
419
421
498
541
491
404
485
411
395
357
158
8.5
8.4
8.4
9.9
10.8
9.8
8.1
9.7
8.9
7.9
6.5
3.2
643
675
727
759
860
818
706
790
733
665
595
411
7.7
8.1
8.7
9.1
10.3
9.8
8.4
9.4
8.7
7.9
7.1
4.9
9.3
6.8
6.8
8.3
9.6
13.3
12.7
10.5
8.9
5.0
5.0
3.8
.17
.13
.11
.15
.16
.22
.23
.17
.16
.09
.08
.07
January-----------------February ----------------March ...................................
A pril.......................................
May ____________________
June .......................................
July ______ _____ — ..........
August------------------September ______________
October_________________
November---------------December ---------------NOTE:
Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
234.5
128.4
150.0
180.5
726.9
280.4
747.8
194.5
110.5
245.6
234.6
45.8
1,714
79.7
86.0
162.1
186.6
154.6
311.3
130.0
167.6
143.2
172.5
84.6
35.4
7.2
3.9
4.6
5.5
22.2
8.5
22.8
5.9
3.4
7.5
7.2
1.4
100.0
4.7
5.0
9.5
10.9
9.0
18.2
7.6
9.8
8.4
10.1
4.9
2.1
319.9
206.0
260.0
269.3
817.7
420.0
937.6
501.8
330.3
326.2
452.6
238.3
3,070
194.5
182.8
220.4
257.4
249.0
412.5
383.6
269.5
259.6
276.8
202.2
161.8
6.3
4.1
5.1
5.3
16.1
8.3
18.5
9.9
6.5
6.4
8.9
4.7
100.0
6.3
6.0
7.2
8.4
8.1
13.4
12.5
8.8
8.5
9.0
6.6
5.3
2,868.2
1,934.5
2,489.5
2,388.6
4,000.1
4,093.6
7,894.8
5,036.8
3,229.7
5,510.6
5,033.5
3,109.1
27,066
2,530.0
1,848.5
1,830.2
2,257.6
2,604.0
3,605.6
3,437.2
2,839.9
2,402.9
1,342.1
1,350.5
1,017.8
Number
Number of workers
All
stoppages
2-3
days
1
day
4-6
days
7-14
days
15-29
days
30-59
days
60-89
days
90 days
and over
Number of stoppages
All workers--------------------------------------
5,065
789
836
644
892
682
640
268
314
6 and under 2 0 _________ ________________ __________
20 and under 100____________________________________
100 and under 250___________________________________
250 and under 500— ___________ _________ ___
500 and under 1,000_________________________________
1,000 and under 5,000_______ ________________________
5,000 and under 10,000_____________________________
10,000 and over______________________________________
670
1,886
1,237
702
315
213
24
18
79
290
230
126
41
20
2
1
81
252
239
160
61
38
2
3
60
187
189
124
45
35
2
2
136
345
176
114
65
47
6
3
98
310
145
54
31
37
5
2
99
274
141
72
29
20
3
2
53
107
58
22
19
5
2
2
64
121
59
30
24
11
2
3
All workers_______________ ___________________
1,763.6
198.5
271.5
223.0
308.3
290.9
232.1
90.4
148.9
6 and under 20---------------------------- -----------20 and under 100________ _______ ____________________
100 and under 250___________________________________
250 and under 500___________________________________
500 and under 1,000_________________________________
1,000 and under 5,000— ____________________________
5,000 and under 10,000_______ _______ ___________
10,000 and over______________________________________
8.2
94.6
197.4
240.1
211.6
432.7
170.3
408.5
1.0
15.4
36.5
43.0
26.9
40.3
12.0
23.5
1.0
13.4
38.5
54.2
40.2
68.1
17.3
38.9
.7
9.1
31.1
44.1
32.1
70.9
12.0
23.0
1.7
16.9
28.0
39.0
43.3
97.8
37.4
44.2
1.2
15.0
22.4
18.7
22.3
84.5
34.8
92.0
1.2
13.6
22.6
23.6
18.2
34.5
22.8
95.6
.7
5.4
9.0
7.6
12.6
12.7
17.4
25.0
.8
5.8
9.4
10.0
16.0
23.9
16.7
66.4
All workers____________________________________ 31,575.4
198.5
542.3
721.0
1,852.9
3,573.9
5,709.0
3,479.3
15,498.3
6 and under 20_______________________________________
184.6
20 and under 100____________________________________ 1,682.6
100 and under 250—________________________________
2,739.1
250 and under 500___________________________________ 2,825.3
500 and under 1,000 ___________ ______ _____________ 3,290.5
1,000 and under 5,000_________________________ ______ 6,045.3
5,000 and under 10,000______ _____ __________________ 3,106.0
10,000 and over________________________ ______________ 11,702.1
1.0
15.4
36.5
43.0
26.9
40.3
12.0
23.5
2.1
26.5
71.6
104.0
76.7
140.9
36.7
83.9
2.6
31.9
99.2
141.0
92.6
257.8
49.0
47.0
12.3
121.0
189.4
268.3
275.7
532.2
231.5
222.7
17.2
220.6
328.4
260.2
291.2
1,142.2
362.8
951.4
35.6
402.0
665.8
677.8
509.4
1,022.7
831.5
1,564.2
32.3
264.2
456.0
365.4
612.1
618.9
391.6
738.8
81.6
601.0
892.0
965.8
1,405.9
2,290.4
1,190.9
8,070.7
Workers involved (in thousands)
Man-days idle (in thousands)
Number of stoppages (percent)
All workers____________________________________
100.0
15.6
16.5
12.7
17.6
13.5
12.6
5.3
6.2
13.2
37.2
24.4
13.9
6.2
4.2
.5
.4
1.6
5.7
4.5
2.5
.8
.4
(2)
(2)
1.6
5.0
4.7
3.2
1.2
.8
(2)
.1
1.2
3.1
3.7
2.4
.9
.7
(2)
(2)
2.7
6.8
3.5
2.3
1.3
.9
.1
.1
1.9
6.1
2.9
1.1
.6
.7
.1
(2)
2.0
5.4
2.8
1.4
.6
.4
.1
(2)
1.0
2.1
1.1
.4
.4
.1
(2)
(2)
1.3
2.4
1.2
.6
.5
(2)
(2)
.1
All workers____________________________________
100.0
11.3
15.4
13.2
5.1
8.4
6 and under 20________________________________________
20 and under 100____________________________________
100 and under 250___________________________________
250 and under 500--------------------------- ------500 and under 1,000________________________ ______
1,000 and under 5,000________________________________
5,000 and under 10,000_________ ________ ___________
10,000 and over.............................................................. ..........
.5
5.4
11.2
13.6
12.0
24.5
9.7
23.2
.1
.9
2.1
2.4
1.5
2.3
.7
1.3
.1
.8
2.2
100.0
.6
6 and under 20________________________________________
20 and under 100_______________ _____ _______________
100 and under 250 __________________________________
250 and under 500___________________________________
500 and under 1,000__________________________ _____ _|
1,000 and under 5,000________________________ _____
5,000 and under 10,000_____________________________
10,000 and over______________________________________
Workers involved (percent)
12.6
.1
(*>
2.2
.5
1.8
2.5
1.8
4.0
.7
1.3
1.7
2.3
3.1
2.3
3.9
1.0
17.5
16.5
1.0
1.6
.1
.8
.1
.8
1.3
2.2
1.1
2.5
5.5
2.1
2.5
1.3
4.8
2.0
5.2
1.3
1.3
1.0
2.0
1.3
5.4
.3
.5
.4
.7
.7
1.0
1.4
.3
.5
.6
.9
1.4
.9
3.8
11.3
18.1
11.0
49.1
.1
.8
.3
1.9
2.8
3.1
4.5
7.3
3.8
25.6
(2)
(2)
Man-days idle (percent)
All workers.............................. ................................. ..
6 and under 20________________________________________
20 and under 100.—...................... .......................................
100 and under 250------------- ----------------------250 and under 5 0 0 _ „.................................... .................... ..
500 and under 1,000_______________ _____ ____________
1,000 and under 5,000.......................... ............ .....................
5,000 and under 10,000________ _______________ _____
10,000 and over......... ...............................................................
.6
5.3
8.7
8.9
10.4
19.1
9.8
37.1
(2)
<2)
(2)
(2)
.1
.3
.4
.3
.1
.1
.1
.1
.3
.2
.4
.1
.2
.1
.3
.1
<2)
1 Totals in this table differ from those in preceding tables because these stop
pages ended during 1972, and thus included idleness occurring in prior years.
(2)
.1
.2
5.9
.8
.4
.6
.8
.9
1.7
.7
.7
.1
.1
.7
1.0
1.3
2.1
2.1
1.6
3.2
2.6
5.0
.8
.9
3.6
1.1
3.0
1.4
1.2
1.9
2.0
1.2
2.3
a Less than 0.05 percent.
NOTE:
Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Workers involved
Man-days idle
Percent of
total for
year
Percent of
estimated
total
working
time
9,737
10,086
195
270
37.2
80.0
3.6
8.1
0.14
.14
(a)
(a)
37.7
43.2
36.7
49.3
46.1
1,954
5,337
5,199
7,488
4,523
28.4
50.8
30.7
38.2
29.2
.03
.12
.11
.15
.08
169
528
39
572
57
21.4
28.4
5.7
48.9
9.9
2,893
9,110
171
5,731
331
20.8
32.1
1.9
32.2
4.9
.04
.14
(a)
.09
(*)
29
6
10
16
42
1,070
74
737
350
1,350
45.3
8.8
37.2
16.5
38.9
9,344
245
9,427
1,259
19.300
40.6
5.9
69.8
14.4
50.7
.13
(a)
.10
.01
.24
1946....................................... ...............— ..........................................-..............
1947......................................................................................— ...........................
1948.................. .....................................................................................................
1949........................................................................................................................
1950........................................................................................................................
31
15
20
18
22
2,920
1,030
870
1,920
738
63.6
47.5
44.5
63.2
30.7
66,400
17,700
18,900
34,900
21,700
57.2
51.2
55.3
69.0
56.0
.82
.21
.20
.41
.25
1951................................................................................- .....................................
1952................................. -.......................................................-...........................
1953...................... .........................-......................................................................
1954.................................................................................... -.................................
1955............................................-..........................................................................
19
35
28
18
26
457
1,690
650
437
1,210
20.6
47.8
27.1
28.5
45.6
5,680
36,900
7,270
7,520
12,300
24.8
62.6
25.7
33.3
43.4
.57
.36
.07
.07
.11
1956...........................-...........................................................................................
1957......................................... .......................................... -.................................
1958........................................................................................................................
1959........................................................................................................................
1960...................... .................................................................................................
12
13
21
20
17
758
283
823
845
384
39.9
20.4
40.0
45.0
29.2
19,600
3.050
10,600
50,800
7,140
59.1
18.5
44.2
73.7
37.4
.17
.26
.10
.45
.06
1962...........................- .........................................................................................
1963_________ ___________ _____ — ..........................................-..................
1964................ .......................................................................................-..............
1965........................................................................................................................
14
16
7
18
21
601
318
102
607
387
41.4
25.8
10.8
37.0
25.0
4,950
4,800
3,540
7,990
6,070
30.4
25.8
22.0
34.8
26.0
.04
.04
.03
.06
.05
26
28
32
25
34
600
1,340
994
668
1,653
30.7
46.5
37.5
26.9
50.0
7,290
21,400
20,514
17,853
35,440
28.7
50.7
41.8
41.6
53.4
.05
.15
.12
.10
.20
29
18
1,901
390
58.0
22.7
23,152
7,499
48.6
27.7
.13
.04
Number
Number
(in
thousands)
Percent of
total for
year
1927 ................................................................................... .................................
1928........................................................ ...............................................................
1929....................................................................... - ............................................
1930.............................................................. ........................................................
1
5
1
1
165
137
15
30
50.0
43.6
5.2
16.4
1931.................................................................................. -....................................
1932......... ............ .......... ............................... ................ ............ .........................
1933............................................. .......... ................ ..............................................
1934..................................................................................................... ..................
1935......... ...............................................................................................-............
6
7
17
18
9
122
140
429
725
516
1936......... ..............................................................................................................
1937.................................................... — .............................................................
1938........................ .............. ..........................................................-...................
1939.......................... ....................... .............. ......................................................
1940......................................................................................................................
8
26
2
8
4
1941......... ............................. ............ ....................................................................
1942............................ .......... — -.....................-............................. ...................
1943........................................................................................................................
1944........................................................................................................................
1945.................................................................................. -....................................
Year
1966— ................................................................... ..............................................
1967..........................................- ............................................................................
1968................................................................................................................ — -
1972...................................................................................... -...............................
1 Includes idleness in stoppages beginning in earlier years.
2 Less than 0.005 percent.
Number
(in
thousands) 1
Beginning
date
Approxi
mate
duration
(calendar
days)1
Establishment(s)
and
location(s)
Union(s)
involved2
Approxi
mate
number of
workers
involved3
Major terms of settlement4
Southern Pacific Trans
portation Co.,
interstate
United Transportation
Union.
23,500
The stoppage, which resulted from a dispute over the elimination of some
switchmen's jobs, ended when a Federal judge issued an injunction ordering
an end to the strike. The issue was submitted to the National Railroad Adjust
ment Board for binding arbitration.
National Elevator
Industry, Inc.,
interstate
International Union of
Elevator Constructors
14,000
5-year agreement providing: 18.5 cents per hour wage increase effective
March 23, 1972 with an additional 8.5 cents on January 1, 1973, bringing the
hourly wage rate for elevator mechanics within a range of $5.89 in Columbia,
South Carolina to $9.83 in Detroit. The rate for Elevator Constructor Helpers
is 70 percent of the Mechanic’s rate.
Associated General Con International Brother
tractors of America
hood of Teamsters,
(heavy and highway
Chauffers, Warehouse
construction), 44
men and Helpers of
counties, upstate
America (Ind.)
N.Y.
10,000
Contract provided an additional 38 cents per hour in wages effective August 1,
1973; 35 cents per hour for pensions (was 30 cents) which increased to 40
cents effective April 1, 1973; 40 cents per hour to health and welfare (was
35 cents) and 45 cents effective Apr. 1, 1973.
2
Associated General Con Operative Plasterers'
tractors of America;
and Cement Masons';
International Associa
Construction Employ
tion of the United
ers Association; Gulf
Coast Employers
States and Canada;
Association, Houston,
International Union
Tex. and vicinity.
of Operating
Engineers
15,000
IU O E — 3-year agreement providing: Wage increase of 40 cents per hour effec
tive April 6, 1972. The agreement was subject to wage and benefit reopening on
March 31, 1973 and March 31, 1974.
O P C M — Settlement terms not available.
Apr. 19,
1972
3
General Electric Co.,
Louisville, Ky.
International Union of
Electrical, Radio and
Machine Workers
13.800
After a 3-day stoppage protesting a disciplinary action against an employee,
the case was resubmitted to the grievance procedure.
May 1,
1972
10
Building and Construc
tion Contractors As
sociation, San Diego,
Cal. and vicinity
Laborers' International
Union of North
America
11,000
As of January, 1974 the LI UNA agreement had not received complete approval
from the CISC. The approved sections of the 2-year agreement provided wage
and fringe benefits of 55 cents effective May 1, 1972 with an incremental 15
cents on November 1, 1972 and an additional 15 cents on March 16, 1973.
By November 1, 1973 an additional 71.5 cents had been approved.
June 12,
1972
39
Associated General Con International Associa
tractors, Minneapolis,
tion of Bridge,
Minn, and vicinity
Structural and Orna
mental Iron Workers;
Bricklayers, Masons
and Plasterers’ In
ternational Union of
America; Laborers’
International Union
of North America;
Operative Plasterers’
a n d Cement M a so n s'
International Associ
ation of the United
States and Canada
50,000
B S O IW — 2-year
contract providing: 30 cents per hour wage increase effective
July 20, 1972 and 20 cents on May 1, 1973 plus an additional 5 cents on
October 1, bringing the hourly rate to $8.10 by the end of 1973. Presettlement
scale was $7.55. Subsistence pay dropped from a presettlement level of $10.00
per day on jobs 30-50 miles from home to $8 per day. For jobs more than
50 miles away, the rate remained at $10.
B M P — 34-month contract providing: Total wage and benefit package of $8.85
effective July 3, 1972, rising to $9.05 on May 1, 1973.
O P C M — 33-month agreement providing: Total wage and benefit package of
$8.63 effective May 1, 1973. Pre-settlement scale was $8.20.
L IU N A —Settlement terms are not available.
June 22,
1972
15
Builders Association of
Chicago, Chicago,
III.
United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and
Joiners; Operative
Plasterers’ and
Cement Masons'
International Asso
ciation
70,000
C J A — 1-year
June 28,
1972
12
Construction Contrac
tors Council, Inc.,
Washington, D.C.
Laborers' International
Union of North
America
20,000
3-year contract prov ding 30 cents per hour wage increase effective May 1,
1972 with an additional 25 cents and 33 cents 1 and 2 years later respectively.
July 1.
1972
2125
Building Trades Em
ployers Associations,
New York City and
vicinity
International Union of
Elevator Constructors;
International
Brotherhood of
Boilermakers, Iron
Shipbuilders,
Blacksmiths, Forgers
and Helpers; Inter
national Association
of Sheet Metal
Workers; and the
Wood, Wire and
Metal Lathers Inter
national Union, were
the principal partici
pants, along with
nine other unions
22,600
I U E C — 3-year agreement providing: 32 cents per hour wage increase effective
July 1 with an additional 42 cents on July 1, 1973 and the same increment
aga-n in 1974.
S M W , W W M L —These two agreements have not been approved by the CISC.
B B F — Settlement terms are not available.
Mar. 10,
1972
1
Mar. 30,
1972
101
Apr. 1
1972
65
Apr. 3,
1972
agreement providing: 65 cents per hour wage increase retroac
tive to June 1 and 35 cents on December 1, bringing the hourly rate to $8.65.
In addition, the employer payment for benefits was increased to $1.15 an hour
from $1.
O P C M — 1-year agreement providing 20 cents per hour wage increase retro
active to June 1, 1972.
Beginning
date
Approxi
mate
duration
(calendar
days)1
Establishment(s)
and
location(s)
Union(s)
involved23
Approxi
mate
number of
workers
involved:J
Major terms of settlement4
Aug. 9,
1972
61
Associated General
Contractors, St.
Louis, Mo.
International Associa
tion of Bridge,
Structural and Or
namental Iron
Workers
15,000
3-year contract providing: wage increase of $1.35 per hour over the life of the
agreement. Pre-settlement wages were $7.98 per hour.
Sep. 5,
1972
23
Board of Education,
Philadelphia, Pa.
American Federation
of Teachers
22,000
Strike ended after the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers and the Philadelphia
Board of Education agreed to a "memorandum of understanding" calling for
renewed bargaining to continue under the supervision of the Common Pleas
Court until Dec. 31, during which time the old contract would remain in
effect.
Sep. 13,
1972
9
General Electric Com
pany, Appliance
Park, Louisville, Ky.
International Union of
Electrical, Radio
and Machine
Workers
13,200
The strike, which resulted from a work assignment dispute, ended with an
agreement to meet to discuss the grievance.
Oct. 13,
1972
59
General Motors Corp.,
interstate.
International Union,
United, Automobile,
Aerospace, and Agri
cultural Implement
Workers of America
45,600
The strike consisted of a series of short stoppages at various locations con
cerning production standards. Grievances and other issues were settled accord
ing to conditions at the various plants.
Oct. 20,
1972
4
Railway Express Agency,
Nationwide
Brotherhood of Rail
way, Airline and
Steamship. Clerks,
Freight Handlers,
Express and Station
Employees
11,000
32-month contract providing a 15 percent wage increase effective April 30,
1973, and 10 percent increases effective July 1, 1974 and September 30, 1974;
cost of living adjustment tied to the CPI; "service bonus" of $300.00 payable
July 15, 1973 and $200.00 payable July 15, 1974; additional holiday (Friday
after Thanksgiving) effective calendar year 1973; increase in major medical
coverage.
Oct. 23
1972
4
Connecticut Building
Construction Asso
ciation, Associated
General Contractors
of Connecticut,
statewide
Laborers’ International
Union of North
America
12,000
lOVfc-month agreement provided 10 cents per hour retroactive to May 10, 1972,
with a 30-cent contribution to the pension fund (was 25 cents).
Oct. 25
1972
3
General Motors Corp.,
Frigidaire Division,
Dayton, Ohio
International Union of
Electrical, Radio
and Machine
Workers
10,000
The strike, which was caused by a union protest over an alleged work speed
up, ended when a temporary restraining order was issued.
Nov. 5,
1972
74e
Bakery industry,
interstate
Bakery and Confec
tionery Workers’ In
ternational Union
of America
11,000
The strike, primarily the consequence of a work-week dispute, ended when the
workers returned to their jobs voluntarily following a compromise settlement
concerning consecutive days off.
1 Includes nonworkdays, such as Saturdays, Sundays and established holidays.
8 The unions listed are those directly involved in the dispute, but the number
of workers involved may include members of other unions or nonunion workers
idled by disputes in the same establishments. The unions are affiliated with the
AFL-CIO, except where they are noted as independent (INO).
3 The number of workers involved is the maximum made idle for one shift or
longer in establishments directly involved in a stoppage. This figure does not
measure the indirect or secondary effect on other establishments or industries
whose employees are made idle as a result of material or service shortage.
4
Adopted largely from Current Wage Developments, published monthly by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
6 Strike was still in progress at end of year; settled January 30, 1973. Since
October 18 only the Elevator Constructors remained on strike, preventing
other construction workers from resuming work on upper floors.
6 Strike was still in progress at end of year; settled January 17, 1973.
Industry group
Total
6
and under
20
workers
20
and under
100
workers
100
and under
250
workers
250
and under
500
workers
500
and under
1,000
workers
1,000
and under
5,000
workers
5.000
and under
10.000
workers
10,000
workers
or
more
Number of stoppages
All industries_________________________________
*5,010
670
1,873
1,223
687
307
211
21
18
Manufacturing__________________________________
12,056
204
821
495
276
157
92
6
5
Ordnance and accessories_________ _________________
Food and kindred products_________________________
Tobacco manufactures______________________________
Textile mill products__________ _______ _____________
6
190
2
47
23
36
3
12
11
61
2
19
1
8
5
5
6
Apparel, etc. ______________________________________
Lumber and wood products, except furniture_______
Furniture and fixtures_____________________________
Paper and allied products_________ _____ ___________
70
76
76
74
17
4
6
8
32
34
28
32
9
21
25
17
8
10
10
8
2
6
6
7
2
1
1
2
Printing, publishing, and allied industries_________
Chemicals and allied products______________________
Petroleum refining and related industries_________
65
98
11
15
10
2
26
48
3
10
20
5
6
9
4
8
4
3
1
Rubber a n d m is c e lla n e o u s p la s t ic s products
Leather and leather products_______________________
Stone, clay, and glass products____________________
Primary metal industries___________________________
Fabricated metal products__________________________
95
14
140
165
286
5
1
22
11
20
40
3
64
55
144
24
6
32
46
63
11
3
13
24
39
9
1
6
16
14
6
Machinery, except electrical....... .......... .........................
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies_____
Transportation equipment__________________________
Instruments, etc. __________________________________
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries___________
281
161
133
22
44
31
8
5
2
3
106
44
48
9
23
76
42
29
4
10
34
31
19
4
6
23
18
17
3
2
9
16
11
3
1
2
1
Nonmanufacturing_____________________________
12,954
466
1,052
728
411
150
118
16
13
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries________ ________
Mining________________________________ ___________
Contract construction______________________________
Transportation, communication, electric, gas,
and sanitary services_____________________________
Wholesale and retail trade_________________________
12
1,000
701
1
31
134
4
266
273
4
360
133
263
65
1
54
37
2
24
40
2
9
10
256
389
60
143
95
172
53
40
16
13
12
10
15
10
3
1
2
23
198
375
8
49
40
11
97
134
2
34
102
9
45
1
4
31
1
5
21
1
1
Finance, insurance, and real estate
—_
Services__________________
_ _ _
____
Government 3 _______________________ _____ _______
2
49
1
1
3
12
6
1
1
Workers involved (in thousands)
All industries.— __________________________
1,713.6
8.2
94.0
195.1
235.4
206.8
431.7
152.6
389.8
Manufacturing_______________ _____ ________ ____
.645.9
2.6
41.3
78.8
94.6
108.0
185.2
41.7
93.7
3.0
.4
8.1
12.2
.7
6.2
7.2
34.1
Ordnance and accessories__________________________ _
Food and kindred products_________________________
Tobacco manufactures_______________________________
Textile mill products__________ _____________________
8.3
75.0
(3)
13.8
Apparel, etc. _______________________________________
Lumber and wood products, except furniture_______
Furniture and fixtures______________________________
Paper and allied products________________________
12.0
13.9
14.3
14.5
Printing, publishing, and allied industries_________
Chemicals and allied products______________________
Petroleum refining and related industries..................
.3
1.0
.8
1.9
3.9
.2
(3)
(3)
1.4
1.5
1.4
1.5
1.6
3.1
3.8
2.6
2.6
3.5
3.6
2.7
1.5
4^4
3.9
4.8
4.7
1.3
1.5
2.8
13.3
19.6
4.5
.2
.1
(3)
1.2
2.2
.2
1.4
3.0
.7
1.9
3.0
3.0
5.5
5.6
5.8
3.5
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products________
Leather and leather products...........................................
Stone, clay, and glass products.................. .....................
Primary metal industries____________________________
Fabricated metal products___________________________
23.4
2.9
23.2
53.0
51.1
(3)
(3)
.3
2.2
.1
3.2
3.2
.8
4.1
2.8
.3
7.3
10.0
13.4
6.6
.8
4.2
9.8
9.5
7.7
.2
3.6
1.1
5.3
7.0
Machinery, except electrical_____________________—
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies_____
Transportation equipment..................................................
Instruments, e tc .__________________________________
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries....................
79.9
95.4
116.8
4.9
.4
5.5
.1
2.2
(3)
2.4
11.3
10.9
7.3
P)
.6
12.3
6.7
4.8
.7
6.0
(3)
1.3
1.6
1.6
2.0
1.1
Nonmanufacturing........................................................
1,067.7
5.6
52.7
116.3
140.8
98.7
See footnotes at end of table.
11.0
(3)
.1
(3)
8.6
6.0
6.1
17.9
6.8
10.6
16.0
11.9
17.8
36.6
6.5
10.0
12.1
22.0
22.5
27.0
45.6
246.5
110.9
296.2
1.9
Industry group
Total
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries________
__ __
Contract construction_______ _____ __________________
Transportation, communication, electric, gas,
and sanitary services______ _______ _______________
Wholesale and retail tra d e ._______
___
Finance, insurance, and real estate_______________
Services____________________________________________
Government 1
2 _______ _____________ __________________
6
and under
20
workers
20
and under
100
workers
100
and under
250
workers
250
and under
500
workers
500
and under
1,000
workers
1,000
and under
5,000
workers
5.000
and under
10.000
workers
10,000
or
more
workers
239.7
53
267 1
454.2
(a)
.4
1.6
2
15 5
12.9
.5
59.7
20.3
90.7
21.1
.8
33.3
25.1
3.7
53.4
70.5
14.1
63.0
114.6
52 3
.6
18
4.5
74
8.2
5.8
5.7
4.6
8.2
6.6
34.2
17.9
18.6
8.3
34.5
2.7
29.3
142.1
(3)
.6
.5
.4
4.5
7.3
.4
5.1
16.3
3.0
15.7
.5
2.3
21.9
1.3
13.8
51.6
6.9
22.0
Man-days idle during year (in thousands)
All industries__________ _______ _____________ 27,066.4
186.6
1,690.6
2,679.1
2,781.0
2,966.1
6,815.9
2,648.1
7,298.9
Manufacturing__________________________________ 12,282.6
70.3
1,041.7
1,699.5
1,850.6
2,217.8
3,952.4
938.5
511.7
28.5
152.4
290.3
22.4
54.5
215.9
467.0
Ordnance and accessories__________________________
Food and kindred products___________________ _____
Tobacco manufactures....... .......... .......... ................ ............
Textile mill products______ _________________________
266.8
1 282.9
1.8
107 0
6.4
* .1
3.3
69.4
1.6
16 1
5.9
17.3
34.4
Apparel, e t c ._______________________________________
Lumber and wood products, except furniture_______
Furniture and fixtures_______ _______________________
Paper and allied products_________________________
694.0
211.1
229.4
273.3
9.6
1.4
.4
2.0
44.4
45.0
16.4
29.1
12.5
63.1
49.8
35.3
38.4
56.8
34.5
62.9
9.1
34.0
116.5
124.4
579.9
10.8
11.8
19.7
Printing, publishing, and allied industries________
Chemicals and allied products______________________
Petroleum refining and related industries__________
271.7
726.6
126.8
6.6
1.8
.1
72.3
58.4
6.8
67.1
121.4
45.5
46.4
115.6
63.0
221.3
16.3
208.1
74.4
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products_______
Leather and leather products_______________________
Stone, clay, and glass products____________________
Primary metal industries___________________________
Fabricated metal products________ __________________
272.4
45.8
376.0
1,310.9
1,122.4
2.6
.4
10.7
4.2
8.6
52.4
.8
67.4
86.5
162.1
70.3
25.4
102.3
168.9
220.4
42.7
17.4
93.0
178.7
195.0
77.4
1.7
54.0
173.3
369.8
Machinery, except electrical_________________ ______
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies_____
Transportation equipment__________________________
Instruments, etc. __________________________________
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries_______ ____
2.287.8
695.4
1,734.2
134.3
111.9
7.7
1.5
.9
1.5
.4
153.9
40.5
58.4
16.4
43.7
254.4
113.4
128.3
16.4
18.3
294.2
108.4
169.5
59.9
29.5
472.5
169.5
160.0
40.1
19.9
641.7
177.6
804.5
443.3
248.4
20.1
84.6
164.2
Nonmanufacturing______________________________ 14,783.8
116.3
648.9
979.6
930.4
748.3
2,863.5
1,709.6
6,787.2
(3)
3.6
132.7
326.4
196.0
297.7
31.5
62.1
316.1
55.0
223.1
858.2
51.3
905.8
4,984.5
242.9
30.0
27.0
48.6
482.6
166.5
216.7
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries _
. _
Mining ___ __
Contract construction_______________________________
Transportation, communication, electric, gas,
and sanitary services...______ ____________________
Wholesale and retail trade_________________________
90.9
724.3
7,843.7
2.8
16.1
.7
56.5
138.9
3,245.0
1,131.6
20.6
56.8
80.9
196.4
119.7
140.1
182.9
73.1
113.2
80.5
740.1
535.0
558.9
49.6
1,428.8
F in a n c e , in s u r a n c e , an d re a l e s ta te
52.7
438.4
1,257.3
1.5
15.6
2.8
10.8
114.5
50.2
8.1
127.1
121.9
48 2
132.5
5.0
18.5
121.4
27.3
114.5
310.4
144.0
374.0
S e r v i c e s ____ ______________________ ___
.
__________________
Government 2 ____________________ __________________
1 The number of stoppages reported for a major industry group or division may
not equal the sum of its components because individual stoppages occurring in 2
or more groups have been counted in each. The major industry group and division
totals have been adjusted to eliminate duplication. Workers involved and mandays idle have been allocated among the respective groups.
2 The situations reported here have, for statistical purposes, been deemed to
fall within the Bureau’s definition of a work stoppage. This decision does not
constitute a legal determination that a work stoppage has taken place in violation
of any law or public policy.
3 Fewer than 100.
* Idleness in 1972 resulting from stoppage that began in 1971.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Dashes denote zeros.
Stoppages beginning in year
Man-days idle
during year
Wnrkor« inunlupH
Affiliation
Number
Total— _______ _______________________ ______ _______________
AFL-CIO __________________________________ __________
Unaffiliated unions____________________________________ ____
Single firm unions________________________________________
Different affiliations 1 _________________________________ „
Professional and public employee associations____________________
No union involved___________________________________________ ______
Number
(in
thousands)
Number
Percent
(in
Percent
thousands)
5,010
100.0
1,713.6
100.0
27,066.4
100.0
2,814
56.2
37.6
.5
1 , 020.2
121.1
2.4
41.1
20.3
16,636.3
5,880.3
533.9
3,634.0
263.1
118.9
61.5
21.7
1.1
59.5
29.3
.5
7.1
2.4
1,886
26
53
119
112
1 Includes work stoppages involving unions of different affiliations— either 1
union or more affiliated with AFL-CIO and 1 unaffiliated union or more, or 2 un
affiliated unions or more.
Percent
2.2
NOTE:
501.8
9.2
1.2
2.0
13.4
1.0
.4
Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals,
Man-days idle during year
(all stoppages)
Stoppages beginning in year
Workers involved
Contract status and size of stoppage
(number of workers involved)
Number
Number
Percent
----------------
5,010
100.0
--------- ------------- ------- ---------100 and under 250 ------—_ _ ---- ----------------250 and under 500---- ___ __ __ __ __
---------------500 and under 1,000 ___ _ __ ---- _ ---- ----------- -1,000 and under 5,000------------------ -------------------5,000 and under 10,000 ---------------------------------------10,000 and over__
___ —----------- —- -----------------
670
1,873
1,223
687
307
209
23
18
13.4
37.4
24.4
13.7
Negotiation of first agreement or union recognition----------6 and under 20 --------------------------------------------20 and under 100 ------------------------------------------100 and under 250----------------------------------------250 and under 500___ ----- _~
----- ---------------500 and under 1,000
_ _ ------- -------------------1,000 and under 5,000 -------------------------------------
671
193
340
87
35
13.4
3.9
11
.2
.1
All stoppages---------------
------
6 and under 20 _ ----- _ -----20 and under 100 ------------
Renegotiation of agreement
(expiration or reopening)-------------------------------------6 and under 20 --------------------------------------------20 and under 100 ------------------------------------------100 and under 250----------------------------------------250 and under 500----------------------------------------500 and under 1,000--------------------------------------1,000 and under 5,000------- -- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ---------5,000 and under 10,000 ------ ----- ------- ------10,000 and over___ -------------------------------------During term of agreement (negotiation of new agreement
not involved) ----------------------------------------------6 and under 20 --------------------------------------------20 and under 100 ---- -----------------------------------100 and under 250----------------------------------------250 and under 500
__ _ __
__ ___ _ ---------500 and under 1,000 _ _ _
_—
--------1,000 and under 5,000 ---------- -----------------5,000 and under 10,000-------- -- ----------------------10,000 and over ------------------------- --------------
5
6.1
4.2
.5
.4
6.8
1.7
.7
Number
(in
thousands)
Percent
(in
thousands)
Percent
1,713.6
100.0
27,066.4
100.0
8.2
.5
5.5
11.4
13.7
186.6
1,690.6
2,679.1
2,781.0
2,965.2
6,604.2
2,660.9
7,498.7
94.0
195.1
235.4
206.2
424.6
160.3
389.8
60.2
2.3
15.8
13.2
3.5
11.8
8.0
.7
.5
.5
9.1
.1
.9
.8
2,179
217
873
553
235
160
43.5
4.3
17.4
951.2
55.5
2.8
.2
2.6
11.0
86.2
4.7
3.2
110
2.2
80.3
107.1
225.8
132.2
271.7
19
.4
12
.2
1,994
39.8
4.0
11.7
11.3
200
588
564
411
134
87
4
6
8.2
2.7
1.7
.1
.1
45.0
39.8
16.5
1.0
131
50
50
19
5
5
.1
No information on contract status _ __ _ _ ----- -_~ _
6 and under 2 0 ------- -- ------------------- -----20 and under 100 __ ---------- -- ------------ __ _ _ ___
10 O and under ?5fi
250 and under 500 _ -------- ----------__ -----500 and under 1 onn
1,000 and under 5,000 ---------- ---------- -----5 non apd finder 10 noo
] 0 ODO and nYer
35
.7
3.7
10
22
.2
.1
.4
2
1
2
1 Idleness in 1972 resulting from stoppage that began in 1971.
2 Less than 0.05 percent.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Dashes denote zeros.
2.6
1.0
1.0
5.0
4.7
6.3
13.2
7.7
15.9
682.1
2.4
30.3
92.5
141.1
89.9
179.7
28.1
118.2
No contract or other contract status--------------------6 and under 20 __ ___ __ ----- -------------20 and under 100 _ _ ----------- ------------- ------100 and under 2 5 0 .------- -__ ___ ----------------250 and under 500-------- -- ------------------ -----500 and under 1,000 _ ----------- ------------ --------1,000 and under 5,000. ___ ---------- ------ -------5 000 and under
000
1 0 000 and over
12.0
24.8
9.4
22.7
.6
2.3
3.2
1.9
.1
1.8
5.4
8.2
5.2
10.5
1.6
6.9
(1
2)
2,016.1
81.5
446.5
403.0
223.4
85.0
596.7
1 180.0
22,462.5
76.0
1,071.7
1,936.4
2,101.7
2,617.1
5,153.6
2,335.6
7,170.4
2,365.5
21.4
142.6
311.4
425.9
258.0
732.8
145.3
328.3
173.4
5.8
11.8
1.2
.1
.2
.1
.1
28.4
10.5
5.1
7.4
.4
111.8
.2
.7
(2)
(2)
48.9
1.9
18.0
(2)
.3
(2)
19.5
(2)
2.5
.4
.1
(2)
.1
9.4
.7
6.2
9.9
10.3
11.0
24.4
9.8
27.7
7.4
.3
1.6
1.5
.8
.3
2.2
.7
83.0
.3
4.0
7.2
7.8
9.7
19.0
8.6
26.5
8.7
.1
.5
1.2
1.6
1.0
2.7
.5
1.2
.6
(2)
(2)
.1
<2)
(2)
.4
.2
(2)
.1
.1
(2)
Negotiation of first agreement
or union recognition
Total
Industry group
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Workers
involved
27,066.4
671
60.2
645.9
12,282.6
302
26.8
8.3
75.0
266.8
1,282.9
32
4.4
Workers
involved
All industries------------------ ----- -----
*5,010
1,713.6
Manufacturing........................ ........................... —
2,056
6
190
2
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Number
Number
Ordnance and accessories______________________
Food and kindred products--------------------Tobacco manufactures__________________________
Textile mill products__________________ —............
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
1.8
C3)
Renegotiation of agreement
(expiration or reopening)
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Workers
involved
2,016.1
2,179
951.2
22,462.5
1,447.4
1,228
336.2
9,607.5
106.7
5
107
4.7
50.7
136.6
1,096.6
*
.1
15
.5
6.3
12.0
694.0
211.1
24
15
9
4.1
13.9
14.3
14.5
1.0
630.5
35.8
6
.7
.3
8.2
8.2
15
1.2
22
2
1.3
30.7
62.9
(3)
15
1.1
1
20
(3)
7
43
.5
3.2
38
13
18
3
4
2.8
6.0
2,287.8
695.4
1,734.2
134.3
111.9
13.8
Apparel, etc.2 .............................. ...............................
Lumber and wood products, except furniture..
Furniture and fixtures__________________________
Paper and allied products-----------------------
70
76
76
74
Printing, publishing, and allied industries----Chemicals and allied products------ ----- ----Petroleum refining and related industries------
65
98
11
13.3
19.6
4.5
271.7
726.6
126.8
Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products____
Leather and leather products------------------Stone, clay, and glass products________________
Primary metal industries______________________
Fabricated metal products 5------------- --------
95
14
140
165
286
23.4
2.9
23.2
53.0
51.1
272.4
45.8
376.0
1,310.9
1,122.4
Machinery, except electrical______________ _____
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.
Transportation equipment---------------------Instruments, etc. 6 ____________________________
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries-------
281
16?
133
22
79.9
95.4
116.8
4.9
44
229.4
273.3
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Number
107.0
47
Stoppages
beginning in
year
.6
1
21
(3)
1.6
11.1
92.5
2.0
10.0
17
46
54
55
11.8
35.0
160.7
212.9
247.0
38
63
9
9.9
13.0
4.4
227.7
646.7
126.2
50
7.0
11.4
41.3
.4
41.2
19.6
88.3
6
1.0
95
107
184
18.3
33.3
31.3
178.9
17.2
323.7
1,183.9
968.1
.1
.2
264.4
36.3
48.7
3.3
13.7
182
58
79
18
33
42.1
17.1
47.9
4.4
4.6
1,876.7
450.9
1,401.0
129.2
94.4
1.2
.9
3.1
Nonmanufacturing--------------------------
2,954
1,067.7
14,783.8
369
33.4
568.7
951
614.9
12,855.0
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries__________
Mining_________________________________________
Contract construction_____________ __________ _
Transportation, communication, electric,
gas, and sanitary services......................... ..........
Wholesale and retail trade------------ --------- -
12
1,000
90.9
724.3
7,843.7
4
3
35
1.0
33.5
1.8
701
5.3
267.1
454.2
7.6
373.4
17.7
122.3
7,423.1
256
389
114.6
52.3
3,245.0
1,131.6
Finance, insurance, and real estate____________
Services________________________________________
Government 7 ________ _________________________
23
198
375
2.7
29.3
142.1
52.7
438.4
1,257.3
9
74
82
5.4
14.4
See footnotes at end of table.
4.5
35.2
3
33
289
51
1.7
111
6.0
52.3
150.0
119
223
59.1
40.4
3,028.0
934.6
5.9
163.7
126.5
11
83
190
2.4
17.7
46.8
236.2
1,046.4
(3)
.2
1.6
112.6
During term of agreement
(negotiation of new agreement
not involved)
Industry group
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Number
Workers
involved
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
No contract or other
contract status
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Number
Workers
involved
No information on
contract status
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Number
Workers
involved
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
All industries_____________________________
1,994
682.1
2,365.5
131
16.5
173.4
35
3.7
48.9
Manufacturing__________________________ —
484
278.4
1,166.1
28
2.6
28.2
14
2.0
33.5
36
18.9
130 2
61.0
7
1.0
17.8
2
00
.7
1
Food and kindred products---------------------
42
1
(3)
(3)
5
1.9
5.6
4
.2
2.1
2
(3)
.5
Apparel, etc.3 ---------------------------------Lumber and wood products, except furniture.-
26
14
5.5
2.9
2
1
.4
2.7
1
(3)
1.2
(3)
.2
Furniture and fixtures
Paper and allied products
10
12
2.2
24.7
14.4
7.9
18.0
3
(3)
.4
1
(3)
.1
1
C3)
2
1
00
2.8
(3)
.9
1
1
1
1
00
00
00
00
Textile mill products___________________________
Printing, publishing, and allied industries-----
2.3
9
2.1
10.6
12
5.3
16.1
30
3
23
50
58
15.3
1.3
3.6
19.0
16.5
52.2
25.1
3
10.2
1
87.8
65.5
58
145.9
208.0
277.5
1.7
3.6
2
2
1
6
34.9
77.2
64.3
.3
1.3
Nonmanufacturing--------------------------
1,510
403.7
1,199.5
103
13.9
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries----------
3
964
361
.3
259.5
72.3
1.5
600.4
362.2
1
72
35
52.1
3.7
160.7
29.3
30.0
15.2
9
58
Chem icals and allied products
C3)
Petroleum refining and related industries_____
Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products____
Leather and leather products_________________
Stone, clay, and glass products________________
Primary metal industries_______________________
Fabricated metal products 4
Machinery, except electrical....... .............. ...............
Electrical machinery, equipment, and suppiies.
Transportation equipment_____
Instruments^ etc 5
M iscellaneous m anufacturing industries
Mining
Contract construction-------------- -----------Transportation, communication, electric,
gas, and sanitary services_________________ —
Wholesale and retail trade____________________ _
Finance, insurance
and real estate
Services______ _____ ____________________________
Government 6 ________________ ________________ _
88
35
3
28
44
3.0
1.0
5.8
10.0
.3
(3)
19.5
.5
.2
1
00
1
1.4
7.0
145.2
21
1.7
15.4
2.0
38.0
1
14
4.1
22.9
2
00
11
10
.5
1.9
1.2
3
1.2
12.7
10
.3
2.9
5.0
.3
5.1
1.4
69.0
4
.1
7.1
1
oo
.2
(3)
.6
.2
.1
(3)
1 See footnote 2, table A-14.
2 Includes other finished products made from fabrics and similar materials.
3 Fewer than 100.
4 Idleness in 1972 resulting from stoppage that began in 1971.
5 Excludes ordnance, machinery, and transportation equipment.
6 Includes professional, scientific, and controlling instruments; photographic
and optical goods; watches and clocks.
(3)
.5
(3)
1
00
00
.2
.2
.1
7
The situations reported here have, for statistical purposes, been deemed to
fall within the Bureau’s definition of a work stoppage. This decision does not
constitute a legal determination that a work stoppage has taken place in violation
of any law or public policy.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Dashes denote zeros.
Stoppages beginning in year
Man-days idle during year
Workers involved
Number
Percent
Number
(thousands)
Percent
Number
(thousands)
Percent
All stoppages...............................................................................................-..........
5,010
100.0
1,713.6
100.0
27,066.4
100.0
Negotiation of first agreement.......................................................................................
General wage changes.................... ........................................................................
Supplementary benefits .........................................................................................
Wage adjustments ...................................................................................................
Hours of work........................._ ..................................................................................
Other contractual matters........................................—........................................ ..
Union organization and security..........................................................................
Job security___________________________________________________________
Plant administration..............................................................................................
Other working conditions_____________________________________________
Interunion or intraunion matters.......................................................................
671
13.4
4.4
5
5
.1
.1
60.2
20.3
.3
3.5
222
2,016.1
466.7
9.0
1.9
.9
17.7
1,461.5
27.2
28.7
7.4
1.7
«
0)
Contract status and major issue
1
9
390
14
21
.2
7.8
.3
.4
1
1.2
(*)
.2
(2)
3.3
32.2
1.5
2.3
.2
1.9
.1
.1
(2)
(2)
Not reported.............................................................. ................................................
3
.1
Renegotiation of agreement (expiration or reopening)..........................................
General wage changes............................................................................................
Supplementary benefits ........................................................................................
Wage adjustments................ ...................................................................................
Hours of work....... ............................... ......................................................................
Other contractual matters......................................................................................
Union organization and security.........................................................................
Job security................................. ..............................................................................
Plant administration....... .......................................................................................
Other working conditions......................................................................................
Interunion or intraunion matters................................................. ............ ........
2,177
1,713
77
40
3
79
75
81
87
43.5
34.2
1.5
Not reported....................................... .......... .......................................... ..................
1
(2)
(!)
During term of agreement (negotiation of new agreement not involved)...
General wage changes............................................................................................
Supplementary benefits ............................................................................- ..........
Wage adjustments ...................................................................................................
Hours of work......................................... ........ ...........................................................
Other contractual matters..................................................................................
Union organization and security.........................................................................
Job security.................... ............................. .............................................................
Plant administration...............................................................................................
Other working conditions......................................................................................
Interunion or intraunion matters........................................................................
1,994
39.8
682.1
39.8
11
.2
.1
2.1
1.0
.1
.1
4.0
53.9
3.1
.1
.2
1.0
.8
.1
1.6
1.5
1.6
t1)
951.2
661.8
37.3
8.3
.3
22.3
35.9
57.1
55.5
38.6
122.8
20
1.7
.4
3
.1
1.2
4
199
2
4
34
129
1,028
193
386
.7
2.6
20.5
3.9
7.7
4.2
27.1
41.1
414.1
55.2
86.0
Not reported...............................................................................................................
4
.1
.5
No contract or other contract status...........................................................................
General wage changes........................ ................................................................. Supplementary benefits ........................................................................................
Wage adjustments
__________________________________________________
Hours of work__________________________________________________________
Other contractual matters...................... ...............................................................
Union organization and security........................................................................
Job security .................................. ............................................................................
Plant administration ...............................................................................................
Other working conditions......................................................................... .............
Interunion or intraunion matters------ ------------ ---------- --------Not reported ..............................................................................................................
131
63
3
2 .6
1.3
16.5
7.1
.1
.1
.2
.6
No information ................................. ................................................................................
35
1 Less than 0.05 percent.
2 Less than 100 workers or man-days.
NOTE:
Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
6
1
12
7
32
4
1
2
.2
.1
.6
.1
0)
(2)
2.7
.3
3.7
1.8
(2)
2.2
.5
122.0
.5
3.2
1,495.2
647.8
1,061.4
1,995.3
77.1
36.9
5.5
2.4
3.9
7.4
.3
i 1)
1.3
2.1
3.3
7.2
.2
.1
83.0
60.8
2.1
.1
1.8
.1
1.6
2.4
24.2
3.2
5.0
2,365.5
31.2
.4
(*)
(!)
(J)
.2
(*)
.2
.1
.2
8.7
.1
2.0
203.5
.5
27.3
161.0
152.5
1,404.7
139.1
241.8
1.9
1.0
0)
3.7
0)
22,462.5
16,464.4
557.5
.1
.7
.1
.1
i1)
2.4
(2)
.1
5.4
173.4
124.0
.8
0)
.1
.6
.6
5.2
.5
.9
(J)
.6
.5
.6
3.3
i 1)
.6
(*)
10.4
2.1
20.3
11.5
.1
.5
48.9
.1
(*)
0)
.2
Man-days idle
during year
Stoppages beginning in year
Workers involved
Major issue
Number
Percent
Number
(in
thousands)
Percent
Number
(in
thousands)
Percent
All issues------------------------------------------------ ------------
5,010
100.0
1,713.6
100.0
27,066.4
100.0
General wage changes------------ __ __ _ . -------------------------------------------------General wage increase ---------------General wage increase plus supplementary benefits------------------General wage increase, hour decrease._ .
._
-----------General wage decrease------------------ ---- ---- -----------------Escalation-cost-of-living increases ------------. -----------General wage increase and escalation
------------- --------------------- ------- ----------Wages and working conditions---Supplementary benefits ---------------- --------- ------ -------------Pensions, insurance, and other welfare programs--------------------Severance or dismissal pay; other payments on layoff or separation..
Premium p a y ------------------------------------------ ----- --------Other ______________________________________________ _______________
Wage adjustments -----------------------------------------------------------Incentive pay rates or administration---------------------------------Job classification or rates . . . . .
--------- ----- ---------------Downgrading -----------------------------------------------------------Retroactivity -----------------------------------------------------------Method of computing p a y------- ---------- --------------- ------Hours of work.. -----------------------------------------------------------Increase ------------------------- ------------------------- ------Decrease --------- ----------- -------------- -----------------------Other contractual matters------------- ----------------------------------Duration of contract----- ----- ----- ------------------------------Local issues supplementing national contract------------------------Unspecified _ ___ _________ ______ _________________________________
Union organization and security----------------------------------------------------------------------------Recognition (certification) . ---Recognition and job security issues.
---------------------------------------------------- --------—
Recognition and economic issues..
Strengthening bargaining position or union shop and economic
issues ----------------------------------------------------- ----------Union security ------------------------- ----------------------------Refusal to sign agreement- ---------- ------------------ --------—.
Other union organization matters--------------------------------Job security________________________________________ _____ _________________ _
Seniority and/or layoff____________________________________ _______ —_
Division of work____________________
________________________ _____
Subcontracting . . . . ------------- -------------------------- ----New machinery or other technological issues____________________ ____
Job transfers, bumping, etc. _________________________________________
Transfer of operations or prefabricated goods..............................................
Job security and economic issues--------------------------------------Other _________________________________________________________________
Plant administration ------------------ ----------------------------------Physical facilities, surroundings, e t c .------- ------------------------Safety measures, dangerous equipment, etc. ----------- ----- -------Supervision -------------------- -- _
------ --------------------Shift work --------------------------------------- ----- ----------------Work assignments ---------------------------------------- ----- -------Speedup (workload) ----------------------------------- ----- ---------Work ru le s------------------------------ ----------- -----------------Overtime work . _____________________________________________________
Discharge and discipline . . . ________________________________________
Other _________________________________________________________________
Other working conditions---------------- -------------------------------—
Arbitration -------------------- --------------------------------- ----Grievance procedures --------------------------------------------------Unspecified contract violations . ----------------------------- ----Interunion or intraunion matters--------------------------------- ---------- Union rivalry - _ __________ _________________________________________
Jurisdiction-representation of workers 3 ------------------------- ----Jurisdictional-work assignment ---------------------------------------Union administration 4 ...........................................................................................
Sympathy ----------------------------------------------- --------- -..........
_
_____ _____________ _____________ _
Other
Not reported ___________________________________________ -............ -.....................
2,018
448
1,199
40.3
8.9
23.9
40.4
5.8
18.1
.2
.1
.2
17,094.3
1,086.0
8,194.7
54.0
63.2
4.0
30.3
11
6
11
692.6
99.5
310.6
3.9
14
329
89
53
10
10
16
250
38
84
.3
5.0
.8
1.7
32
94
.6
1.9
6
2
.1
4
93
34
5
54
511
182
13
107
.1
4.4
271.6
38.8
17.1
.3
15.8
2.3
6.6
.4
.5
.4
3.7
.5
7.7
7.5
63.1
9.1
27.3
5.6
20.4
.5
.1
1.0
1.6
10.1
1.8
2.1
14.1
2.3
.5
21.9
30.3
2.7
17.0
1.8
.2
1.0
100.0
5.8
1.1
.1
19.7
4.4
.3
6.0
.1
2.4
7.5
.3
35.4
24.2
542.9
15.1
33.7
.3
V)
.9
1.3
23.4
2
88
120
1.8
2.4
.9
43
28
.6
1.7
.9
86
(!)
V)
O)
3.6
.3
.6
.8
45
67
1,170
.3
1.2
.1
1.1
10.2
4.6
1.5
47
29
42
290
397
217
5.8
7.9
4.3
12
.2
.6
.8
11.0
5.3
24.6
56.7
146.4
10.0
117.1
122.9
61.2
7.4
13.3
40.4
87.2
39.0
184.8
7,533.2
569.2
242.7
78.5
224.0
24.0
330.6
89.5
95.8
1.6
.3
.2
1.1
5.7
.6
.1
.8
1.3
.3
.3
.1
.4
2.1
1.4
31.7
.9
2 .0
.6
.3
1.4
3.3
8.5
.6
6.8
7.2
3.6
.4
34.8
108.6
4.6
2.1
2.5
1,540.8
162.0
1,202.5
176.3
2,280.7
293.0
27.9
986.0
393.2
393.1
35.6
151.8
1,243.4
316.9
240.7
43.4
72.8
49.6
15.9
412.9
91.2
3,450.3
28.9
178.4
25.6
48.2
71.4
151.7
1,518.5
50.1
359.3
1,018.1
227.7
61.2
56.1
110.4
279.1
43
162
392
.9
3.2
7.9
24
261
17
90
.5
5.2
.3
34.2
6.6
.4
1.8
44.3
2.6
44.7
112.5
18.5
103.4
32
.6
2.9
.2
45.8
2.2
.2
2.6
.1
.7
27.8
2.1
.9
.3
.8
.1
1.2
.3
.4
2.0
.3
26.7
4.7
3.1
18.8
97.9
1.9
.7
113
26
28
42
232
75
7
15
5
16
AFL-CIO affiliates and independent organizations.
3 Includes disputes between unions, usually of the same affiliation or 2 locals
of the same union, over representation of workers.
.2
0)
.1
.6
2
1 Less than 0.05 percent.
2 Includes disputes between unions of different affiliation, such as those of
.3
6.6
1.8
1.1
.2
.2
.8
1.8
.8
2.4
5.1
.1
2.0
.1
.4
(*)
0)
W
5.7
.6
4.4
.7
8.4
1.1
.1
3.6
1.5
1.5
.1
.6
4.6
1.2
.9
.2
.3
.2
.1
1.5
.3
12.7
.1
.7
.1
.2
.3
.6
5.6
.2
1.3
3.8
.8
.2
.2
.4
1.0
.2
.4
.1
.4
.2
4
Includes disputes within a union over the administration of union affairs or
regulations.
NOTE:
Dashes denote zeros.
Total
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Industry group
Number
All industries----------------------------
Workers
involved
General wage changes
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Number
Workers
involved
Supplementary benefits
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Number
Workers
involved
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
1 5,010
1,713.6
27,066.4
2,018
692.6
17,094.3
89
38.8
569.2
Manufacturing------------- --------- --------
1 2,056
645.9
12,282.6
1,100
239.4
7,154.6
49
20.6
440.2
Ordnance and accessories______________________
Food and kindred products________ _________
Tobacco manufactures_________________________
Textile mill products
6
266.8
1,282.9
4.7
42.7
(2)
10.4
136.6
1,004.4
5
1.2
28.0
47
8.3
75.0
(2)
13.8
5
190
Apparel, etc. 3 _________________________________
Lumber and wood products, except furniture.—
Furniture and fixtures__________________________
Paper and allied products______________________
70
76
76
74
12.0
694.0
211.1
229.4
273.3
17
38
50
42
1.4
13.9
14.3
14.5
39.2
114.2
185.7
207.8
4
.4
4.7
Printing, publishing, an^ allied industries..........
Chemicals and allied products.................................
Petroleum refining and related industries............
65
98
271.7
726.6
126.8
33
64
5
9.4
12.5
11
13.3
19.6
4.5
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products____
Leather and leather products__________________
Stone, clay, and glass products________________
Primary metal industries......................................... ..
Fabricated metal products 4_______ _____ ______
95
14
140
165
286
23.4
2.9
23.2
53.0
51.1
272.4
45.8
376.0
1,310.9
1,122.4
90
85
163
Machinery, except electrical...................................
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.
Transportation equipment______________________
Instruments, etc. 5 ______________ ______________
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries..............
281
161
133
79.9
95.4
116.8
4.9
44
6.0
2,287.8
695.4
1,734.2
134.3
111.9
Nonmanufacturing..................................... ..........
i 2,954
1,067.7
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries_____ _____ —
Mining.............................................................................
Contract construction__________________________
Transportation, communication, electric,
gas, and sanitary services....................................
Wholesale and retail trade_____________________
12
1,000
Finance, insurance, and real estate____________
Services________________ ________________ ______
Government 6 ........................................... .......... ..........
2
1.8
107.0
102
1
21
6 .0
10.0
7.7
1.8
86.1
5
.6
12.6
.6
182.7
645.6
44.1
1
3.5
74.4
48
5.2
110.0
2
.6
5.5
6
1.0
12.8
4
1.1
19.1
26.0
18.7
235.8
804.2
789.6
8
9
9.9
1.3
15.2
242.6
19.7
159
58
69
16
28
28.2
9.9
24.8
3.0
4.2
1,349.6
325.0
694.6
96.2
82.7
6
1
1
1
1
1.6
27.9
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
14,783.8
918
453.2
9,939.7
40
18.2
90.9
724.3
7,843.7
4
4.6
2.6
236
245.8
87.1
76.4
6,173.7
1
2
10
(2)
22
701
5.3
267.1
454.2
256
389
114.6
52.3
3,245.0
1,131.6
111
221
43.6
32.6
1,761.4
547.0
6
11
6.0
.5
61.8
4.6
23
198
375
2.7
29.3
142.1
52.7
438.4
1,257.3
9
97
218
2.0
13.6
108.2
38.2
184.6
1,071.3
2
8
2.5
1.9
25.8
13.4
22
Union organization and security
1
(2)
(2)
.8
1.3
5.5
1.8
129.0
.1
6.7
16.6
.6
6.7
Job security
Plant administration
All industries......... ........................... ..............
511
97.9
2,280.7
232
100.0
1,243.4
1,170
542.9
3,450.3
Manufacturing______________________________
213
28.2
1,311.2
99
41.9
591.2
333
234.7
2,123.0
1
130.2
54.4
6
1.1
21.4
36
3.6
11.3
7
2.4
7.8
.2
.8
.6
21.1
15
9
9
15
3.3
.4
1.3
14.7
1.5
18.9
15.8
30.4
23.7
1.0
48.1
35.0
3.0
Ordnance and accessories
Food and kindred products...............................—_
Tobacco manufactures_________________________
Textile m ill products
......
Apparel, etc. 3 ----- ---- ----- ------ ----------Lumber and wood products, except furniture...
Furniture and fixtures....... ..........................................
Paper and allied products..........................................
Printing, publishing, and allied industries_____
Chemicals and allied products..............................
Petroleum refining and related industries______
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products---Leather and leather products
Stone, clay, and glass products________________
Primary metal industries.................. ....................... Fabricated metal products 4................................. ....
Machinery, except electrical________ __________^
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.
Transportation equipment.........................................
Instruments, etc. 5
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries_______
25
9.2
143.3
14
.5
5.9
20
3.9
1.5
.5
.3
618.6
41.4
3.3
5.2
2
6
2
2
12
.4
.5
.1
15.3
17.3
3.4
9
5
3
13
7
6
9
6
1
11
6
30
23
8
12
2
5
.5
.2
.7
.3
2.7
2.0
2.2
2.1
.1
.2
1
1.4
(2)
2.0
2.0
2.3
5
.8
6
3.4
31.0
.4
28.9
19.0
51.8
3
.4
3.4
21
1
11.3
4
1.8
6
12
3.0
3.4
52.6
16.1
124.2
19
35
42
5.8
15.9
249.2
30.1
28.8
21
12
6
4.4
20.0
3.0
125.2
61.6
61.6
43
36
28
38.2
39.7
80.3
2
.8
2
.3
.4
3
.5
2 .0
16.3
.2
11.0
7.8
11.3
98.8
21.3
38.4
159.3
48.6
405.9
103.5
917.1
26.5
3.0
Union organization and security
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Industry group
Man-days
idle during
Number
Workers
involved
stoppages)
Number
Workers
involved
133
58.1
stoppages)
308.2
.2
.6
211.6
632
46
164.8
84.1
395.6
670.8
5.1
150.8
226.2
51
25
45.2
4.4
168.2
48.2
2
3.1
3.8
19.4
18.0
18
61
(2)
1.5
7.9
19.1
24.6
69.8
969.5
3
13
56
.2
2.0
2.4
42.8
9.7
492.8
59
18
8.9
27.2
38
79
4.9
6.9
77.9
135.1
17
13
10.0
Finance, insurance, and real estate____________
Services............................................................................
Government 6 .................................................................
9
53
47
.4
4.1
7.3
147.8
96.9
11
26.3
1,327.3
.2
Other contractual matters
Hours of work
Wage adjustments
Workers
involved
2
298
652.2
Number
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
837
Nonmanufacturing................................................
15
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Man-days
idle during
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries_____________
Mining.................................................. ...........................
Contract construction..................................................
Transportation, communication, electric,
gas, and sanitary services......................................
Wholesale and retail trade........................................
8.0
Wage adjustments
Job security
Stoppages
beginning in
year
All industries................................................
250
63.1
330.6
6
.5
4.6
93
26.7
1,540.8
Manufacturing........................................................
110
37.1
200.4
2
.1
1.1
53
12.3
314.7
1
.1
.3
3
.5
2.9
1
(2)
(2)
1
.3
6.6
Apparel, etc. 3
....................
Lumber and wood products, except furniture___
Furniture and fixtures. . .
Paper and allied products
_ ...... ._ .... _ _
5
25
3
.6
4.6
1
1
1
1.0
.2
(2)
1 7
2.6
.8
6 8
6
3.2
.3
21.2
3
2
.8
.8
Printing, publishing, and allied industries_____
Chemicals and *n»ed products......................
Petroleum refining and related industries______
2
1
.2
.2
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products____
Leather and leather products __ . _
Stone clay apH glass products
10
Ordnance and accessories
Food and kindred products.....................................Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Primary mefal industries
Fabricated meta| products
. -
*
Machinery, except electrical......................................
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.
4
9.4
12.7
3.5
.7
7.2
4.4
3.8
.6
(2)
1.5
11
37.5
90.2
1.1
Transportation equipm ent
.
__
______ __
Instrum ents etc. 8
_
___ __ _______ ___________
IV|i«rAll*nAnii« m anufacturing industries
12
2.4
19.8
4.0
2
.5
1.2
Nonmanufacturing..................................... - ____
140
25.9
130.3
2
.1
1.0
69
38
13.8
8.4
6
6
2
6
11
2.6
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Mining
_ _ ________
________
Contract construction__________________________
Transportation, communication, electric,
gas, and sanitary services.................... .................
Wholesale and retail trade.......................................
Finance,
Services
. ............
................. .....
_ __
______________
in surance, and raa| estate
................
Government •
2
1
.2
2
12
8
37
4.4
(2)
.9
20.6
.2
3.2
1.9
2
.2
1.8
2
2 .8
10
.1
.8
1.2
4
1
(*)
9
1.5
1
2
1
1
.8
.8
.8
.1
25.5
63.8
85.1
79.0
2.2
4.1
4.8
4
.3
3.4
40
14.3
1,226.1
36.0
40.4
2
1
.1
2 .0
13
3.2
5.4
33.0
25.5
.2
.2
3.1
2.3
1
2
.1
1.1
(2)
.3
8
12
1.1
.6
1,009.1
152.0
.3
.4
6.9
25.0
15.5
5
3.9
6.6
Other working conditions
Interunion or intraunion matters
Not reported
All industries....................................................
217
61.2
227.7
392
87.2
279.1
32
2.9
45.8
Manufacturing.........................................................
69
23.4
96.8
16
6.3
19.6
12
2.0
29.9
7
4.2
13.6
4
4.7
14.1
1
(2)
.5
<2)
.3
1
(2)
.2
.
......................
Food and kindred products.......................................
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products.—_________ ______________
O rdnenre and accessories
. _
_. .... Lumber and wood products, except furniture___
Furniture and fixtures
_
Paper and allied products______________________
Apparel, etc, 3
2
.1
.3
1
7
3
1.3
(*)
1.4
1
2
1
2
.6
7.8
.3
3.2
3.3
1
.2
.2
(*)
1.0
.9
(2)
Other working conditions
Industry group
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Number
Workers
involved
Interunion or intraunion matters
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Number
Printing, publishing, and allied industries.
Chemicals and allied products-------------Petroleum refining and related industries—
(2)
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products.
Leather and leather products---------------Stone, clay, and glass products_____________
Primary metal industries--------------------Fabricated metal products 4.................. ............
1.5
.8
.7
2.4
3.9
17.4
18.1
Machinery, except electrical___________________
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.
Transportation equipment-—__________________
Instruments, etc. 5 ----------------------------Miscellaneous manufacturing industries............
1.5
2.9
.4
6.3
5.1
.9
Nonmanufacturing-.
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries------Mining-----------------------------------Contract construction-------------------Transportation, communication, electric,
gas, and sanitary services-------------Wholesale and retail trade-------------Finance, insurance, and real estate.
Services_______ _____________________
Government 8 ______ _______ _____ —
1.4
Workers
involved
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Not reported
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Number
6.5
Workers
involved
(2)
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
1.9
1.4
(2)
9.1
1.7
(2)
1.6
(2)
......
(2)
( 2)
.3
......
(2)
(2)
.1
( 2)
1.4
1
.1
1.6
148
37.7
130.9
376
81.0
259.5
115
14
25.7
4.6
54.4
48.0
85
266
44.7
29.1
84.8
161.6
.8
.7
4.1
7.2
11
2.6
7.5
1.5
.3
5.6
6.8
10.4
See footnote 2, table A-14.
Fewer than 100.
Includes other finished products made from fabrics and similar materials.
Excludes ordnance, machinery, and transportation equipment.
Includes professional, scientific, and controlling instruments; photographic
and optical goods; watches and clocks.
« The situations reported here have, for statistical purposes, been deemed to
1
2
3
4
5
Stoppages
beginning in
year
1
5
1.0
1
(2)
5
3
3.6
.1
20
(2)
(2)
(2)
19.5
.5
.1
7.1
(2)
.9
15.8
.4
1.5
(2)
12
.6
7.3
(2)
3.7
.3
(2)
6.2
.3
fall within the Bureau's definition of a work stoppage. This decision does not
constitute a legal determination that a work stoppage has taken place in violation
of any law or public policy.
NOTE: Because of rounding sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Dashes denote zeros.
Number of stoppages
Major issue
Total___________________________________
General wage increase.........................- ...................
Supplementary benefits, no general wage
Total
100-249
workers
250-499
workers
500-999
workers
670
1,873
1,223
687
307
209
2,018
259
854
472
206
124
82
12
14
76
3
11
5
16
4
11
3
44
89
250
10
20
1
42
83
93
511
232
1,170
217
392
32
15
135
24
80
13
30
248
73
305
55
163
18
102
11
2
22
72
65
364
77
58
12
8
9
33
38
262
47
35
2
10,000
1,000-4,999 5,000-9,999
workers
workers
5,010
6
Union organization and security...........................
Job security ----------------------------------Plant administration ------------------- -------
6-19
workers
20-99
workers
5
17
95
15
15
workers
and over
18
23
12
12
54
10
18
1
5
9
2
2
1
1
5
1
Workers involved (in thousands)
8.2
94.0
195.1
235.4
206.2
424.6
160.3
389.8
692.6
3.3
43.2
73.6
70.5
81.8
167.9
85.5
166.7
38.8
63.1
.5
26.7
97.9
.1
.2
0)
.2
1.6
.3
1.0
.1
1.2
.1
2.0
3.7
15.3
3.7
9.3
20.5
17.8
Total________________ _______ __________-
1,713.6
General wage increase------------------------Supplementary benefits, no general wage
incr63S9
Wioa adjustments
Hours Of wnflr
Other contract,|al mat^0rs
Union organization and security-------------Job security -------------------------- --------Plant administration ---- ---------------------Other
rnnditinns
Will Cl urnrlrincr
frill III II g VII
Hill lllllld----------|p^efiif)jnff nr intranninn matters
Nnf reported
100.0
542.9
61.2
87.2
2.9
2.2
4.1
(i)
1.4
11.4
3.6
17.3
2.9
7.1
.7
12.3
.3
3.7
10.9
10.9
60.0
12.1
9.3
2.8
11.6
12.6
90.4
16.1
11.6
10.6
8.2
5.7
12.6
62.7
10.2
10.3
21.8
21.8
111.2
19.7
40.6
1.4
10.7
.7
8.0
27.0
33.2
163.0
5.0
37.3
6.6
Man-days idle (in thousands)
Total.................... ............................... ..............
General wage increase
Supplementary benefits, no general wage
increase------------- ----------------- ----- lAlaoe adjustments
Umirc
of lAiArlf
n U U l o HI
rrUlU------------------------- ---- - —— Other contractual matters
Union organization and security..........................
Job security __________________________________
Plant administration -------------------- ----Other uinrkino
rnnditinns — -------------------wincv
fWimug uviiuiuuHo
Interunion nr iptra^ninn matters
Not
rannrtorf
1r i l l V
C p i ll ICU
—
27,066.4
186.6
17,094.3
88.2
569.2
330.6
4.6
1,540.8
2,280.7
1,243.4
3,450.3
227.7
279.1
45.8
3.0
1.8
.9
5.0
57.6
6.3
10.7
1.2
9.5
2.3
1 Fewer than 100.
2 Idleness in 1972 resulted from a stoppage that began in 1971.
1,690.6
2,679.1
2,781.0
2,965.2
6,604.2
2,660.9
7,498.7
1,037.4
1,749.2
1,760.6
2,014.8
3,832.6
1,613.7
4,997.8
55.9
47.8
.3
30.8
291.1
56.3
23.6
82.8
3.3
59.7
295.7
134.1
230.8
52.0
47.9
31.9
68.7
42.5
39.6
134.5
89.9
277.7
33.7
224.6
185.9
29.2
257.5
307.7
28.5
59.5
44.2
779.6
460.8
,121.0
47.8
101.0
23.8
30.8
15.4
122.6
411.6
74.5
31.8
21.0
1
86.8
—
21,181.4
268.0
40.0
448.6
334.8
165.8
818.9
12.9
7.0
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Dashes denote zeros.
Mean
duration 1
All industries......................................................................
5,010
28.2
1,713.6
27,066.4
0.15
Manufacturing....................................................................... .
2,056
32.3
645.9
12.282.6
.26
Ordnance and accessories..................... ............ ........................
Guns, howitzers, mortars, and related equipment..
Ammunition, except for small arm s............................
Tanks, and tank components________________________
Sighting and fire control equipment-.................. —
Small a rm s....... .....................................................................
Small arms ammunition..................................... .............. .
Ordnance and accessories not elsewhere classified.
6
48.0
8.3
266.8
.56
4
*~46~0
7.4
227.0
1
1
11776
.2
17.4
22.4
190
36
13
18
19
32
5
26.2
30.3
75.0
6.2
10.2
2.2
24.3
31.6
17.3
14.9
35.1
28.0
25.0
4.3
12.5
20.6
4.5
7.0
14.7
3.1
31.1
31.0
(8)
<8)
<8)
Food and kindred products.................................................... .............. .
Meat products .................................................... ........................ ..
Dairy products ............. ............................. .....................................
Canned and preserved fruits, vegetables, and sea foods.
Grain mill products............................................................... .........
Bakery products________________________ _____ ____________
Sugar .......................................................... .......................................
Confectionery and related products______________________
Beverages ....... ..................................................................... ...........
Miscellaneous food preparations and kindred products...
10
42
15
2
Tobacco manufactures ............... ........................... —.........................................................—
Cigars ..................................................... ...........................................................................
1
Tobacco (chewing and smoking) and snuff....................... ..................................—
1
Tobacco stemming and redrying........................................................................... ................................
Textile mill products.................................................................................................
Broadwoven fabric mills, cotton. ..............................................................
Broadwoven fabric mills, man-made fiber and silk........................ ..
Broadwoven fabric mills, wool including dyeing and finishing___
Narrow fabrics and other smallwares mills:
Cotton, wool, silk, and man-made fiber.............................................
Knitting mills
............................................. ............................... .............
Dyeing and finishing textiles, except wool fabrics and knit goods.
Floor covering mills....................................... .............................................. ..
Yarn and thread mills....................................................................................
Miscellaneous textile goods........................ ............. ................................. .
47
4
Apparel and other finished products made from fabrics and similar materials—
Men’s, youths’ , and boys' suits, coats, and overcoats......................................
Men’s, youths', and boys’ furnishings, work clothing, and allied garments.
Women’s, misses’ , and juniors’ outerwear..................................... ........................
Women’s, misses', children's, and infants’ undergarments------ --------Hats, caps, and millinery..______ ____________ ______ _______________________
Girls', children’s, and infants’ outerwear-------------- --------------------Fur goods ..................................................... .......... .......... ................................................
Miscellaneous apparel and accessories________ ______ ______ _______________
Miscellaneous fabricated textile products................ ............ ............................. ..
Lumber and wood products, except furniture.................................................... .................
Logging camps and logging contractors.......................... ..........................................
Sawmills and planing mills----------- --------- ---------- ------ -...................Millwork, veneer, plywood, and prefabricated structural wood products.—
Wooden containers....... ......................... - ........................................------- --------Miscellaneous wood products — .................. ...............................................................
76
3
.7
1.0
1„282.9
107.6
16.1
66.5
210.2
359.8
32.5
171.2
281.7
37.1
1.8
1.6
107.0
3.3
13.8
.7
<3)
.1
.4
21.3
18.4
21.7
.5
.5
7.3
1.4
2.3
.9
7.0
5.1
39.8
16.6
19.4
14.2
70
18.1
22.8
12.0
2
694.0
3.4
613.8
13.7
2
12
8
6
5
7
19
24
8
4
1
6 .6
16.2
12.1
.2
12.2
17.7
7.1
7.0
17.7
.....................
89.1
34.7
.2
3.1
.5
1.1
2.1
.1
<8)
.8
13.9
211.1
1.0
7.4
81.9
80.5
19.4
21.9
Furniture and fixtures.................... ......................................-.................. Household furniture ........................................................................
Office furniture ......................................... - .............. - ...................
Public buildings and related furniture-------------- -----Partitions, shelving, lockers, and office and store fixtures.
Miscellaneous furniture and fixtures........................... .............
76
53
4
3
21.6
14.3
12
22.0
4
7.2
.5
.9
1.4
.7
Paper and allied products.----- --------------—
Pulpmills ...................... ..........................................
Pulpmills, except building papermiils-----Paperboard m ills ......................................... .........
Converted paper and paperboard products,
except containers and boxes.........................—
Paperboard containers and boxes-----------Building paper and building board mills—
74
2
10
7
31.6
9.2
21.4
138.1
14.5
2.0
2.9
.5
273.3
12.4
49.7
44.7
21
30
4
10.5
44.3
3.1
3.6
4.4
1.1
60.6
103.4
2.4
37
6
10
24.5
7.5
8.5
.21
12.1
22.3
10.9
25.3
19.0
24.2
55.3
20
.04
1.2
29.0
18.8
2
10
.01
<8)
* .l
107.0
10.5
7.3
41.0
3.0
1
2
.29
5.2
6.8
.6
.4
10.8
229.4
194.9
2.9
5.6
.14
.18
22.2
3.8
.16
Man-days idle during year
(all stoppages)
Stoppages
Industry
Percent of
total working
time
Number
Mean
duration 1
Workers
involved
Number
65
24
1
5
31.3
20.8
7.0
44.1
13.3
7.3
(s)
.8
271.7
80.9
.1
24.1
20
3
1
8
3
37.1
118.3
30.0
43.7
140.6
4.3
.3
(3)
.4
.1
110.9
25.4
1.0
10.9
18.4
Chemicals and allied products ------------------------- -------------------Industrial inorganic and organic chemicals -------------- ----------- Plastics materials and synthetic resins, synthetic rubber, and
other man-made fibers, except g la ss_______________________________
Drugs _____________________________________________ _____________________
Soap, detergents and cleaning preparations, perfumes, cosmetics,
and other toilet preparations -------------------- --------- ---------- Paints, varnishes, lacquers, enamels, and allied products......................
Gum and wood chemicals _____________________________________________
Agricultural chemicals ________________________________________________
Miscellaneous chemical products _____________________________________
98
36
54.5
81.0
19.6
8.5
726.6
479.6
24
4
38.3
31.5
6.6
.9
152.4
20.8
10
7
1
2
14
32.1
33.7
24.0
62.3
30.1
1.2
.5
<3)
(3)
1.8
25.9
11.6
.3
5.1
30.9
Petroleum refining and related products............................................... ................ .
Petroleum refining ___________________________ ______________ ______ —
Paving and roofing materials _________________________________________
Miscellaneous products of petroleum and coal .............................. ..........
11
6
2
3
28.0
28.6
26.8
10.7
4.5
4.0
.3
.2
126.8
117.8
5.4
3.5
.26
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products ______________________________
Tires and inner tubes _________________________________________________
Rubber footwear ------------------------------------------------------- Reclaimed rubber __________________________________________ ____________
Fabricated rubber products not elsewhere classified _________________
Miscellaneous plastic products..................................... .....................................
95
22
16.8
6.4
23.4
12.5
272.4
54.0
.17
2
25
46
1.0
34.5
24.6
<■>
5.4
5.5
1.1
119.9
97.5
.
14
2
12.0
25.4
2.9
<3)
45.8
1.0
1
11
13.0
11.7
(3)
2.8
.2
44.5
Stone, clay, and glass products --------------------------------------------Flat glass ------------------------------------------------ -------------Glass and glassware, pressed or blown................................................. .........
Glass products, made from purchased g lass___________________________
Cement, hydraulic ___________________________________ ______________
Structural clay products _______________________ _______ _______________
Pottery and related products _________________________________________
Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products _____________________________
Cut stone and stone products ________________________________________
Abrasives, asbestos, and miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral products.
140
5
9
2
27.5
14.9
9.6
65.6
23.2
1.9
4.5
.2
376.0
12.0
19.2
8.3
17
12
70
2
23
36.5
31.3
35.9
9.0
30.2
1.6
3.6
6.6
.4
4.4
39.5
57.8
158.5
2.6
78.0
Primary metal industries ------------------------- ------------------- -.......... .
Blast furnaces, steelworks, and rolling and finishing m ills ---------Iron and steel foundries ______________________________________________
Primary smelting and refining of nonferrous m etals------ ----------Secondary smelting and refining of nonferrous metals — ----- -----Rolling, drawing, and extruding of nonferrous metals --------------Nonferrous foundries _________________________________________________
Miscellaneous primary metal products _______________________________
165
42
44
8
7
23
22
19
43.3
36.0
51.3
30.7
59.7
67.5
28.7
21.0
53.0
21.4
12.6
4.0
.3
8.1
1.8
4.9
1,310.9
455.8
342.1
71.3
10.8
327.4
41.1
72.6
Fabricated metal products, except ordnance, machinery, and transportation
equipment ................................... ............ ..........................................................................
Metal cans ----------------------------------- ---------- - ..........................
Cutlery, handtools, and general hardware ..................................................Heating apparatus (except electric) and plumbing fixtures---------Fabricated structural metal products ................ ............ .......... ......................
Screw machine products, bolts, nuts, screws, and rivets...................... Metal stampings ------------- ----- ---- ----- -.............................................
Coating, engraving, and allied services.............................-..........................
Miscellaneous fabricated wire products....... ...................................... -..............
Miscellaneous fabricated metal products ------ ------ -----------------
286
10
23
25
132
12
23
10
15
36
31.7
10.1
50.7
30.1
29.3
8.4
35.9
31.4
34.9
34.7
51.1
2.1
5.8
7.1
18.4
2.1
2.9
2.9
2.0
7.7
1,122.4
14.4
201.9
145.2
390.2
17.4
72.2
63.2
45.7
172.2
Manufacturing— Continued
Printing, publishing, and allied industries............................................... ..............
Newspapers: Publishing and printing----------------------------------Periodicals: Publishing and printing-----------------------------------Books ________________________________________ _________________________
Miscellaneous publishing -------------------- ------------ ------------Commercial printing __________________________________________________
Manifold business forms ______________________________________________
Greeting card publishing_____________________________________________ —
Blankbooks, loose leaf binders and bookbinding work............................
Service industries for printing trad e_________________________________
Leather and leather products --------------------- ----- ---------- --------Leather tanning and finishing -----------------------------------------Industrial leather belting and packing _______________________________
Boot and shoe cut stock and findings________________________________
Footwear, except rubber -------------------------------- ----- ----------Leather gloves and mittens____________________________________________
Luggage ----------------------------------------------- ----- — --------Handbags and other personal leather goods __________________________
Leather goods not elsewhere classified _______________________________
.10
.29
_________________
.06
.23
.42
.32
..
Stoppages
Man-days idle during year
(all stoppages)
Industry
Number
Manufacturing—Continued
Machinery, except electrical ...................................................................................................
Engines and turbines _ _
Farm machinery and equipment
Construction, mining, and material handling machinery and equipment __
Metalworking machinery and equipment
Special industry machinery apd equipment
General industrial machinery and equipment
Office, computing, and accounting machines
Service industry machines
.
Miscellaneous machinery, except electrical
_
Electrical machinery, equipment, and suplies ...............................................................
Household appliances
_
_
Communication equipment ................
Electronic components and accessories _
____
_____
_____
281
28
16
51
40
33
46
5
33
29
161
48
16
23
24
4
12
_
Transportation equipment ................ .......... ............ ....................... -............................... —
25
9
Workers
involved
46.2
31.2
34.1
38.9
53.5
46.3
33.5
108.2
39.7
33.1
79.9
14.7
5.7
11.5
6.5
9.3
8.3
.5
21.4
10.6
95.4
25.3
7.9
31.9
7.2
15.6
24.8
73.2
14.4
7.4
2.0
2.8
47.9
7.8
1.3
1.8
4.7
3.8
Number
.49
695.4
89.5
53.4
195.1
94.8
23.1
152.7
61.5
25.2
.15
.39
.12
116.8
91.0
18
1.5
1,734.2
1,229.0
148.1
252.9
40.8
38.5
24.9
22
41.3
4.9
134.3
5
64.5
1.3
59.0
7
21.8
1.9
(3)
.4
24.9
1.3
13.8
33.0
1
4
3
39.6
48.2
2.8
15.3
3.8
2.2
1.0
Percent of
total working
time
2,287.8
299.6
135.4
318.4
234.8
288.5
189.9
201.3
582.8
37.2
42.1
45.3
58.1
21.9
14.8
23.0
31.5
133
67
18
22
6
2
Professional, scientific, and controlling instruments; photographic
and optical goods; watches and clocks ...................... -...............—...........................
Engineering, laboratory, and scientific and research instruments and
associated equipment t
- _____
Instruments for measuring, controlling, and indicating physical
characteristics
...................
- _____
Optical instruments and lenses .
_ _ _
Surgical, medical, and dental instruments and supplies ________________
Ophthalmic goods ........... .............. .................
...
... ............ ............
Photographic equipment and supplies _____
Watches, clocks, clockwork operated devices and parts____________________
Mean
duration1
2
7.4
.3
2.3
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries............— ----- ------------------------Jewelry silverware and plated ware
. ..
Musical instruments
_ _______________________ ____. . . . . . . .
Toys amusement sporting and athletic goods ..........T
______
Pens pencils and other office and artists’ materials
Costume jewelry, costume novelties, buttons, and miscellaneous
notions except precious metals
.......
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries
..
_ __
44
10
22.2
3
33.7
6 .0
.1
1.1
1.8
.2
111.9
3
26.1
14.9
20.4
2
24
9.1
31.2
(3)
2.7
.5
61.4
Nonmanufacturing________________ _____ _____________________________________
2,954
19.5
1,067.7
14,783.8
.11
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ....................................................................................
Agricultural production
_________________________________________
Agricultural services and hunting and trapping . . . ^
- ___Forestry
_______ _________________________________
Fisheries
- ___________ _____
...
_ _________
Mining ..............................................................................................................................................
Metal mining
- ___
Iron ores
f ..........
... ............
Copper ores
.. .
- ___
Lead and zinc ores . . .
. ..
... ..............
Gold and silver ores
_ _____ _________________________________
Bauxite and aluminum ores ___________________________________________
Ferroalloy ores except vanadium ______________________________________
Metal mining services
Miscellaneous metal ores
.................Anthracite mining
Bituminous coal and lignite
Crude petroleum and natural gas
_ ______ _____________
Crude petroleum *nd natural gas
...............
Natural ga$ liquids
_
_
__
Oil and gas field services
~
___ _ _
Mining and quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuel$
Dimension stone
.
Crushed and broken stone, including riprap........................................-____
12
16.2
5.3
3.0
90.9
51.8
.03
2
7
1
1
12.1
.1
.6
.1
7.0
4^0
(3)
3
21.2
2.1
1,000
12
1
8
4.8
23.9
43.0
3.0
267.1
2
37.1
1.5
39.8
1
1
(3)
3.2
256.0
2
119.4
16.0
4.1
132.9
183l2
1.9
32.0
562.4
14.6
14.6
1
21
3.0
21.6
8
29.9
13.3
(3)
1.7
.7
963
3
5
6.1
1.3
3.2
.2
.1
.6
.10
1.2
16.3
27.1
5.4
38.4
724.3
90.6
39.0
.47
10.0
(3)
24.7
13.5
6.9
.................................
Nonmanufacturing—Continued
Mining—Continued ............................................................................
Sand and gravel ...............................................................
Clay, ceramic, and refractory m inerals..................
Chemical and fertilizer mineral m ining---------Nonmetallic minerals (except fuels) services----Miscellaneous nonmetallic minerals, except fuels
Contract construction ........... .................................... .......................
6
20.8
.3
4 .0
1
1
14.8
(*)
(*)
.2
701
2 4 .8
454.2
7 , 843.7
.88
3 , 245.0
4 2 .8
31.8
.29
2.0
Transportation, communication, electric, gas, and sanitary services
Railroad transportation ..............................................................................
Railroads ............................ .......... ............................... .............. ............
Sleeping car and other passenger car service_____
Railway express service .................................-................ ...
Local and suburban transit and interurban highway
passenger transportation ................................................................. .
Local and suburban passenger transportation ...........
Taxicabs......................................................................................
Intercity and rural highway passenger transportation
Passenger transportation charter service .................... .
School buses ......................................................................... .
Terminal and service facilities for motor vehicles passenger
transportation ........... .................. .............................................
Motor freight transportation and warehousing ....................................
Trucking, local and long distance ______________________________
Public warehousing ________ _____ _____ ___________________________
Terminal and joint terminal facilities for motor vehicles passenger
freight transportation _______________________-______ ____________
Water transportation -------------- ----- ----- ---------- --------------Deep sea foreign transportation ....................................................
Deep sea domestic transportation..................................................
Great Lakes— St. Lawrence Seaway transportation .......................
Transportation on rivers and canals ...... ..................... ...............
Local water transportation ............................ -..........-...............—
Services incidental to water transportation----------------------Transportation by air ................................................ ........... .............
Air transportation, certificated carriers
----------- ------------Air transportation, noncertificated carriers ---------------------Fixed facilities and services related to air transportation......... .
Pipeline transportation................................. —.....................—
Pipelines, except natural gas ....................- ..................
Transportation services.................... ........ .....................- .....................
Freight forwarding .................................................................
Arrangement of transportation ........................................
Stock yards______ ____________ _______________________
Rental of railroad cars _____________ _____________ —
Miscellaneous services incidental to transportation
Communication ..............................................................................
Telephone communication (wire or radio) ---------Telegraph communication (wire or radio) —..............
Radio broadcasting and television ...............................
Communication service, not elsewhere classified _
Electric, gas, and sanitary services......................................Electric companies and systems ------------------Gas companies and systems...................... .......................
Combination companies and systems ............-............
Water supply .........................................................................
Sanitary services .................. .................................................
Steam supply . . .
Irrigation systems
256
36.3
6
Wholesale and retail trade .................................................................................
Wholesale trade ...........................................................................................
Motor vehicle and automotive equipment ................................. ..........
Drugs, chemicals, and allied products ..............................-..............
Piece goods, notions, apparel.................................................. ...........
Groceries and related products ..............................— ------ ---------Farm products— Raw materials ............................................... .............
Electrical goods ........................................ -..........................................
Hardware, and plumbing and heating equipment and supplies------Machinery, equipment, and supplies ........................................... ......
Miscellaneous wholesalers .............................................................. —
Retail trade ...................................................... -..........................................
Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers......... .
Lumber and other building material dealers....................... ..........
Plumbing, heating, and air conditioning equipment dealers----
389
198
17
.1
2.1
5
1.2
114.6
36.7
25.7
1
4 .0
11.0
11.0
49
25
50.2
57.1
38.4
44.4
62.0
11.1
439.3
2 6 9 .4
65.3
9 9 .4
4 .9
2.6
<*>
.2
(*)
.2
12
7
1
3
7 .0
3.1
.9
.1
1
8.0
88
18.8
19.1
17.4
10.9
9 .5
1.4
151.3
133.6
17.7
7 5 .5
3 9.6
17.3
2
2.0
581.2
39.9
1
8.0
2.2
8.6
3
11.4
2 8.8
8 4 .0
64.2
6 5.6
70
18
29
2
21
6
3
1
2
2.0
67.4
4
57.4
1
5.0
.2
1.8
.3
12.7
14.2
13.6
.4
6 .5
524.4
740.5
7 2 9.4
.2
10.4
3
14.1
.2
(*)
.8
11.4
9 5 .0
2
3
37
24
18.4
21.3
15.1
8.4
2.5
1 . 129.2
1 . 073.2
10
51.4
19.8
13.0
12.7
20.9
9 .0
2 0 .5
1.7
<*)
13.9
12.4
55.3
.7
146.4
127.8
.8
11.1
.3
12.2
.3
2.3
1.0
4 .3
24.1
30.3
37.1
3 0 .8
13.3
25.3
158.5
6.3
3 3 .7
53.6
30.4
52.3
16.9
3
37
12
9
4
2
10
8
2
37
3
14
9
23
85
191
16
9
1
20.8
22.2
21.3
19.0
10.1
(*)
.6
.4
1 , 131.6
4 63.9
12.3
7 .5
.2
2.1
5 .0
8 0.0
15.2
145.6
16.1
39.1
145.9
667.7
18.8
16.1
.5
<•>
1.9
.7
1.1
7.1
35.4
1.2
1.0
(*)
Mean
duration1
Nonmanufacturing—Continued
Custom tailors
Furrier and fur shops ........... ......................... ....................................
Miscellaneous apparel and accessory stores ...........................
Furniture, home furnishings, and equipment stores------------Furniture, home furnishings, and equipment stores, except
appliances ----------------- ----- -.................. ............ ..............
House appliance stores------------ ----- ----- ------ -------Radio, television, and music stores ....................-.......................
Eating and drinking places______________________________________
Eating and drinking places_________________________________
Miscellaneous retail stores_____ _______________ _________________
Wholesale and retail trade— Continued
Retail trade— Continued
Paint, glass, and wallpaper stores —
Electrical supply stores ______________
Hardware and farm equipment dealers
General merchandise stores _______________
Department stores
Mail order houses _____________ _____ _____
Variety stores _____________________________
Merchandising machine operators _______
Direct selling establishments ................—
Miscellaneous general merchandise stores
Food stores ________________________ ___________
Grocery stores ________________ ____________
Meat and fish (seafood) markets ___..........
Fruit stores and vegetable markets............
Candy, nuts, and confectionery stores____
Dairy products stores ...................... ..............
Retail bakeries ________________ _____ _____
Miscellaneous food stores..... .....................................................
Automotive dealers and gasoline service stations _________
Motor vehicle dealers (new and used cars) _____________
Motor vehicle dealers (used cars only) ............... .................
Tire, battery, and accessory dealers ...............................—
Gasoline service stations ______________________ _____ ____
Miscellaneous aircraft, marine, and automotive dealers
Apparel and accessory stores-------------------------- -------Men's and boys’ clothing and furnishings stores------Women's ready-to-wear stores________ _____ _____________
Women’s accessory and specialty stores______ _____ ____
Children’s and infants’ wear stores______ _______________
Family clothing stores------------------------------------Shoe stores ............... .....................................................................
Drug stores and proprietary stores ............. ................ ...........
Liquor stores ______________ ______________________________
Antique stores and secondhand stores-------------------Book and stationery stores ______________________________
Sporting goods stores and bicycle shops....... .......................
Farm and garden supply stores_________________________
Jewelry sto re s_________ _________________________ _____
Fuel and ice dealers___________________________ ________
Retail stores, not elsewhere classified..... ...........................
Finance, insurance, and real estate .......................... ............................... .........
Banking ............................................................................................ .................. .
Credit agencies other than banking_________ _____ ________________
Security and commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, and services
Insurance carriers _________ ________________________________________
Insurance agents, brokers, and services.......................................... .........
Real estate _________ ______________________ _______ ________ _______ _
Combinations of real estate, insurance, loans, and law offices —
Holding and other investment companies ........... ............ ........................
Services —.................. ............ ...................— ............................... ............ .
Hotels, rooming houses, camps, and other lodging places..
Personal services __________________ ______ _______ —............ .
Miscellaneous business services-------------------- --------Automobile repair, automobile service, and garages------Miscellaneous repair services................ ........................... .............
Motion pictures .......................................... ....................... ..................
Amusement and recreation services, except motion pictures
Medical and other health services--------------------------Legal services _____
Educational services
.2
2
15.1
(3)
4
26
10
33.5
14.3
11.7
186.1
43.6
29.5
<3)
15.4
14.0
<3)
.7
.4
52.0
20.0
19.6
71.0
.3
10.4
153.0
26.0
46.6
49.7
(3)
(3)
2.6
30.1
6.0
55.0
3.4
25.8
24.0
.4
1.5
1
3
9
3
30
26
2
1
1
59
47
10.2
<3)
2.1
6
21.6
4
21.5
.4
(3)
(3)
1.7
1.6
1
1
9.0
49.0
(3)
(3)
10
1
1
2.1
159.0
120.2
.7
21.6
7.5
9.0
314.8
308.8
3.3
1.3
1.4
73.7
62.0
8.2
.1
11
24.2
.5
10.7
11
24.2
.5
10.7
31
31
3
24.3
24.3
55.2
97.7
3.3
3.3
.3
(3)
45.0
45.0
19.9
14.8
2
18.7
.1
2.1
6
36.7
.1
1
1.0
(3)
3.0
(3)
23
26.6
2.7
52.7
4
12.0
1.0
13.1
18
33~6
T .7
39~4
1
~~6~0
W
” ""2
198
29.3
1.9
1.7
5.3
438.4
38.9
23.2
103.7
1.0
11.8
17
47
20.6
29.1
26.3
28.9
16.8
37.0
58.7
17.8
15.2
(3)
7.7
9.1
6.7
7.0
104.8
116.6
17
14.5
1.8
16.3
12
22
15
45
13
8
2
.2
.01
.01
Stoppages
Industry
Number
Mean
duration 1
Workers
involved
2
6
8.8
22.0
(s)
.3
Number
Percent of
total working
time
Nonmanufacturing—Continued
Services— Continued
Museums, art galleries, botanical and zoological gardens
Nonprofit membership organizations ....................... .......
Private households________________ ______ _______ ________
Miscellaneous services -................ ...................................
Government 5 .......................... ................ ...............................
Federal ............................ .................. ........... ........ .........
State ........................................ .....................................
County ......... ...................................................................
City ............................... ..................................................
School district.............................. ................... .............
Other local government .......................... ........................
1 Weighted by multiplying the duration of each stoppage by the workers in
volved.
2 The number of stoppages reported for a major industry group or division
may not equal the sum of its components because individual stoppages occurring
in two or more groups have been counted in each. The major industry group and
division totals have been adjusted to eliminate duplication. Workers involved
and man-days idle have been allocated among the respective groups.
3 Fewer than 100.
.5
7.7
4
12.2
.1
1.1
375
12.5
142.1
1,257.3
40
30
128
171
10.5
27.4
8 .6
8.8
11.3
13.7
273.7
50.3
135.6
796.0
6
6.6
19.9
85.6
.4
.04
1.6
4 Idleness in 1972 resulting from stoppage that began in 1971.
5 The situations reported here have, for statistical purposes, been deemed to
fall within the Bureau's definition of a work stoppage. This decision does not
constitute a legal determination that a work stoppage has taken place in viola
tion of any law or public policy.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Dashes denote zeros.
Professional and technical
Total
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Industry group
Number
Workers
involved
industries-_____ _____________________
5,010
1,713.6
Manufacturing........................................................
2,056
6
All
Ordnance and accessories
Food and kindred products_____________________
Tobacco manufactures_________________________
Textile mill products___________________________
Apparel, etc. 3
Lumber and wood products, except furniture.—
Furniture and fixtures__________________________
Paper and allied products______________________
190
2
47
70
76
76
74
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Number
Workers
involved
27,066.4
164
67.7
645.9
12,282.6
4
1.1
8.3
75.0
(2)
13.8
266.8
1,282.9
12 0
694.0
13.9
14.3
14.5
211.1
229.4
273.3
Clerical
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Workers
involved
919.0
25
1.8
36.4
3.0
6
.7
20.5
1
.2
.2
1
(2)
1.4
1
(2)
2.8
1.8
107.0
65
98
11
13.3
19.6
4.5
271.7
726.6
126.8
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products____
95
14
140
165
286
23.4
2.9
23.2
53.0
51.1
272.4
45.8
376.0
1,310.9
1,122.4
281
161
133
2
1
160
66.6
916.0
14
18.4
2
.2
564.3
4.6
4
Machinery, except electrical-------------------Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.
Instruments, etc. 6 _____________________________
22
79.9
95.4
116.8
4.9
M iscellaneous m anufacturing industries
44
6 .0
2,287.8
695.4
1,734.2
134.3
111.9
2,954
1,067.7
14,783.8
12
1,000
701
5.3
267.1
454.2
90.9
724.3
7,843.7
256
389
114.6
52.3
3,245.0
1,131.6
23
198
375
2.7
29.3
142.1
52.7
438.4
1,257.3
Transportation equipment
___
Nonmanufacturing______ ___________________
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
M ining
Contract construction
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Number
Printing, publishing, and allied industries
Chemicals and allied products_________________
Petroleum refining and related industries______
Leather and leather products
Stone, clay, and g lass products
Primary metal industries
Fabricated metal products
Stoppages
beginning in
year
.7
.3
1
1.3
.9
1
(2)
.7
1
1
.4
(2)
15.4
(2)
19
1.1
15.9
4
.2
11.5
2
(2)
.4
.4
.3
3.5
.7
.8
(2)
Transportation, communication, electric,
gas, and sanitary services
_
Wholesale and retail trade...................................
Fin ance, insurance, and real estate
Services...................... ................................. ...................
Government 8 .................................................. ..............
28
116
4.5
43.5
71.9
275.2
Protective
111.5
4,356
1,450.8
23,700.4
2.3
1,984
610.6
11,449.6
6
266.8
832.4
47
8.3
60.6
(2)
13.8
69
74
72
72
11.9
13.8
14.1
14.1
693.4
208.8
226.4
237.2
60
96
9
12.9
18.8
.8
268.8
708.7
49.6
Ruhher and m iscellaneous plastics products
Leather and leather products
Stone, clay, and g lass products _
Primary metal industries
. _.
Fabricated meta| products
95
14
139
159
279
23.4
2.9
23.2
50.0
50.8
272.4
45.8
375.8
1,243.6
1,115.9
M achinery, except electrical
270
155
129
75.2
94.6
2,192.5
685.5
1,673.1
134.3
109.8
A ll
industries....................................................
.
__
Ordnance and accessories
Food and kindred products
59
11.3
4
(2)
3
Tobacco manufactures_________________________
(2)
1.8
___
Lumber and wood products, except furniture...
Furniture and fixtures
Paper and allied products
Printing, publishing, and allied industries
Ch em icals and allied products
Petroleum refining and related industries
1
_ .
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.
Transportation equipm ent
ln<truments etc. 5
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries_______
173
2
Textile m ill products
Apparel, etc. 3
(2)
6
Production and maintenance
Sales
M anufacturing
7
.5
22
42
110.6
4.9
5.7
1.8
107.0
33
4.1
31.2
Production and maintenance
Sales
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Industry group
Nonmanufacturing_________________________
Number
Workers
involved
55
11.2
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
109.2
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries______ ______
Mining
...
_
... ....
Contract construction
Transportation, communication, electric,
ga$, and sanitary services
Services_____ _______________________________ ___
Government 6 ________ ________________ _________
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Number
Workers
involved
2,372
840.1
12,250.8
11
998
699
5.2
266.2
451.6
90.7
715.5
7,838.5
51
10 7
100.3
207
243
58.2
23.8
2,468.5
718.7
1
2
1
.2
6.9
1.5
.5
14
65
135
1.6
2)
(1
4.9
28.7
34.6
83.3
300.9
.2
Service
Protective
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Number
Workers
involved
33
4.1
31.2
7
26
2.4
1.7
24.2
7.0
Not reported
Combinations
228
153.9
1,845.1
27
3.8
75.3
Manufacturing.—______ _____ ______________
39
30.5
743.8
19
3.0
63.4
Ordnance and accessories______________________
Food and kindred products_____________________
11
13.0
427.8
2
1.2
20.7
1
(2)
.5
2
2
2
.1
.2
2.4
1.9
36.1
1
(2)
.6
3
.2
1
1
1.0
.7
3.5
.5
1.5
74.4
.1
1
1
(2)
16.4
(2)
4
3
2.9
.3
6.4
All industries___________________________
118
20.3
347.5
Tobacco m anufactures
Textile m ill products
Apparel, etc. 3 *_________________________________
Lumber and wood products, except furniture___
Furniture and fixtures
.... _
Paper and allied products
_
Printing, publishing, and allied industries_____
Chemicals and allied products_________________
Petroleum refining and related industries— __
.4
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products____
le ath e r and leather products
Stone, clay, and glass products________________
Primary metal industries
Fabricated metal products
*
4
.1
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.
2
3.2
(2)
Transportatinn equipment
Instrum ents etc. 5
4
6.1
M achinery, except electrical
Nonmanufacturing-..............................................
118
20.3
347.5
189
123.3
3
.2
.1
2.1
68.0
4
5.6
61.1
2
1
.2
1.2
8
.9
11.9
1
<*)
.2
1,101.3
- _
Mining
Contract construction
1
2
.4
.4
-
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries_______
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
60.9
3.7
10.6
3.4
2
1
.9
2.5
8 .8
5.0
1
.1
.1
15
46
29.8
13.8
61.5
232.1
4
.1
4.7
42
83
9.9
66.3
132.6
661.3
1
1
.5
C2)
5.0
1.9
Transportation, communication, electric,
20
8.1
Wholesale and retail trade._______ ____________
39
3.5
Fin ance
5
46
.3
7.0
1.3
gas
and sanitary services
insurance, and real estate
Services_________ _________________________ ____
Government ®
8
150.7
59.8
5.8
119.6
11.6
1 See footnote 2, table A-10.
3 Fewer than 100.
3 Includes other finished products made from fabrics and similar materials.
* Excludes ordnance, machinery, and transportation equipment.
8 Includes professional, scientific, and controlling instruments; photographic
and optical goods; watches and clocks.
6
The situations reported here have, for statistical purposes, been deemed to
fall within the Bureau’s definition of a work stoppage. This decision does not
constitute a legal determination that a work stoppage has taken place in violation
of any law or public policy.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Dashes denote zeros.
Major issue
Total.
Wages .............................. ........ ...........
Supplementary benefits .................
Wage adjustments............................
Hours of work.......................................
Other contractual matters...............
Union organization and security..
Job security.........................................
Plant administration ____________
Other working conditions.............
Interunion or intraunion matters.
Not reported .......................................
State
County
375
40
30
128
171
218
15
17
8
11
1
1
67
3
117
4
2
8
Total
Federal
5
47
15
61
3
8
1
2
17
1
6
3
City
4
1
20
13
7
16
4
5
24
1
3
Other
local
government
6
2
3
1
1
2
1
1
School
district
Workers involved (in thousands)
Total.
Wages ............................ .....................
Supplementary benefits .................
Wage adjustments...................... —
Hours of work____________________
Other contractual matters.............
Union organization and security..
Job security....................................... .
Plant administration........................
Other working conditions..............
Interunion or intraunion matters.
Not reported .......................................
142.1
27.4
108.2
1.9
22.6
.2
2.6
8.8
19.9
85.6
6.7
9.1
1.4
69.8
.3
2.3
.1
(2)
3.9
8.0
1.4
3.8
7.9
5.6
.8
2 .0
.3
.1
.6
1.2
.3
(2)
2.5
3.4
.2
2.9
(2)
(2)
(*)
1.4
2.3
1.5
2.7
5.3
(2)
.4
(1
2)
-(2)
Man-days idle (in thousands)
Total..
Wages ..................................................
Supplementary benefits ..................
Wage adjustments..........................
Hours of work____________________
Other contractual matters________
Union organization and securityjob security_____________________
Plant administration...................... .
Other working conditions...............
Interunion or intraunion matters.
Not reported ---------------------
1,257.3
273.7
1,071.3
13.4
15.5
246.5
41.7
.6
(*)
6 .6
96.9
18.0
24.6
10.4
.3
.3
1 The situations reported here have, for statistical purposes, been deemed to
fall within the Bureau's definition of a work stoppage. This does not constitute
a legal determination that a work stoppage has taken place in violation of any
law or public policy.
50.3
18.3
2.8
2.1
4.8
.7
.4
5.9
.3
135.6
796.0
1.6
47.4
12.5
.4
.1
735.2
.3
15.2
5.2
57.5
1.4
17^8
.6
10.6
11.9
5.7
9.7
.1
.2
.6
.5
.3
2
Fewer than 100.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Dashes denote zeros.
Union participation
Major issue
Total
Called
or supported
strike
Did not call
or support
strike
No information
Number of work stoppages 1
Total
Wages
Supplementary benefits
Wage adjustments
Hours Of work
Other contractual matters
Union organization and security
Job security
. _ ......... _
Plant administration
__
Other working conditions
Intension or intraunion matters
.......
Not reported
......-
_.
.
375
288
80
7
218
177
39
2
8
11
7
8
_
5
47
15
61
6
3
40
2
6
11
4
37
5
22
1
1
1
3
...........
4
-
.
_
1
1
2
2
Workers involved (in thousands)
Total..
Wages _________ ________________
Supplementary benefits --------Wage adjustments -------------Hours of work___________________
Other contractual matters------Union organization and security
Job security_____________________
Plant administration ____________
Other working conditions________
Interunion or intraunion matters
Not reported ____________________
142.1
125.6
9.2
7.4
108.2
1.9
98.4
1.9
2.3
2.9
7.0
2.6
3.9
8.0
3.8
7.9
5.6
1.9
7.6
2.7
5.5
5.3
2.0
.4
.1
<2)
.3
<*)
1.0
2.2
.3
(2)
(*)
.3
(*>~
Man-days idle (in thousands)
Total.
Wages __________________________
Supplementary benefits --------Wage adjustments ______________
Hours of w ork------------ ------Other contractual matters..........
Union organization and security .
Job security _____________________
Plant administration ____________
Other working conditions_______
Interunion or intraunion matters
Not reported .....................................
1 The situations reported here have, for statistical purposes, been deemed to
fall within the Bureau’s definition of a work stoppage. This does not constitute
a legal determination that a work stoppage has taken place in violation of any
law or public policy.
1,257.3
1,085.9
26.2
145.2
1,071.3
13.4
15.5
917.4
13.4
15.1
9.6
144.3
6.6
4.6
94.1
15.1
16.1
96.9
18.0
24.6
10.4
.3
.3
10.1
.3
2.0
2.7
2.9
7.9
.3
.2
.1
.6
.1
.3
2 Fewer than 100.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Dashes denote zeros.
Number of stoppages
Occupation
Total
All occupations__________________ _____ _____________
Federal
375
State
40
30
_
Sales
Sanitation workers
Craft worker*
_
6
1
28
7
3
Police
Fire fighters
Other protective _ _____ ___
_ _
Service workers .
Professional, technical, and clerical
Clerical and blue-collar
Professional, technical, and blue-collar
Protective and blue-coilar .
100
11
g
4
1
1
2
6
1
1
8
1
13
21
42
7
1
4
22
4
54
15
3
3
26
1
6
6
1
11
4
2
3
4
5
1
_______________
19
4
2
Other
local
government
6
85
4
15
3
8
8
School
district
171
128
1
2
1
1
2
27
City
2
1
87
Nurses _ . . . . . . . _ _ _
County
27
_______________
_______________
1
1
Workers involved (in thousands)
All occupations.................... ......................... -..........-
—-
Teachers
. . .
Nurses
- .........
.......
Other professionals
Clerical
Sales
Sanitation w°rkers
Craft workers
Rlue-co|lar and manual
Police
_
__
_ _
Fire fighters
Other protective _
_ _
Service workers
.. . .
Professional, technical, and clerical .
Clerical and blue-collar _
_
. . . . . . . _ .... .
Professional, technical, and blue-collar
....
Protective and hlue-collar
142.1
33.9
(2)
9.5
.4
27.4
(2)
.3
(2)
.2
2.1
.2
1.7
24.9
.6
8.8
19.9
.4
(1
2)
1.5
.4
.4
.4
9.3
.6
.4
.7
1.3
27.5
7.7
29.8
1.4
.4
(2)
(2)
3.0
1.7
.1
11.2
.3
7.3
(2)
.2
1.8
1.1
.6
.6
1.2
.4
33.5
(2)
12.9
85.6
2.3
.1
.1
.3
4.1
.9
.5
1.0
.6
(2)
24.2
1.6
(2)
.1
16.6
Man-days idle (in thousands)
All occupations..................................... ..................................
1,257.3
Teachers
_ _ _ _____ ________________ _______________
Nurses
_ _______ _____
_____
Other professionals
Cleric* 1
Sales
_ _ _
Sanitation workers
. ...
... .
Craft workers
________
Blue-collar and manual
.
________
Police
_
_ __________ ____
Fire fighters
_ _ _____________
Other protective
Service workers
___
Professional, technical, and clerical
Clerical and blue-collar
_ _______
Professional, technical, and blue-collar
Protective and blue-collar
207.3
.2
67.7
.7
.5
7.8
12.6
280.5
50.3
2.9
11.6
100.9
57.5
200.4
2.5
135.6
4.4
(*)
.5
(2)
.5
8.4
179.0
796.0
1.6
202.8
.2
10.9
.9
.4
.2
6.9
4.2
79.2
1.1
55.4
.2
.8
21.2
1.6
2 .6
1.6
2.6
1 The situations reported here have, for statistical purposes, been deemed to
fall within the Bureau’s definition of a work stoppage. This decision does not
constitute a legal determination that a work stoppage has violated any law or
public policy.
273.7
1.6
11.2
(2)
.2
72.0
.3
(2)
.4
3.3
24.7
4.1
1.2
1.3
8.6
22.2
6.6
1.1
(2)
388.4
10.1
.5
.3
117.7
2 Fewer than 100.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Dashes denote zeros.
Professional and technical
Function
Protective
Production and maintenance
Clerical
Total
Teachers
Nurses
Sanitation
workers
Other
Craft
workers
Other
Police
Firefighters
Combina
tion of
Police and
Firefighters
Other1
Other
Number of work stoppages
All functions---------- ---------- -----------
S a n it a t io n
E d u c a t io n
S tre e ts and
P a rk s
and
s e r v ic e s
_
_________ _________
h ig h w a y s
r e c r e a t io n
Libraries ______________________________ __________
Museums _______ ___________________ _____ ____
Hospitals and health services_______________ ____
Transportation and allied fa c ilitie s ........................
Other utilities
_ _ .
_ .......
Other _________________________________ ______ ____
Combinations _______ _____________________________
375
13
4
23
3
40
187
13
3
87
2
27
6
1
1
5
7
28
100
15
1
4
9
2
47
1
3
6
1
10
1
45
4
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
7
7
12
1
1
1
21
1
2
92
31
9
2
2
1
2
21
8
7
3
27
21
1
6
15
87
3
1
25
1
Number of workers involved (in thousands)
All functions................ .......... ...............................
A d m in is t r a t iv e
W e lfa r e
s e r v ic e s
_ _
.
.
s e r v ic e s
IflW e n fo r c e m e n t—correction
F ir e
p ro te c tio n
Sanitation services _______________________________
Education ________________________________________
Streets and highways _____________________________
Parks and recreation _____________________________
Libraries ...................................................... .............. ......
Museums ______________ ____________________ ____
Hospitals and health services ____________________
Transportation and allied facilities ........................
Other utilities ....................................................................
Other _____________________________________________
Combinations ........................................ .............................
142.1
33.9
(2)
1.4
.6
2.0
.4
3.4
93.7
9.5
.4
.3
.3
.4
2.1
1.7
.6
.4
(*)
.7
.6
(2)
.6
(2)
.5
67.9
.3
.8
.4
2.0
33.9
7.6
(*)
1.0
1.2
.1
1.1
.5
4.3
.8
.9
(*)
9.1
13.3
1.5
.3
14.1
24.9
(*)
1.4
(*)
.1
(*)
—
.3
(2)
(*)
13.1
.9
(*)
3.6
.3
47.4
3
(*)
(2)
7.6
1
4
7
10.4
u>
00
Table A-19.
Government work stoppages, by occupation and function, 1972— Continued
Number of man-days idle (in thousands)
Function
A ll
functions_______________________________
A dm inistrative services
W elfare services
| aw enforcem ent—correction
Fire protection
Sanitation services
F H u r a f in n
S tre e ts and
_____
4.9
......
5.5
207.3
.2
1.1
67.7
.7
.3
.5
.4
7.8
12.6
280.5
_
..............................
25.3
907.8
2.5
11.3
.9
1.6
2.6
.6
4.1
2.3
673.4
(1
2)
.6
1.6
2.6
....
h ig h w a y s
Parks and recreation
lib r a r ie s
1,257.3
2.2
.6
1.2
2.6
7.5
61.4
207.3
.2
.1
8.2
3.9
9.0
47.1
1.9
7.4
.4
8.6
583.5
.7
(2)
.5
Museums __________________________________ ________
H ospitals and health services
Transportation and a llied fa cilitie s
Other u tilitie s
. . . . __
Other
Com binations
_ ......
1 Includes combinations of occupations.
2 Less than 100.
_
23.2
165.4
14.3
.2
5.5
.2
.2
.6
91.9
.3
.1
165.1
12.9
(2)
32.4
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Dashes denote zeros.
17.1
.3
1.2
.5
59.2
Number of work stoppages
All unions and associations
State
Total
All States......... .................
Alabama ________________________
Alaska
________________________
Arizona _________________________
Arkansas _______________________
California ______________________
Colorado __________ ______ _____
Connecticut _____________________
Delaware _______________________
District of Columbia ____________
Florida _________________________
Georgia ________________________
Hawaii __ ______________________
Idaho ___ ................................ ........
Illinois ___________________ _____
Indiana ________________________
Iowa _ _________________________
Kansas _________________________
Kentucky _______________________
Louisiana
Maine
_
_ _
Maryland
M assachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
M ississippi
Missouri
Montana ________________________
Nebraska _______________________
Nevada _________________________
New Ham pshire
375
79
4
2
7
17
16
1
1
5
6
1
1
5
6
1
1
8
9
2
1
1
2
29
12
24
8
3
2
3
1
1
1
2
1
1
6
28
2
8
1
5
1
1
1
Ohio _________ __________________
Oklahoma ______________________
Oregon ________________ _
30
2
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
73
10
6
Other unions
Not
recog
nized
26
114
4
Officially
recog
nized
51
Employee associations
Not
recog
nized
Officially
recog
nized
5
131
9
Not
recog
nized
No
union
39
1
6
1
2
10
1
4
1
5
4
7
2
1
1
8
7
2
1
1
2
3
4
2
1
1
1
5
7
4
4
2
1
2
5
1
1
1
1
13
3
2
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
2
7
2
1
4
1
1
4
15
6
1
1
1
2
1
7
8
4
13
1
1
1
3
27
3
11
8
8
2
1
2
71
2
19
3
1
1
3
1
5
2
2
4
8
2
1
10
2
2
3
1
2
3
3
2
3
18
25
3
7
Officially
recog
nized
1
1
2
7
28
3
1
21
3
27
3
South Dakota __________________
Tennessee ______________________
Texas __________________
___
Utah ___________________________
296
Not
recog
nized
2
11
New Jersey______________________
New Mexico _____________________
New Y o rk ....... ....................................
North Carolina _________________
North Dakota ................................. ..
South Carolina
Officially
recog
nized
AFL-CIO
2
38
6
14
1
1
2
2
3
2
Vermont ________________________
Virginia
Washington
West V irginia
W isconsin
Wyoming _______________________
2
2
2
4
5
4
14
14
1
2
4
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
11
Number of workers
All unions and associations
Total
State
AFL-CI0
Officially
recog
nized
Not
recog
nized
Officially
recog
nized
Not
recog
nized
65.8
4.1
18.2
3.0
142.1
133.2
8.9
2.8
1.5
Alaska _________________________
Arizona _________________________
Arkansas _______________________
1.3
1.3
1.3
10.7
9.4
1.3
6.8
.3
.4
4.9
(x)
California
_
_ _
Colorado
Connecticut _
. ...
Delaware
D istrict of Columbia
_
_
Florida _________________________
Georgia
Hawaii
________________________
. _
Idaho
Illin o is
Indiana
. . . . . .
................ .
Iowa ___________________________
K ansas
Kentucky
1ouisiana
M aine
.3
.3
.3
.3
1.0
1.0
4.9
.4
0)
.4
.5
4.9
(i)
(i)
4.9
.4
8.8
7.7
7.0
7.7
____
..
.
.2
.4
(i)
Maryland
Minnesota
M ississippi
......
Montana ________ _______________
Nebraska _______________________
Nevada _________________________
New Hampshire ________________
(i)
.4
(x)
3.8
(x)
1.3
.7
_______
.6
.4
(x)
.2
(x)
4.5
C1)
.3
1.9
(x)
8.1
(x)
5.5
5.3
.6
.6
(i)
(i)
4.4
4.2
(!)
22.5
0)
.6
.1
(i)
(!)
.2
1.4
.5
.2
.6
(i)
(x)
4.1
3.1
(x)
(x)
.2
(i)
1.4
(i)
.4
(x)
33.9
3.5
1.9
(!)
(l)
7.9
Rhode Island___________________
2.1
.7
.2
Ohio ___________________________
Oklahoma ______________________
Oregon
Pennsylvania
1.1
2.7
22.6
0.4
(i)
.3
2.7
New Jersey______________________
New Mexico___________________ _
New York _
North Carolina _________________
North Dakota ...................................
No
union
1.0
.4
(i)
8.1
.1
49.3
Not
recog
nized
.4
1.1
.2
(l)
(!)
M issouri
13
.3
Officially
recog
nized
.3
4.9
(i)
Massachusetts _________________
Michigan _______________________
Employee associations
Not
recog
nized
Alahama
All States— . .......................
Other unions
Officially
recog
nized
(i)
(x)
(x)
.
(x)
.5
2.4
5.7
(x)
C1)
(x)
5.1
(x)
.2
.2
.6
(!)
.2
(i)
(i)
1.7
.3
.1
2.2
(x)
(i)
(x)
10.3
7.1
5.1
(x)
7.6
.3
2 .2
(i)
33.1
3.5
.8
24.7
South Carolina
South Dakota
.3
Tennessee
_ _
Texas __________________________
.7
.3
1.0
.6
(i)
(x)
(x)
(i)
.1
.2
(i)
.8
2 .2
.3
.2
.4
.4
.3
.3
.6
1.5
3 .8
7.6
.8
.1
(x)
1.1
(x)
.3
.1
(x)
Utah
Vermont ________________________
Virginia
.
_
Washington
_
West V irginia
Wisconsin
_
_
Wyoming
(!)
1.9
.4
3.7
(x)
C1)
.7
1.9
.1
3.7
.3
.7
.2
.1
.1
.3
.4
(x)
(x)
3.3
N um ber of m an-days
A ll u n io ns and a sso c ia tio n s
S ta te
T o ta l
A FL- C IO
O ffic ia lly
recog
nized
Not
recog
nized
O ffic ia lly
recog
nized
O ther u n io ns
Not
recog
nized
A ll S t a te s _____________________
1 ,2 5 7 .3
1 ,1 3 6 .1
1 2 1 .2
6 4 2 .3
4 8 .2
A lab am a _______________________________
A la sk a
_________________________________
A rizo n a ____________ ____________________
A rk a n sa s
__________________ _________
C a lifo rn ia
____________________________
2 1 .8
1 .6
7 .2
1 .6
1 4 .6
7 2
.6
1 3 .2
1 0 5 .0
5 3 .2
5 1 .8
Colorado
___________________________
C o n n e cticu t ___ _______________________
D elaw are ______________________________
D is tric t of C o lu m b ia _______________
F lo rid a _________________________________
.6
2 .8
4 .4
3 8 .4
.9
.6
2 8
4 .4
3 8 .4
(!)
Georgia
_______________________________
H aw aii
_ ______________________________
Idaho _ _ __________________ __________
Illin o is ___ _____
_____ _ _ __________
In d ia n a
.
_ __
10 1
5 .7
(i)
3 3 .9
8 6 .2
.1
5 .7
Iowa ______ _____________________________
___________________
K a n sa s _________
K en N irky
.9
9 .1
.2
3 .2
( i)
Lo u isia n a
M aine
______________
______ _____
23 6
8 2 .6
1 0 .3
3 .6
.8
9 .1
.1
W
5 1 .8
1 .7
3 .4
.8
(x)
9 .4
.1
.4
C1)
4 .5
0)
5 .4
6 3 .2
2 .0
.9
5 .1
•3
8 .2
2 .7
1 3 .0
1 9 .1
0)
0)
.1
(1)
V )
3 .2
3 .2
( i)
(i)
2 4 .4
5 .8
.1
.1
New J e r s e y _____ _ _ ______________
_ _ __
New M e x ic o _________ __ _
New Y o rk _
_ _ __________ _____ ___
North C a ro lin a
___
_ _ _ _ _
North Dakota _ _ _ _ _
___ _____
1 8 .6
1 .6
2 0 4 .5
.1
1 8 .3
O hio _ _ ___ ___________
_________
O klahom a
__ _______ _______
Oregon
_
________
______
P en n sy lv a n ia
___ _____ _____________
Rhode Isla n d
_
_
__ __
3 4 .3
2 9 .5
.1
4 9 3 .7
1 7 .8
.1
4 9 2 .9
1 7 .8
3 0 .0
.8
9 1
2 4 .6
5 .8
1 Fewer than 100.
4 .0
1 .4
1 .1
M isso u ri _ _ ___ _____ __ _ ______
M ontana _ __ _ _ _ _
_____
N ebraska ______ _ _ _____
________
Nevada _ _ ___ _______
___________
New H a m p sh ire _ _
_ _ __
.3
1 .0
.3
1 4 .3
.3
9 .5
3 8 .6
1 .6
0)
(x)
.2
2 4 .2
(X)
.4
1 .6
.1
.1
4 .8
(*)
.1
2 0 4 .4
.1
6 .1
2 .3
1
.2
.2
5 .8
.1
4 .8
.8
3 .6
3 .8
.6
.3
1 2 .9
2 3 .7
1 4 4 .7
3 6 .0
1 5 .4
1 0 .8
3 .3
.1
(i)
8 .2
.1
9 0 .5
9 .0
3 9 4 .2
8 .7
.8
2 .3
(x)
.1
.1
0)
.8
4 .0
0)
.1
2 0
6 .1
2 7
3 8
.9
(x)
.1
.1
4 .6
.4
3 3 .7
0)
1 .5
2 .1
2 .1
4 .6
9 .0
3 3 .7
4 .2
No
unio n
1 .0
2 1 .6
9 .9
(i)
Verm ont __________________ _____________
Virginia
W ash in gton
_
______
W est V irg in ia
_ _ _
W isco n sin
_________ _____ _____________
W yom ing ___ ___________
___________
2 7 4 .9
( i)
W
9 .7
6 .2
Not
recog
nized
38 4
.8
(x)
So uth C a ro lin a ____________ __
So uth Dakota _________ ________ __ _
T en n essee
___ __
Texas
Utah
_____________________ _________
6 4 .8
O ffic ia lly
recog
nized
.6
1 .0
9 .8
5 4 .5
____________
M ich ig an _____ _ _ ___ __ ________
M inneso ta
M ississip p i
________________________ __
2 1 8 .9
Em p loyee a sso cia tio n s
Not
recog
nized
2 .8
9
1 .3
9 .8
5 4 .5
.1
.1
M aryland ______________
M a ssa ch u se tts
O ffic ia lly
recog
nized
1.1
8 .6
8 .5
.9
2 .2
.4
8 .4
1 .3
(x)
0)
2 4 .4
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Dashes denote zeros.
Man-days of idleness
Work stoppages
Region and State
Number
Mean duration -
Workers involved
(thousands)
Number
(thousands)
As a percent of
private nonagricultural working time
1,713.6
27,066.4
0.17
64.7
2.2
1,007.0
250.0
12.4
393.9
40.4
84.3
226.2
.08
.07
.09
.72
.26
.18
.30
United States------- ---------------------- ----- ----
5,010
28.2
REGION 1 ___________________________________________
Connecticut ------------- --------- ------------------------Maine ----- ----- ------------------------------------------Massachusetts ------- ----- ------------------------------- New Hampshire __________________ _____ __________________
Rhode Island ------- ---------- ----- ---------------------Vermont __________________________________________________
299
72
155
18
35
9
19.0
18.6
18.2
17.1
24.0
17.5
105.3
REGION I I 3 _________________________________ ______
New Jersey 3 __________________ _____ ______ ______________
New York 3 __________ ______ ______________________ _______
578
186
392
58.5
36.3
64.2
203.2
43.3
159.9
5,534.2
1,023.7
4,510.5
REGION III ________ _______ _______________ _________
Delaware _________ ______ ______________________ _____ _____
District of Columbia __________________________________ —Maryland _____ ___________________________________________
Pennsylvania _________________________________ ___________ _
Virginia ________________ _______________________ _______
West Virginia _______________ _____ ________________ ______
1,437
28
15.7
42.9
15.9
22.4
22.7
7.9
6.5
393.6
6.7
3,909.3
46.5
.19
.08
20.1
21.0
202.2
171.7
36.3
137.8
289.1
2,691.1
163.4
517.1
.21
.10
REGION I V .................................................................... ..........
Alabama ________________________ _________________________
Florida _________________________________ _____ ____________
Georgia ________ ________ _____________________ _____ ______
Kentucky __________ _____________________ ______ ___________
Mississippi
______ ______________________________________
North Carolina ___________________________________________
South Carolina _____ _______ _______________ ______________
Tennessee ________________________ ________________ _______
596
91
83
16.7
12.7
25.7
28.8
35.3
7.9
19.0
17.7
203.0
23.5
15.4
27.5
73.9
3.6
15.0
3.5
40.6
2,035.2
303.7
283.2
263.2
489.5
83.4
78.8
38.7
494.6
26.7
18.9
28.8
32.1
41.3
26.4
27.8
522.4
162.2
56.0
54.2
59.7
162.5
27.9
8,272.4
1,758.8
1,066.7
851.3
1,749.5
2,465.1
381.0
.11
28.1
33.1
38.6
17.8
22.4
27.2
62.5
5.6
1.5
3.2
50.0
1,661.2
60.4
133.8
31.0
57.9
1,378.1
.05
.06
.05
.04
.17
37.1
27.4
53.9
38.3
31.5
81.4
16.5
6.5
56.0
2.4
1,106.2
259.0
57.4
746.9
43.1
.14
.14
.03
41.9
56.6
19.4
37.3
42.8
23.8
13.7
.13
.19
.08
.04
.16
.08
.03
.14
.08
.14
10
20
65
616
192
516
68
156
18
50
19
111
11.8
21.0
.8
31.4
2.4
6.9
REGION V 3 .......................................................... ...................
Illinois ................................................. ............................... ..............
Indiana .................................................... ..................................... ..
Michigan _____________ _________________________ ____ _____
Minnesota _________ _________________________________ ____
Ohio 3 .................... ............................... ............................. .............. ..
Wisconsin ________________________________________ ________
1,355
345
181
167
53
521
REGION VI ________ _________________________________
Arkansas ................................... ................................. .........................
Louisiana _________ _______ _______________________________
New Mexico __________________________________ ____________
Oklahoma .................................. ................ .......... .............................
Texas _______________ ______________________ ______ ________
215
REGION VII __________________________ _____ _________
Iowa __________________ _______________________ _____ ______
Kansas ________ ______ ______________________________ _____
Missouri .................... .................................................. .............. ........
Nebraska
_______ _____ ____________ _____ _______ __________
241
79
28
REGION VIII - ___________ _____________ ________
Colorado
____________________________________ _________
Montana ___________________ _____ _______ _______ ______
North Dakota ______________________________________ _____
South Dakota ............... ................ ........ ..........................................
Utah
__________ ________ _____________ _____________ _____
Wyoming _____________________ _____________ ____________ _
119
35
28
26
7
20.8
6.9
1.2
466.4
298.3
37.5
12.4
51.9
59.3
7.1
REGION IX __________________________________________
Arizona ___________ ____ __________________________________
California ___________ _____________________________________
Hawaii ................................... ........ ............ ..........................................
Nevada .................... .................................................... .............. ........
377
34
301
33.4
21.5
35.0
9.0
62.7
133.6
7.6
113.3
9.3
3.4
2,483.0
109.7
2,149.7
73.7
149.8
REGION X ................................... ..............................................
Alaska ............................................... ....................... ...........................
Idaho ____________________ _______ ________________ _______
Oregon ................ ........................................................ .......................
Washington _______ ______ _____________ ______ ____________
Former regions: 4
New England_________________________________________
Middle Atlantic 3 __________ _________________________
East North Central3 ______________________________
West North Central __________________________ _______
South Atlantic________________________________________
East South Central________________ __________________
West South Central _________ _______________ _______
Mountain ___________________________ _________________
Pacific _______________________________________________
128
46.9
8.3
26.3
48.0
52.8
25.4
13.0
591.4
13.6
28.9
186.1
362.0
19.0
42.3
24.8
38.9
12.9
14.3
28.4
37.8
36.0
64.7
374.9
462.7
143.3
283.3
141.5
61.0
35.7
146.4
1,007.0
8,225.3
6,522.9
2,920.0
1,882.1
1,371.3
1,630.2
722.4
2,785.1
88
21
46
14
35
99
120
14
11
12
21
21
11
13
46
58
299
1,194
1,302
317
1,041
376
201
178
437
1 Stoppages extending across State lines have been counted in each State af
fected; workers involved and man days idle were allocated among the States.
2 Weighted by multiplying the duration of each stoppage by the workers in
volved. Duration calculated for strikes ending in the year only.
3 Revised.
4 The regions are defined as follows: New England— Connecticut, Maine, Mas
sachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic—
New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; East North Central— Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central— Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota,
2.2
2.6
.5
1.7
4.1
2.1
1.6
8.8
.10
.10
.02
.23
.05
.46
.09
.13
.06
.07
.24
.07
.02
.02
.16
.24
.19
.24
.13
.63
.29
.12
.21
.04
.12
.33
.14
.08
.07
.12
.17
.10
.25
.20
.26
.08
.16
.13
.12
.14
Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; South Atlantic— Dela
ware, D strict of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia: East South Central— Alabama, Kentucky,
Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central— Arkansas, Louis'ana, Okla
homa, and Texas; Mountain— Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New
Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific—Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon,
and Washington.
NOTE:
Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Occupation
Region and State
Total
Professional
and
technical
Clerical
Salesworkers
Blue collar
Protective
Service
Combinations
No
Information
Number of work stoppages
United States_______
5,010
235
25
63
4,574
33
121
264
30
Region 1 ____________
299
72
26
4
1
1
238
59
3
9
3
17
4
2
10
1
11
2
8
1
1
155
18
35
9
Region II ----------New Jersey ---------------New York ______ _____ ____
Region
III
Pennsylvania
................
........................
Region IV ....................
Region V ____________
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Ohio ______________________
W isconsin
Region VI
127
13
23
1
8
1
578
186
392
27
8
1
4
19
4
6
1,437
28
42
9
20
4
4
30
65
616
192
516
596
91
83
68
Mississippi _______________
North Carolina ___________
South Carolina ___________
Tpnnp^Qpn
1
7
156
18
50
19
111
1,355
345
181
167
53
521
5
82
20
88
7
23
4
15
13
215
8
Poginp VII
i\dnsds ---------——
——
—
—
—
—
Missouri
Region V I11
(^n|nradn
^ nntana
paknfp
2
241
79
28
4
120
4
11
12
Q^llth nakntp
Utah
W
vu
nm
ff y
h i in
i t ci gr
Region IX ----------Ari70na
California ________________
Hawaii
Nava Ha
_____ _________
1
See footnotes at end of table.
9
2
2
1
12
1
7
48
3
8
1
7
________
4
10
1
8
5
2
4
1
2
4
3
3
1
1
2
6
2
1,163
305
158
119
44
472
65
14
3
1
1
197
1
7
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
6
1
2
17
3
5
532
81
72
55
148
16
46
18
96
8
2
1
1
1
3
3
1
2
20
5
2
2
1
1
6
2
31
50
3
8
10
3
3
3
9
5
7
16
41
4
88
1
1
2
1
1
216
73
27
105
3
3
11
4
5
1
1
1
1
103
31
25
1
2
1
8
10
22
19
13
46
58
70
1
1
51
500
187
505
6
377
34
301
11
15
12
26
7
128
5
20
12
3
2
35
1
21
21
Region X
Alaska
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
46
14
35
99
119
35
28
1
2
21
14
N A |t r a c |( 3
46
23
23
1
21
| onisiapa
New Meyirn
("lp|afinma
4
18
7
4
3
1
1
2
22
5
7
2
2
7
1,275
2
8
1
4
2
12
2
1
1
1
458
143
315
1
1
2
13
10
5
1
4
8
7
4
2
1
2
1
5
3
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
7
14
4
2
3
2
1
2
16
3
5
4
98
8
12
1
3
36
42
4
20
2
33
2
1
1
14
3
27
3
1
1
2
12
1
10
2
294
28
238
4
1
1
2
2
2
10
1
2
4
5
1
1
Occupation
Total
Region and State
Professional
and
technical
Clerical
Salesworkers
Blue collar
Protective
Service
Combinations
No
Information
20.3
Workers involved (in thousands)
United States-------
1,713.6
67.7
Region 1 ------------
64.7
6.5
21.0
.8
31.4
2.4
6.9
2.2
Region II ___________
New Jersey ............................
New York ...........................
Region
Delaware _
III
................
D istrict of Colum bia _
_
Maryland _________________
Pennsylvania ........................
Virginia
West Virginia
Region IV ................__
Alabama _________________
Florida ___________________
Georgia __________________
Kentucky _________________
Mississippi _______________
North Carolina ....................
South Carolina ....................
Tennessee
... .
Region V ......................
Illinois __________________
Indiana __________________
M ichigan _
Minnesota
_
. . .
Ohio ................................ ........
W isconsin
._
_ ...
Region VI ___________
(2)
11.3
(2)
.2
(2)
3.7
<2)
.2
(2)
2.4
(2)
7.7
.4
8.6
2.1
.2
.2
(2)
8.5
393.6
6.7
7.9
.4
.4
.3
.9
.4
(2)
20.1
21.0
171.7
36.3
137.8
203.0
23.5
15.4
27.5
73.9
3.6
15.0
3.5
40.6
6.8
(2)
.2
.7
(2)
.4
(2)
(2 )
2.7
.3
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
.3
(2)
522.4
162.2
56.0
54.2
59.7
162.5
27.9
28.7
7.0
5.8
6.5
4.3
62.5
.4
1.8
.3
.2
.8
1.1
.1
Louisiana
________________
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Region
Iowa
K ansas
81.4
16.5
6.5
56.0
2.4
V II
Missouri
Nebraska
Region V III
Colorado
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Utah
_________
Wyoming
Region IX ....................
Arizona
California ..............................
Hawaii
_ _ _ _
Nevada
Region X
Alaska
_
Washington
_ ....
—......................
See footnotes at end of table.
5.6
1.5
3.2
50.0
23.8
13.7
2.6
.5
1.7
4.1
(2)
(2)
.3
(2)
(2)
(2)
1.2
.1
.2
(2)
(2)
.2
3.3
.6
(2)
.1
0.1
153.9
3.8
0.5
5.1
.1
.6
0.7
.3
3.4
.4
(2)
(2)
2.1
.1
.4
(2)
(2)
1.0
149.2
34.4
114.9
.7
330.4
5.6
14.8
14.4
125.5
35.6
134.6
.2
192.2
22.7
13.4
24.2
73.1
2.3
14.7
3.5
38.3
470.9
151.2
48.5
40.1
55.1
153.6
22.5
.1
.6
8.3
(2)
28.0
6.4
(2)
8.2
21.6
.3
.9
52.1
.5
4.9
5.9
37.4
.3
3.2
.1
(2)
.2
.4
.3
.5
(2)
1.1
.8
(2)
.2
.5
1.3
.2
1.0
.2
<2)
4.9
.3
(2)
(2)
.3
1.9
.7
1.2
(2)
.2
.4
7.6
2.0
(2)
.1
.9
2.5
1.8
(2)
13.1
1.9
.5
4.6
.3
.3
.2
.2
60.0
.5
1.5
(2)
5.6
.5
(2 )
1.9
(2)
2.2
.1
(2)
.4
.9
<2)
.9
(2)
.5
.3
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
.2
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
1.2
5.3
1.3
3.2
47.9
75.5
16.3
6.4
50.5
2.4
(2)
(2)
.3
1.6
(2)
(2)
.2
4.6
(2)
.1
(2)
(2)
(2)
4.5
21.5
(2)
12.8
(2 )
2.5
.4
(2)
1.6
.5
(2)
(2 )
1.6
2.9
1.1
1.2
133.6
7.6
113.3
9.3
3.4
8.5
(2)
3.6
4.9
(2)
(2)
25.4
3.9
2.1
1.6
8.8
1.1
13.0
4.1
51.6
19.7
.7
23.6
2.2
203.2
43.3
159.9
5.6
1,450.7
3.4
2.2
Arkansas
Idaho
Oregon
1.8
.2
2.6
(2)
(2)
(2)
.5
83.2
16.2
1.0
1.6
(2)
.4
2.2
2.0
1.5
(2)
.4
.2
.1
.8
6.0
71.4
4.1
1.7
5.5
8.2
.2
37.9
1.5
35.5
.3
.2
(2)
.2
.6
4.6
.2
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
2.9
(2)
1.6
.1
Occupation
Total
Region and State
Professional
and
technical
Clerical
Salesworkers
Blue collar
Protective
Service
Combinations
348.3
1,845.1
No
Information
Man-days of idleness (in thousands)
United States..............
27,066.4
919.0
36.4
111.5
Region 1 ____________
1,007.0
250.0
12.4
393.9
40.4
84.3
226.2
28.8
.9
<2)
(2)
Region II ..............—
New Jersey ................ ............
New York ...............................
5,534.2
1,023.7
4,510.5
65.7
9.3
56.4
2.1
.2
1.9
56.6
1.7
54.9
5,078.9
956.6
4,122.3
Region
Delaware
3,909.3
46.5
87.9
19.9
11.1
202.2
9.7
8.5
68.3
3,008.0
34.2
153.1
226.2
1,933.7
160.6
500.1
III
________
Maryland .................................
Pennsylvania ------- -----
.........
.
1,106.2
259.0
57.4
746.9
43.1
Region vi
Arkansas
_
Louisiana
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Region
______
-
V II
Iowa
.......
Kansas
. _
M iss o u ri
Nebraska
_
Region VIII ________
Colorado _________________
Montana .......
North Dakota
South Dakota _____________
Utah ..........................................
Wyoming
.............
Region IX ----------___
_
California ...............................
Hawaii
_
_ _
Nevada
Oregon ....
Washington
.1
19.6
9.0
1.3
_
. ..
_ __
...........................
2,483.0
109.7
2 , 149.7
73.7
149.8
591.4
13.6
29.8
186.1
362.0
2.2
16.2
1.7
3.2
1.7
2.4
3.3
3.9
7,414.9
1,660.2
954.1
622.4
1,472.5
2,381.9
323.8
3.3
.6
.9
.6
1,647.3
60.4
131.4
29.6
57.9
1,368.0
6.2
3.2
(2)
.6
.1
.3
.1
1.3
(2)
9.2
(2)
6.8
2.3
2.4
2.8
.4
(2)
5.8
5.6
2.7
(2)
.4
9.2
.1
5.1
(2)
.6
5.7
2.9
.2
1.8
.1
3.1
65.1
.5
50.7
14.3
(*)
.5
112.1
4.3
5.4
4.7
.7
4.6
4.5
6.5
101.1
3 4.3
1 Stoppages extending across State lines have been counted in each State
affected; workers involved and man-days idle were allocated among the States.
2 Fewer than 100.
3 Idleness in 1972 resulted from a stoppage that began in 1971.
904.7
222.5
12.3
342.2
37.4
64.0
226.2
1,856.5
291.7
219.0
242.3
442.7
62.6
78.3
38.5
481.3
(2)
7.1
Ari7ona
Region X
Alaska
____
Idaho
466.4
298.3
37.5
12.4
51.9
59.3
.1
.2
.2
.2
1,661.2
60.4
133.8
31.0
57.9
1,378.1
Minnesota
_ _ .
Ohio ................-..........-..........
Wisconsin
.
.7
1.2
526.0
62.5
80.9
50.9
273.5
21.5
36.6
_________ ____
______
<2)
11.7
(2)
8,272.4
1,758.8
1,066.7
851.3
1,749.5
2,465.1
381.0
Region V ................ —
Illinois
(2)
2.8
18.2
.4
n .i
5.1
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee ______ __________
_
13.4
2,035.2
303.7
283.2
263.2
489.5
83.4
78.8
38.7
494.6
Region IV ....................
Indiana
M ichigan
289.1
2,691.1
163.4
517.1
(2)
23,699.5
2.3
2.3
1,071.6
248.4
56.9
724.1
42.3
31.2
0.3
437.7
8.4
29.6
160.5
239.2
6.5
4.6
56.3
13.1
10.4
1.8
.1
34.7
(2)
8.4
1.6
126.5
198.7
54.3
144.4
2.0
.2
1.8
739.0
3.4
39.2
52.0
627.0
13.8
8.8
(2)
.2
.1
3.8
.6
.8
3.1
125.6
1.2
28.4
6.9
.1
1.2
..........20~7..........
.7
.1
2.1
11.5
1.8
15.5
1.6
.1
18.9
17.2
.5
.8
.2
.9
96.9
8.3
35.9
14.5
30.1
36.8
3 15.1
20.7
(2)
.8
............................
1.1
102.8
8.2
.3
.3
16.2
37.9
8.1
.9
195.7
26.1
5.3
131.5
6.6
6.5
1.1
.6
29.3
9.9
26.0
.7
9.3
.7
.2
(2)
6.8
.2
1.5
7.6
.2
.2
428.7
287.1
31.5
9.1
50.1
43.7
7.1
1,851.3
99.7
1,590.4
47.5
113.7
75.3
6.1
4.8
.5
.5
.3
.2
19.4
(2)
19.3
1.3
22 1
1.1
.1
.2
9.5
.2
12.4
23.0
485.8
18.0
47.0
1.9
15.0
5.0
29.9
11.6
1.1
10.2
21.8
.2
1.6
471.5
4.9
1.9
3.0
.7
.7
.1
5.5
4.5
10.7
10.5
.6
.1
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Dashes denote zeros.
[Workers and man-days in thousands]
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Industry group
California
Arizona
Alabama
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Number
Workers
involved
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Number
Workers
involved
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Number
Workers
involved
All industries----------------------------
91
23.5
303.7
34
7.6
109.7
301
113.3
2,149.7
Manufacturing-------------------------------
42
13.1
241.5
4
0.5
7.0
134
38.6
1,057.3
.2
11.1
3.3
1
11
9.1
347.2
.2
4
.7
5.7
3
2.4
.4
8.2
7
11
2
2
Apparel and other finished products made
.3
1.9
2.3
2 .2
5
1.5
.3
1
8
2.9
18.6
30.2
6.7
7.9
10.3
1.4
25.4
2.9
30.5
13
9
2.9
7.2
65.4
227.4
1.3
3.1
.3
.4
30.6
24.7
6.3
82.7
15
15
1.0
2.8
11
1.3
3.8
12.3
84.6
23.5
147.5
2
2
.5
11.6
3
.5
33.9
.2
6.4
2
.2
.8
49
10.4
62.3
30
7.1
102.7
167
74.6
1,092.4
2.8
4
2.8
5.4
19.6
2
1.8
9.5
18.8
3.7
(2)
23.0
53.4
4.5
2
6
12
.3
16
9
348.3
.8
5.8
6
2.1
.3
6.2
23.7
7.6
425.2
88.4
.3
7.2
.9
5.0
1
1
.1
.1
14.7
4.0
3
4
(2)
2.9
Fabricated metal products, except ordnance,
machinery, and transportation equipment—_
8
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.
4
3
Lumber and wood products, except furniture--
.8
(2)
2
2
2
1
.1
1
.3
1.2
7
4
2
4 .5
1
(2)
2.0
7
.2
.1
Professional, scientific, and controlling
instruments; photographic and optical
MjsreUanpmis man||^c^||r|ng industries
Nonmanufacturing
_ __________________
Agriculture forestry, and fisheries ___________
Mining_________________________________________
Contract construction _________________________
Transportation, communication, electric,
gas, and sanitary services____________________
Wholesale and retail trade______________________
Finance, insurance, and real estate____________
Services __ ____________________________________
Government 3 _______ __________________________
5
7
1
11
(2)
2.8
.1
21.8
_
66.5
4 3.8
4
Colorado
All industries
1.9
.1
4.6
45
26
38
4
31
17
2.2
.1
1.6
5.8
10.7
68.4
105.0
Delaware
Connecticut
_______
35
13.7
298.3
72
21.0
250.0
28
6.7
46.5
Manufacturing_______ ______________________
13
1.9
21.9
22
2.9
61.5
9
4.6
24.9
3
.9
10.7
2
.2
1.4
2
1
1
.3
2.1
.1
3.8
2
.5
3.3
2
1
1
1
.2
(2)
(2)
.3
2.4
1.3
1.3
Ordnance and accessories _ _____ ________
Food and kindred products.....................................
Tobacco manufactures _________________________
Textile mill products._________________________
Apparel and other finished products made
from fabrics and similar materials_________
Lumber and wood products, except furniture.._
Furniture and fixtures_________________________
Paper and allied products______ _______________
Printing, publishing, and allied industries
Chemicals and allied products _ . ____________
Petroleum refining and related industries______
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products...
Leather and leather products______________. . .
Stone, clay, and glass products________________
Primary metal industries_______________________
Fabricated metal products, except ordnance,
machinery, and transportation equipment—.
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.
Transportation equipment_______ ______________
Professional, scientific, and controlling
instruments; photographic and optical
goods; watches and clocks__________________
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries_______
1
1
4
1
1
(2)
(2)
.2
(2)
.2
.2
.5
1.7
1
2 .0
4
.5
2
1
.6
.1
.6
5.4
19.7
1
.5
(2)
.4
(2)
2.9
3.1
19.6
.5
1
(2)
.2
3
^ .3
1
1
1
4.7
(2)
.3
(2)
(2)
4.2
.3
1.8
4 .5
3
.1
1.7
1
4.0
11.7
Industry group
Nonmanufacturing-......... ............ — .................
Contract construction ................................................
Transportation, communication, electric,
gas, and sanitary services.................... .................
Finance, insurance, and real estate____________
Services......... .................................................................
Government3 .............................. -..............................
Delaware
Connecticut
Colorado
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Number
276.4
50
Number
18.1
188.5
19
2.1
21.5
3
.1
2.6
.8
6.9
Workers
involved
Workers
involved
22
11.8
3
9
.5
1.2
10.2
271.3
19
15.3
152.8
3
5
.2
.6
12
2.1
.5
1.9
9
.3
24.3
3.9
(2)
.3
.9
.6
5
5
.2
4.7
.3
2.8
7
2
1
6
Georgia
Florida
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Number
1
1
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Workers
involved
.7
(*)
.1
1.0
6.9
4.4
Illinois
All industries....................................................
83
15.4
283.2
68
27.5
263.2
345
162.2
1,758.8
Manufacturing______________________________
28
4.7
136.3
32
18.3
169.2
125
23.7
660.0
Food and kindred products______________ ______
Tobacco manufactures_________________________
Textile mill products_______ _____ ______________
Apparel and other finished products made
from fabrics and similar materials_________
Lumber and wood products, except furniture-Furniture and fixtures__________________ _______
Paper and allied products--.....................................
Printing, publishing, and allied industries..........
Chemicals and allied products__________ ______
Petroleum refining and related industries______
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products—_
Leather and leather products__________________
Stone, clay, and glass products.................. ............
Primary metal industries_______________________
Fabricated metal products, except ordnance,
machinery, and transportation equipment—_
Machinery, except electrical—......... .......................
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.
Transportation equipment .............................. ..........
Professional, scientific, and controlling
instruments; photographic and optical
goods* watehfcs and clocks
Miscellaneous m anufacturing industries
5
2.2
5.1
4
1.3
16.9
9
2.2
38.7
5
1.3
10.5
1
1
2
(2)
(2)
Nonmanufacturing....... ....................................—
Agriculture
forestry
and fisheries
Mining
__________________ _________
Contract construction-------------------------Transportation, communication, electric,
gas, and sanitary services------- -----------Wholesale and retail trade______________________
Finance, insurance
and real estate
Services________________________________________
Government 3 _________________ ______ ________
2
1
1
1
1
3
.4
.1
.2
(2)
.2
(2)
.6
1.1
79.3
3.0
6.7
2
.4
2.7
2
.2
4 2.3
.8
.5
13.7
4
1
(2)
3.5
2
1
.5
(2)
3.4
8.7
.5
(2)
8.5
8.7
4.7
84.7
21.3
2.8
.1
1.8
4
1
7.5
4.0
2
1
2
.3
.5
(2)
.6
4
1
.3
1.7
55
10.8
147.0
1
.1
1.9
27
5.6
87.7
11
38.4
3
1.8
2.1
(2)
.6
8
.4
4
1
7
.2
.3
.5
1.0
.6
3.2
4.5
6.2
21.3
7.8
.6
3
4
3
5
5
3
.2
(2)
.1
13.2
5
.3
7 .4
1
8
.8
2.0
2.0
1.7
21.4
96.2
7
3.5
6.4
2.3
6
.6
70.4
270.1
63.1
19.7
2
2
.5
.4
26.4
17
24
20
1.6
36
9.2
94.0
220
138.5
1,098.8
1
8
.4
4.2
5.1
51.6
103
49
32.5
91.8
868.6
9
4
1.9
10.9
1.8
11.0
15
13
2.7
10.6
3.8
3.7
.9
5
9
.3
.5
5.5
1
10
10.1
29
(*)
2.0
8.8
34.0
22.9
(2)
42.2
33.9
Kansas
Iowa
Indiana
.6
97.2
All industries-------------------- --------
181
56.0
1,066.7
79
16.5
259.0
28
6.5
57.4
Manufacturing______________________________
108
37.7
878.3
30
8.0
158.7
14
5.4
34.3
1
8
3.6
.9
130.2
51.2
1
8
2 .0
.8
78.0
5.0
1
.4
7.6
1
1
6
.1
7.6
(2)
Ordnance and accessories
Food and kindred products....................................Tobacco m anufactures
Textile m ill products
Apparel and other finished products made
from fabrics and sim ila r m aterials
Lumber and wood products, except furniture___
Furniture and fixtures
Paper and allied products
5
1.2
.8
.2
24.8
16.2
1
(2)
.8
4 .2
1
.1
1.5
Indiana
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Industry group
Number
Printing, publishing, and allied industries
Petroleum refining and related industries_____
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products—_
Workers
involved
Iowa
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Number
Workers
involved
Kansas
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Number
Workers
invplved
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
.1
3
3
10.5
2.5
1
.1
1
(2)
<2)
4
1.4
30.8
3
2.6
14.9
5
9
1.2
1.1
30.0
50.6
2
1
(2)
(2)
.5
2.9
1
.1
6.9
131.5
290.0
40.3
59.6
4
7
.9
1.3
18.9
36.7
2
.2
.6
(2)
.3
4.3
6.8
1
1.1
23.1
.3
.9
2
.1
3.6
Fabricated metal products, except ordnance,
machinery, and transportation equipment—
21
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.
14
16
10
8.0
7.3
4.5
3
3
* 1.6
3.4
.5
8.5
Professional, scientific, and controlling
instruments; photographic and optical
1
2 .1
1
(2)
(2)
73
18.3
188.4
49
8.5
100.3
14
8
22
2.7
3.9
5.0
44.0
39
8.1
83.0
7
13
14
3.1
.7
27.1
.1
7.8
(2)
.5
10.6
Transportation, communication, electric,
Services________________________________________
21.6
3
3
(2)
8.1
1
2
(2)
(2)
(2)
.4
.9
2
2
(2)
.4
4
.2
4.6
1
12
7.7
86.2
3
Kentucky
All industries___________________________
Manufacturing
_______________________
Ordnance and accessories______________________
Food and kindred products
______________
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
... ...
Apparel and other finished products made
from fabrics and similar materials______ ___
Lumber and wood products, except furniture...
Furniture and fixtures
.2
Louisiana
(2)
.2
3.1
9.1
Maryland
156
73.9
489.5
46
5.6
133.8
65
21.0
55
47.9
370.1
16
2.4
42.0
23
10.1
198.4
4
.4
(2)
8.4
(2)
4
.9
9.0
3
1.1
5.0
1
.4
6.4
.8
.1
1.1
30.3
3.1
7.6
4
.3
(2)
8.1
.5
.3
10.8
2
1
3
289.1
* 7.3
_____
1
2
1
Printing publishing and allied industries
Chemicals and allied products_________________
3
.4
3
1.5
6.3
Stone, clay, and g lass products
3
2
.5
.7
26.8
Primary metal industries_______________________
Fabricated metal products, except ordnance,
machinery, and transportation equipment—.
9
5
13
3
2.3
5.4
33.8
45.7
28.9
163.3
4
.3
3.5
5
1.3
18.4
.6
11.1
1
.1
.5
3
6.3
144.7
2
.1
2.0
101
25.9
119.4
30
3.1
91.8
42
10.9
90.7
1
.1
.6
Paper and allied products
<2)
1.0
1
.7
.7
23.3
2
.2
18.8
Petroleum refining and related industries
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products...
1eather and leather products
M achinery
1
.3
...............
except electrical
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.
Transportation equipment _
4
.1
2.1
12.1
4
4.6
Professional, scientific, and controlling
instruments; photographic and optical
goods; watches and clocks
_______
M iscellaneous m anufacturing industries
Nonmanufacturing_________________________
A griculture, forestry,
M ining
Contract construction
and
fisheries
_ _ _ _
83
7
22.1
3.4
63.8
21.7
15
2.4
77.5
18
7.8
64.1
Transportation, communication, electric,
gas, and sanitary services____________________
2
.3
.3
.8
10
1.0
4
1.9
2.9
5
W holesale and retail trade
.1
.1
8.3
7
1.3
7.8
7.4
1
2
.2
29.1
3
1.9
3.2
.2
.2
1
(2)
(2)
3
.2
2
.3
_
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services
Governm ents
_ ____
__
_ _
3
(2)
6
2.1
7.4
1.3
Industry group
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Number
Workers
involved
Minnesota
Michigan
Massachusetts
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Number
Workers
involved
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Number
Workers
involved
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
All industries----------------------------
155
31.4
393.9
167
54.2
851.3
53
59.7
1,749.5
Manufacturing__________________________ —
82
16.8
198.0
88
34.2
585.9
23
3.7
29.5
1
6
.7
.2
2.2
22.4
20.7
1
Food and kindred products.............—............ ........
7
7.6
17.4
132.7
1
(2)
.1
2
.7
.8
.2
2 9
.6
Apparel and other finished products made
Lumber and wood products, except furniture—.
Paper and allied products----------------------Printing, publishing, and allied industries----Chemicals and allied products------------------
Stone, clay, and glass products_________ ______
Fabricated metal products, except ordnance,
machinery, and transportation equipment—.
Machinery, except electrical— ________________
5
2
3
(2)
.2
2
.7
5
.2
1.2
1
1
2
(2)
(2)
3
4
.5
2
1.1
9
15
7
6
.2
.6
3.1
4.4
.4
1
1
1
8
2
39
26.8
10.5
3.5
9
(2)
.2
(2)
1.8
.4
.4
9.0
3.2
1
(2)
2.2
2
1
8.3
2.8
2
1.9
(2)
(2)
5
.2
.8
1
1.0
.2
.1
.2
16
3
.3
37.9
7.7
15
14.2
30.7
1
7
.4
3.9
181.5
16
23
4.0
14.5
29.6
7.0
3.0
3
2.0
1.2
42.1
90.0
.2
3.1
2
.2
7
2
.7
.6
3.1
9.2
2.4
35.2
8
13.0
1.2
1
(2)
1.5
4
1.0
22.1
195.9
79
19.9
265.4
30
56.0
1,720.0
1
Professional, scientific, and controlling
instruments; photographic and optical
1
manufacturing inrluctrific
Nonmanufacturing-------------------------Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries _____
Mining____ _____________________ ___
_
Contract construction . . . _____________________
Transportation, communication, electric,
gas, and sanitary services. _ . . . ___________
Wholesale and retail trade
_______________
Finance, insurance, and real estate____________
Services____________________________________
Government 3 _________________________________
5
73
(2)
.2
14.6
.4
26
7.7
119.0
13
2.1
78.5
16
1.3
49.9
39.0
1,397.5
17
15
1.7
7.8
45.9
10
1
11
7.3
1.7
(2)
.7
3
4
1
4.4
(2)
(*)
2
.2
.6
1.3
28
8.1
75.7
28.0
3.6
25.2
54.5
278.8
16
3
.1
.1
8
7
1.2
1.3
2.7
13.4
9.8
Missouri
2.8
New Jersey 6
Montana
All industries___________________________
120
56.0
746.9
28
2.6
37.5
186
43.3
1,023.7
Manufacturing_____________________________
63
28.7
338.8
3
.4
13.9
89
19.4
614.0
11
9.0
22.4
9
2.5
24.9
(2)
(2)
6
4.8
25.1
.3
3.1
23.2
10.3
2.2
1
1.0
.8
.8
4
3
4
7
3
1.7
1.3
44.4
60.7
10.9
3
.2
.8
7
1
10
1
6
3
3
.2
.8
5.7
5.4
2
6
.1
.6
6
.4
.5
11.4
3
.7
Ordnance and accessories______________________
Food and kindred products________ ____________
Tobacco manufactures____ ________ __________
Textile mill products___________________________
Apparel and other finished products made
from fabrics and similar materials_________
Lumber and wood products, except furniture!—
Furniture and fixtures. _______________________
Paper and allied products______________________
Printing, publishing, and allied industries_____
Chemicals and allied products______ ________
Petroleum refining and related industries______
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products...
Leather and leather products. _______________
Stone, clay, and glass products_____ ________
Primary metal industries______________________
Fabricated metal products, except ordnance,
machinery, and transportation equipment—.
Machinery, except electrical_______
________
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.
Transportation equipment______________________
Professional, scientific, and controlling
instruments; photographic and optical
goods; watches and clocks_______ ___________
Mkcpllanpon* manufacturing inHiKtripc
1
6
5
3
1
.1
1.6
1
.2
.1
.3
1.5
(2)
.6
(*)
i!o
.9
26.3
1.3
13.2
.9
.7
14.9
5
5
.8
.9
22.9
16.2
35.4
106.6
8
8
2
6
1.5
3.8
1
(2)
5.4
3
1
<2)
.8
.2
1.1
.3
10.9
10.8
440.8
1.3
8.6
.5
6.5
M ontana
M isso u ri
In d u stry group
Stoppages
b eg in n in g in
year
N um ber
N o n m a n u fa ctu rin g ----------------------------------
C o n tract co n stru ctio n ---------------------------------T ra n sp o rta tio n , co m m u n ica tio n , e le c tric ,
g a s, and sa n ita ry se rv ic e s _________________________
W h o le sa le and re ta il trad e _______________ ________
Governm ent 3
---------------------------------------------
W orkers
involved
Stoppages
b eg in n in g in
year
New Je rse y 5
M a n -d a ys
id le d uring
M a n -d a ys
idle d uring
year (a ll
stoppages)
Num ber
W orkers
involved
stop p ages)
Stoppages
b eg in n in g in
ye ar
N um ber
W orkers
involved
57
27.3
408.1
25
2.2
23.5
97
23.9
2
20
.4
17.2
.9
331.4
1.4
9.3
1
20
(2)
17
9
9
3.6
33.5
6.7
4
3
.2
7.5
( 2)
1.0
2
(2)
7
.4
5.5
8
.2
.6
10.3
24.6
1
New Y o rk 5
.6
5.8
409.7
(2)
8.3
89.1
9.9
270.7
27.2
.4
3.6
18.6
25
19
3
(2)
8
21
.4
4.4
North C a ro lin a
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
.8
O hio s
________________________
392
159.9
4,510.5
50
15.0
78.8
521
162.5
2,465.1
M a n u fa ctu rin g ______________________________________
192
37.9
620.7
35
12.2
39.0
279
104.6
2,027.2
Food and kindred p roducts---------------------------Tobacco m a n u fa ctu re s ______ __________________________
T e x tile m ill p ro d u cts. -------------------------------- A p parel and other fin ish e d p roducts m ade
19
8.7
203.1
3
.8
9.0
13
2.8
50.4
12
2.1
22.4
3
.6
2.3
5
2.4
17.6
16
.5
12.1
2
1
1
1
.4
1.2
1
(2)
.2
4.5
1.3
.5
4
.4
A ll in d u s t r ie s ..
_
from fa b ric s and s im ila r m a te ria ls ------------Lum ber and wood p rod ucts, except fu rn itu r e — .
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F a b rica te d m etal p rod ucts, except o rd n a n ce,
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C o n tract c o n s t r u c t io n ---------------------------------T ra n sp o rta tio n , co m m u n ica tio n , e le c tric ,
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_____
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1
6
6
(2)
g
.7
.7
2.3
4
.6
1
7
1
8
10
23
29
19
13
6
3
200
(2)
(2 )
.2
.3
8.9
11.4
44.3
6.4
1.7
2^1
1
M a n u f a c t u r in g _________________________ _______—
O rd nance and acce sso rie s
____________________
Food and kindred prod ucts___________________________
T n h a rrn m a n u fa ctu re s
___
T e x tile m ill products
A p parel and other fin ish e d p roducts m ade
from fa b ric s and s im ila r m a te ria ls ____________
Lum ber and wood p rod ucts, except fu rn itu re
F u rn itu re and fix tu re s __________________________________
Pap er and a llie d p ro d u cts____________________________
P rin tin g , p u b lish in g , and a llie d in d u s trie s ______
.2
.9
.7
10.1
2.0
44.1
2.8
3.7
32.5
37.9
94.1
52.7
1.0
34.8
4.9
6.6
.4
1.8
122.0
3,889.7
6
8
.8
1.1
4
3.5
8
2
1.2
23
1
2
20
(2)
.1
9.4
.8
1.4
17.2
15
2.8
39.8
1
(2)
1.0
(2)
7.0
1
(2)
23
36
43
49
18
27
(2)
6.3
11.8
10.0
19.6
14.5
22.6
10.6
8.3
24.7
65.8
.3
78.2
.6
55.6
234.8
193.9
525.8
41.9
699.2
8
.6
15.1
242
57.9
437.9
91
47
20.3
22.7
211.1
1
.2
1.1
51
57.8
2,035.4
1
.2
11.7
29
53
5
34
27
11.8
1,127.7
367.5
29.2
124.2
204.5
9
2.5
(2)
25.0
2.0
30
27
2.2
2
(2)
.2
11.6
(2)
15
30
1.2
.1
7.9
34.3
17.3
1.5
10.8
22.6
1
3
Oregon
O klahom a
A ll in d u s trie s -------------------------------------
.4
(2)
.4
3.9
3.5
48.0
94.2
38.5
P en n sy lv a n ia
35
3.2
57.9
46
8.8
186.1
616
171.7
2,691.1
17
1.7
24.3
24
4.3
66.3
258
69.1
1,356.0
2
(2)
2.2
3
.3
4.7
25
9.8
(2)
<2)
101.8
1.6
2.0
.3
16.5
3.5
62.1
35.5
33.0
1
3
2
(2)
2.1
10
2
2.9
.5
49.1
1.9
9
5
14
7
5
2.8
1.9
1.0
1.8
Oregon
Oklahoma
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Industry group
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Number
Workers
involved
1
.1
2.6
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Number
Workers
involved
Pennsylvania
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Number
Workers
involved
2.4
3.5
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products.--
3
.3
5.5
1
(2)
1.4
13
3
7
Stone, clay, and glass products.. ----------
2
(2)
.3
2
(2)
.1
2
20
2.1
30
10.4
4
.7
2
.2
3
.2
.2
5.9
1
1
1
5.6
4.6
1.2
(2)
1.0
47
31
17
9.4
7.5
8.4
.2
.3
1
.2
2.0
11
2.8
3
5
1.5
1.0
16.0
38.2
358
102.6
1,335.1
1
.8
31.8
14.0
31.5
101.9
217.9
.
Fabricated metal products, except ordnance,
machinery, and transportation equipment...
Machinery, except electrical.. . . ----------Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.
Transportation equipment . . . . . __________. . .
Professional, scientific, and controlling
instruments; photographic and optical
Nonmanufacturing_________________________
18
4
Contract construction . . . ._ . . .
-------Transportation, communication, electric,
gas, and sanitary services ______
. ..
Wholesale and retail trade.
.. .
---Government3 ----------
11
2
1
1.5
.2
1.1
.1
(2)
33.6
22
Manufacturing ----------
..
-----------
19.0
6
.7
11.9
1.3
7.1
9
4
3.5
94.0
8.5
31
10.2
68
8.9
1
2
(2)
(2)
4
24
73
2.4
33.9
Petroleum refining and related industries
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products...
.1
5.2
.1
.6
244.9
194.5
44.7
65.9
127.8
324.9
9.9
27.4
493.7
Texas
Tennessee
35
6.9
84.3
111
40.6
494.6
99
50.0
1,378.1
17
2.6
44.7
68
21.0
329.3
46
21.9
1,088.7
1
1.6
1
(2)
.2
8
2.2
25.1
5
.7
7.7
48.9
3
.2
1.4
2
1.1
15.9
1
(2)
4.5
10.5
53.1
5.9
7.2
26.6
1
1
2.9
(*)
565.1
4.8
3
4
.4
3.5
9.2
206.0
(2)
Furniture and fixture*;
Paper and allied products
Printing, publishing, and allied industries----Chemicals and allied products_______ __________
.5
92
65
Rhode Island
Ordnance and accessories
Food and kindred products ____________ _____
Tnharrn manufacturer
Textile mill product*;
Apparel and other finished products made
from fabrics and similar m aterials._______
Lumber and wood products except furniture
119.8
6.1
---------------------
All industries------ — ----------------
4.4
1.8
92.1
72.1
17.8
14.8
61.7
237.5
1
1
1
1
2
.3
3
7
1.2
2.1
(2)
(2)
.3
(2)
2
2
1.1
5
(2)
1.3
1
2
.1
.2
.1
2.2
.1
1.8
.6
6.4
1
(2)
2.4
2.4
17.4
3
3
1.4
8.6
.2
10.4
1.1
2.8
1.0
1.8
61.5
51.9
13.5
25.8
11
5
5
1.7
.3
.9
60.5
28.8
75.9
61.6
.8
<2)
Leather and leather products
Stone, clay, and glass products_________ ______
Primary metal industries-----------------------Fabricated metal products, except ordnance,
machinery, and transportation equipment
Machinery, except electrical. ________________
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.
.2
.2
1
.5
.9
5
4
.8
1
.4
38.8
.4
1
1
Transportation equipment
Professional, scientific, and controlling
instruments; photographic and optical
goods; watches and clocks
M iscellaneous m anufacturing industries
Nonmanufacturing______________ _____ _____
1
18
(2)
.1
2
.7
1.1
4.3
39.6
43
19.6
165.4
4
3
6
3
.5
15.0
4
13
2
10
3
(2)
.3
.1
6.7
7
10
3.5
17.8
.7
16.3
1.4
.4
2
.1
7
.7
8.2
* .4
53
1
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Mining
Contract construction _________________________
Transportation, communication, electric,
gas, and sanitary services______________ _____
Wholesale and retail trade______________________
Finance, insurance, and real estate
. _.
Services
Government 3 _________________ _______ _______
10
6
28.0
(*)
289.5
.2
6.0
136.4
24
23.9
6.0
10
1.6
8 .1
6.7
9
1 .2
21.4
.5
9.7
3
6
.3
2 .1
1.0
6.2
251.6
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Industry group
All industries-----------------------------
Number
Workers
involved
26
4.1
Stoppages
beginning in
year
Man—days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Number
59.3
192
Workers
involved
36.3
2.9
Manufacturing------- -----------------------
9
1.7
37.1
23
Food and kindred products......................... ............
1
.6
11.9
1
<2)
1
(2)
Apparel and other finished products made
2
1
Chemicals and allied products_________________
1
3
(2)
.5
3.7
.1
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products__
Fabricated metal products, except ordnance,
machinery, and transportation equipment—
Machinery, except electrical.....................................
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.
Washington
Virginia
Utah
1
.5
.5
2
1
.4
CO
20.4
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Workers
involved
163.4
58
13.0
362.0
54.4
23
4.0
71.5
.1
5
.9
24.6
12.0
.2
6
1.9
9.1
17.0
1.5
1
(2)
(2)
.3
1
(2)
.1
.3
(2)
.1
.1
2.1
1
.3
5.3
1
.3
.9
.5
(2)
1
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Number
2
2
1
1
5
4
Stoppages
beginning in
year
6.9
3
1
6.0
2
1
1.9
.9
3
.1
.2
2.0
27.5
.1
1.3
.9
.6
4.9
(2)
Professional, scientific, and controlling
instruments; photographic and optical
goods; watches and clocks
1
.1
1.1
17
2.3
22.2
169
33.4
109.0
35
9.0
290.5
1
1.4
146
11.0
11
(2)
36.6
69.3
(2)
.3
1.3
(2)
24.2
8.3
2
2
7
13
4.3
39.8
4
4
.7
<2)
6.2
8
1
.7
(2)
2 .0
.8
6
8
2.2
.6
233.0
3.7
2
2
<2)
.1
4
(2)
1.9
4.5
4.6
M iscellaneous m anufacturing industries
Nonmanufacturing............................................ Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Mining
Contract construction ............. ............ .......... ..........
Transportation, communication, electric,
gas, and sanitary services-------------------Wholesale and retail trade._________ ___________
Finance, insurance, and real estate____________
Services________________________________________
Government 3 ...................................................... ........
West Virginia
Wisconsin
All industries_____ _____ ________________
516
137.8
517.1
88
27.9
381.0
Manufacturing-____________________________
37
8.3
220.4
43
17.9
189.0
Ordnance and accessories______________________
Food and kindred products---------------------
3
.3
4.8
7
.9
27.2
.3
3.6
14.0
.4
1
.1
3.3
9.5
95.5
5
.2
.2
11.6
1
.7
.4
9.8
17.7
2
.4
20.9
1
8
<2)
1.4
20.4
4
.6
1.6
7.4
5
(2)
12.3
.2
74.5
1
1
(*)
.1
.1
.4
Tobacco m anufactures
______
Textile mill products___________________________
Apparel and other finished products made
from fabrics and similar materials_________
Lumber and wood products, except furniture—
Furniture and fixtures
Paper and allied products
Printing, publishing, and allied industries_____
Chemicals and allied products.................. ............ ..
2
2
1
1.1
.1
1
<2)
5
1.2
1
1
.1
.2
7
4
1.9
16.5
Petroleum refining and related industries
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products—
Leather and leather products
_
Stone, clay, and glass products............................
Primary metal industries__________ _______ ____
Fabricated metal products, except ordnance,
machinery, and transportation equipment—
Machinery, except electrical.—...............................
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.
3
4
3
.8
22.2
15.7
26.2
.6
.7
1.0
Transportation equipment
6
1
.2
6.2
Professional, scientific, and controlling
instruments; photographic and optical
goods; watches and clocks
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries..........—
......... ..........
—
.5
8.2
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Stoppages
beginning in
year
industry group
Nonmanufacturing
....................—
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries-----Mining---------------------------- ------Contract construction...................................
Transportation, communication, electric,
gas, and sanitary services------------Wholesale and retail trade---------------Finance, insurance, and real estate----Services_________________________________
Government 3 _______________ __________-
Number
Workers
involved
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Number
Workers
involved
Man—days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
479
129.5
296.7
45
10.0
191.9
431
26
120.1
8.0
238.2
38.0
10
3.5
97.2
9
5
.6
4.5
2.1
40.5
.4
6.1
7
9
.3
10.8
3
5
(2)
.4
.9
9.0
5
14
.4
3.7
9.8
33.7
1 No work stoppages were recorded during 1972 for the industry groups for
which no data are presented.
Stoppages affecting more than 1 industry group have been counted in each
group: Workers involved and man-days idle were allocated to the respective
groups.
2 Fewer than 100.
3 The situations reported here have, for statistical purposes, been deemed to
fall within the Bureau’s definition of a work stoppage. This decision does not
Stoppages
beginning in
year
constitute a legal determination that a work stoppage has taken place in viola
tion of any law or public policy.
1 Idleness in 1972 resulted from a stoppage that began in 1971.
5 Revised.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Dashes denote zeros.
Stoppages beginning
in year
State and metropolitan area
All States.............................-.......................
Alaska
____
Number
Workers
involved
5,010
1,713.6
27,066.4
91
29
23.5
5.2
1.4
.7
303.7
80.7
13.4
12.3
13.6
6.5
109.7
80.0
11
6
11
7
21
2.2
5
5
.7
.7
.4
113.3
34
6
301
17
16
15
103
8
21
San Bernadino-Riverside-Ontario ----
9
19
23
100
San Mateo
Vallejo-Napa
Colorado
_________
Denver
Pueblo
_______
Connecticut
______________
Bridgeport
_______
Hartford
___
Haw Havan
_______
Panbury
______________
Waterbury ......................................................
Delaware
________
Wilmington PAf —Mrf —N f
(Dataware portion)
___
District of Columbia
Washington D.n.—MH.—Va
(District of Columbia portion)
(Maryland portion)
(Virginia portion)
___
Florid*
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood _____ _____
Jacksonville
___
1ekeland—Wintorbavan
Miami
Orlando
Tampa—St Petersburg
We$t Palm Reach
___
Georgia
_
____
Atlanta
Cobmibus Qa —Ala
(Georgia portion)
Macon
54
24
18
24
5
9
5
35
19
9
72
18
14
20
5
7
28
29
26
___
____________
l ll in n i s
__________
Champaign Urbana
______
Chicago-Northwestern Indiana
Standard Consolidated area
Chicago
______
Decatur
Peoria
_______________
R ockford
r t n n t u i ll *
In d __K v
(Indiana portion)
__________________________
See footnotes at end of table.
54
1.7
1.4
30.8
.4
6.8
3.0
8.2
14.2
27.1
14.7
10.6
1.7
7.2
.1
.9
.2
13.7
5.9
2.2
21.0
2.4
1.9
2.6
.2
.5
6.7
60.4
3.5
3.5
3.5
2,149.7
55.4
17.7
37.6
620.7
1.7
53.1
30.9
268.5
159.0
649.0
237.4
381.0
30.2
112.6
.8
16.3
4.4
298.3
84.9
36.9
250.0
67.8
60.0
50.5
4.8
11.5
46.5
50.1
42.7
20
32
36.3
315.2
20
11
20.1
8.6
202.2
9
83
7.6
15.4
8
12
6
22
12
20
.8
1.2
.2
20.4
3.2
.9
2.3
81.3
12.4
50.8
7
1.0
6.6
68
30
27.5
13.9
6
6
1.2
1.2
263.2
115.6
3.6
3.6
5
.3
9.3
7.0
16
13
5
345
7
129
110
5
22
11
7
181
Springfield
Indiana
Anderson
2.6
6.6
8.6
6.2
20.1
21
Honolulu
Idaho
Bo iso
2.1
1.4
7.6
1.4
1.4
20
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove ___
Stoppages beginning
in year
State and metropolitan area
Indiana— Continued
rPort
u n WavnA
rra y n e
6
Tucson .............................................................
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
6
12
10
202.2
58.1
54.9
283.2
6.2
1.8
2.1
1.8
73.7
65.4
29.8
5.1
1,758.8
3.3
33.3
25.8
700.5
529.0
1.6
.1
162.2
.2
1.8
1.9
.4
56.0
1 .0
1.5
1.4
8.1
27.2
18.1
10.7
1,066.7
78.2
16.0
15.1
Gary-Hammond-East Chicago 2 -----Indianapolis __________________________
Lafayette-West Lafayette - ___________
Muncie ________________________________
South Bend ___________________________
Terre Haute ___________________________
Iowa ________________________________________
Cedar Rapids _________________________
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline,
III.-Iowa ................................. .................(Illinois p o r t io n ) ________________
Des Moines ___________________________
Dubuque
_ _
.......
Sioux City, lowa-Nebr_______ _____ ___
(Iowa portion) .....................................
Waterloo _______________________________
Kansas ______________________________________
Topeka ________________________________
Kentucky ___________________________________
Louisville, Ky.-lnd ____________________
(Kentucky portion) ..........................
Louisiana ....... .............................................. ..........
Baton Rouge __________________________
Lake Charles __________________________
New Orleans __________________________
Shreveport
Maine .............................................................. ........
Portland _______ _____ _____ ____________
Maryland ___________________________________
Baltimore
_
Massachusetts .........................................................
Boston
Brockton ...................................................... ..
Fall River, Mass.-R.l
(Massachusetts portion) _________
Lawrence-Haverhill, Mass.-N.H ............
(Massachusetts portion) _________
Lowell ................................................. ............
Pittsfield _________ ______ _____________
Springfield-Chicopee-Holyoke,
Mass.-Conn ________________________
(Massachusetts portion)
Worcester ______________________________
Michigan
__
Ann Arbor _____________________________
Battle Creek .................................. ...............
Detroit _ . _
Flint .................. ..............................................
Grand Rapids ........................ ................ ..
Jackson .............................................. ............
Kalamazoo ......................................................
Lansing ________________________________
Muskegon-Muskegon Heights ..................
Saginaw ________ ______________ _______
Minnesota __________________________________
Duluth-Superior, Minn.-Wis _________
(Minnesota portion) _____________
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Mississippi .. ..................... ... .................... .................
Missouri
___
^
_____
Columbia ______________________________
Kansas City, Mo.-Kans ..............................
(Missouri portion) _______________
(Kansas portion)________ ___________________
S t . Joseph __________ ___________________________________
S t . Louis, Mo.-Ill ___________ ______________
(Missouri portion) _________________________
(Illinois portion) ...................................................
Springfield
Montana ............ ......................................... ......................................... ...
Billings __________________________________________________
Great Falls ..........- ____________ _____________________
Nebraska _________________________________________________________
Omaha, Nebr.-lowa ..........................................................
(Nebraska portion)...............................................
Nevada _________________ ___________________________________________
Las Vegas ______________________________________________
Reno ............................................................................................................
Number
17
19
23
5
7
15
Workers
involved
3.0
7 .5
9.3
.3
.5
10
1.8
.8
79
13
16.5
4.6
8
7
15
8
13
13
1.0
.8
5.2
.9
.7
.7
6
.1
28
5
156
30
29
46
6.5
.3
73.6
43.4
39.7
5.6
.4
6
5
20
1.0
2.8
5
.3
10
5
65
46
155
74
7
7
7
5
5
5
.8
.3
21.0
10.8
31.4
12.0
1.7
.7
.7
.4
.4
.2
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
59.3
17L5
85.4
2.7
14.6
17.1
15.5
259.0
34.3
22.7
13.9
82.6
12.9
17.8
17.8
2.5
57.4
4.4
489.5
336.5
206.2
133.8
2.7
55.8
32.8
22.9
12.4
8.7
289.1
220.4
393.9
161.3
4.8
11.0
11.0
7.8
7.8
2.5
10
5.2
8.0
11
11
21
1.5
1.5
2.7
54.2
.4
37.6
37.6
52.9
851.3
13.2
63.6
287.1
167
6
5
75
6
13
5
6
11
5
6
53
20
18
21
18
120
5
31
24
8
5
81
57
24
7
28
6
5
14
8.2
18.8
.3
1.4
2.1
.8
1.0
.4
8.7
59.7
1.5
1.3
29.1
3.6
56.0
.7
16.9
12.0
4.9
.5
51.4
37.7
13.7
1.2
2.6
.2
.1
12
10
21
2.4
1.7
1.5
3.4
13
2 .0
6
1 .0
11.2
59.7
14.3
19.4
10.7
1.9
2 2 .6
1,749.5
25.9
18.3
959.0
83.4
746.9
10.5
150.3
118.4
31.9
3.4
626.9
499.5
127.4
8.3
37.5
4.9
4.2
43.1
21.9
19.1
149.8
91.3
5.6
Stoppages beginning
in year
State and metropolitan area
New Hampshire........................................... ..........
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
Number
Workers
involved
18
9
186
9
24
16
38
38
2.4
.9
43.3
.7
3.0
2.5
8.5
8.7
40.4
29.2
1,023.7
9.1
60.8
22.4
153.4
145.8
19
19
9
14
5
392
41
4.7
2.3
1.5
.4
159.9
15.3
12
12
1.1
1.1
53
9
5
17.3
.5
463.5
31.4
13.6
31.0
8.9
4,510.5
246 5
37.9
37.9
621.9
36.8
4.0
373
254
122.8
New Brunswick-Perth Amboy-
Binghamton, N.Y.-Pa .............................-
2.0
.6
New York-Northeastern New Jersey
New York NY SMSA *
Nassau and Suffolk Counties 6 . . .
New York City 5
Westchester County 5
Rochester
Syracuse
......................
Utica—Rome
North Carolina
_ _ ________
Charlotte
Greensboro-High PointW<nston-Sal*m
Wilmipgtnn
North Dakota
___ _____
_
F^irgn—Mnnrehead, N D —Minn
(North Dakota portion) . _
Ohio 3
........
___
____
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati Ohio—Ky —Ind.
(Ohio portion)
Cleveland
Cnlumhus
Dayton ________________________________
Hamilton-Middletown
Lima
Lorain-Elyria _________________________
Mansfield ______________________________
Springfield ___________________________
Steubenville-Weirton, Ohio-W. Va
(Ohio portion) -------------------(West Virginia portion)
Toledo, Ohio-Mieh . _
(Ohio portion)
_ _
You ngstown-Wa rren
Oklahoma
____ ____
Oklahoma City
- ................... Tulsa
Oregon
Portland Oreg.-Wash
(Oregon portion)
Salem
Pennsylvania
_ _
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton,
Pa.-N.J .......................................................
68
148
13
25
24
16
13
50
9
9
5
11
7
6
521
33
23
42
36
62
44
39
97.9
10.7
77.5
3,707.9
2,884.4
244.6
2,501.5
2.1
10.8
7.5
10.7
4.6
127.5
135.5
222.3
42.0
78.8
3.7
1.1
15.0
.7
2.3
.3
.5
.2
.1
10
162.5
6.9
5.5
7.8
7.5
16.6
20.9
21.9
.9
.9
3.0
7
8.1
6
11
.4
1.4
6
1.2
.2
2.6
8
9
5
20
18.0
9.7
12.4
7.4
7.2
2,465.1
68.1
104.5
586.9
582.4
272.5
137.0
259.0
57.4
11.7
37.0
30.0
11.2
24.2
18.0
6.1
46
29
28
5
616
171.7
38.6
28.6
106.0
57.9
14.7
17.3
186.1
98.9
94.7
4.9
2,691.1
33
5.9
80.7
18
42
35
8
12
2.4
12.7
3.2
.7
1.3
8.8
2.7
2.7
.8
1
Includes data for each metropolitan area in which 5 stoppages or more
began in 1972.
Some metropolitan areas include the counties in more than 1 State, and
hence, an area may equal or exceed the total for the State in which the major
city is located. Stoppages in the mining and logging industries are excluded.
Intermetropolitan area stoppages are counted separately in each area affected;
Stoppages beginning
in year
State and metropolitan area
Pennsylvania— Continued
(Pennsylvania portion) ___________
(New Jersey portion) _____________
Altoona ________________________________
Erie _ _________________________________
Harrisburg ____________________________
Johnstown __ _________________________
Philadelphia, Pa.-N. J _______________
(Pennsylvania portion) ----------(New Jersey portion) _____________
Pittsburgh _____________________________
Reading
. . ............ ..
Scranton _______________________________
Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton _______________
York .................................................................
Rhode Island _______________________________
Providence-Pawtucket, R.I.-Mass ____
(Rhode Island portion) ___________
South Carolina _____________________________
Charleston ____________________________
South Dakota _______________________________
Sioux Falls ..................................................Tennessee _ _____________________________
Chattanooga, Tenn.— Ga ______________
(Tennessee portion) ...........................
Knoxville ______________________________
Memphis, Tenn.—Ark _________________
(Tennessee portion) ______________
Nashville ______________________________
Texas
- _________________________
Austin
__________________
Beaumont—Port Arthur
Corpus Christi
Dallas ......... ............................. ............ ..........
FI Paso
_______________
____________
Fort Worth
..........
Houston
f?an Antnnin
Utah
_____
Prnvo-Drem
_ __
Salt Lake City ________________________
Vermont
...... Virginia _ __________________________________
Norfolk—Portsmouth
Richmond
Roanoke
Washington
Richland—Kennewich
Seattle—Fverett
Spokane
Tacoma
West Virginia
Charleston _____________________________
Huntington-Ashland, W. Va.- Ky.-Ohio_
(West Virginia portion)
(Kentucky portion)
W h e e lin g
W
Va - C h i n
(West Virginia portion)
Parkersburg—Marietta
Wisconsin
Appleton-Oshkosh
Creen Ray
Madison
Milwaukee
Racine
Wyoming ...
......
Number
Workers
involved
28
5
5.1
8
1.5
1.4
6.4
13
18
.8
10
2.1
177
147
30
166
17
16
29
15
35
34
31
19
66.3
60.3
8
12
6.0
30.1
4.7
1.6
2.2
4.8
6.9
6.2
6.1
3.5
.5
1.7
5
.2
111
20
20
40.6
3.3
3.3
4.0
18.7
18.7
3.1
50.0
14
25
25
20
99
5
11
6
.2
4.3
5.2
15
1.6
12
5.9
4.0
7
31
7
26
5
18
9
192
10
8
6
58
6
23
6
9
516
14
24
17
6
9
5
5
88
5
5
16
36
5
7
22.6
.9
4.1
.6
2.6
2.2
36.3
.7
1.1
.2
13.0
.7
5.1
.2
.2
137.8
1.4
2.8
1.3
1.3
1.0
.6
.3
27.9
.5
.3
.9
9.1
2.1
1.2
Man-days
idle during
year (all
stoppages)
77.3
3.4
30.3
15.0
52.5
28.0
1,117.5
1,030.8
86.7
742.5
99.6
45.4
44.4
72.7
84.3
85.6
79.9
38.7
1.3
51.9
8.5
494.6
54.1
54.1
55.9
169.1
169.1
40.7
1,378.1
5.6
74.8
88.5
45.7
593.6
14.1
345.1
21.3
59.3
1.1
50.5
226.2
163.4
20.4
14.2
2.9
362.0
18.2
265.4
7.9
15.2
517.1
48.4
43.2
34.9
7.5
23.6
18.4
21.7
381.0
7.9
27.9
23.8
156.4
23.9
7.1
the workers involved and man-days idle were allocated to the respective areas.
2 Included in the Chicago, III.—Northern Indiana Standard Consolidated Area.
3 Revised.
* Included in the New York-Northeastern New Jersey Standard Consolidated
Area.
5 Included in the New York SMSA.
Number of stoppages
4-6
days
7-14
days
15-29
days
30-59
days
60-89
days
Total
day
2-3
days
All industries___________________________
2 5,065
789
836
645
892
682
640
268
313
Manufacturing..___________________________
2 2,099
130
241
241
399
370
365
152
201
5
205
3
48
1
2
10
1
23
28
42
34
37
1
10
1
21
1
3
9
1
3
Industry group
Ordnance and accessories
1
........
Food and kindred products---------------------Tobacco manufactures_________________________
Textile mill products_____ _____ ______ __________
Apparel, etc.3 ................................... —............ ........
Lumber and wood products, except furniture—.
Furniture and fixtures
Paper and allied products..........................................
67
78
76
72
7
5
2
8
3
9
5
5
63
6
4
91
13
146
182
289
7
Stone, clay, and glass products________________
Primary metal industries_______________________
Fabricated metal products * __________________
Machinery, except electrical________ ___________
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.
Transportation equipment — ..................................
285
160
140
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products—.
Leather and leather products
Nonmanufacturing................................................
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
.. .
_
Mining_____________________________________ ___
Contract construction..............................................
Transportation, communication, electric,
gas, and sanitary services____________________
Wholesale and retail trade________ ______ ______
Fin ance, insurance, and real estate
Services
__ _
Government 8 _________________________________
6
4
16
3
17
13
6
14
5
20
22
8
8
5
6
1
7
2
16
7
19
4
23
5
26
26
56
6
7
5
18
12
6
8
18
11
7
3
3
22
15
15
2
4
7
18
7
22
8
10
18
17
2
15
1
10
1
24
30
56
57
17
19
8
20
18
28
12
23
32
23
33
29
16
2
1
25
4
48
16
28
4
31
7
49
20
3
30
31
59
19
29
30
5
1
8
8
14
18
24
21
21
35
5
28
11
3
10
11
1
1
5
45
1
7
3
8
10
6
10
2 2,966
659
595
404
493
312
275
116
112
11
2
1
2
999
705
447
69
306
105
3
142
126
75
175
3
13
106
7
85
4
22
5
17
262
396
40
16
28
32
31
46
65
42
89
42
76
23
39
22
2
22
1
6
2
6
45
79
27
30
30
29
21
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries_______
9
2
101
10
Printing, publishing, and allied industries..........
Chemicals and allied products------------------
1
90 days
and over
196
376
61
27
97
20
2
6
74
22
6
22
48
3
17
Workers involved (in thousands)
All industries-...................... ...........................
1,763.6
198.5
271.5
223.2
308.3
290.9
232.1
90.4
148.7
Manufacturing______________________________
669.7
39.0
116.7
90.2
103.5
92.0
123.8
39.3
65.2
1.6
2.2
C)
1.0
13.8
8.8
8.9
21.3
.2
1.1
.7
7.5
2.1
1.9
5.6
5.7
CO
.5
CO
.1
1.5
.3
1.6
1.2
1.1
1.2
1.4
4.6
4.3
4.5
3.5
2.5
1.9
.3
2.7
.3
.7
.6
.2
2.8
.8
2^9
CO
1.0
2.4
.9
3.9
.4
1.9
.7
1.0
1.8
2 .8
.2
4.0
1.7
4.7
Ordnance and accessories .....
__ _
Food and kindred products...................... —............
Tobacco manufactures_________________________
Textile mill products_____________________ _____
7.6
66.9
.1
13.8
Apparel, etc.3 ______ _________________________
Lumber and wood products, except furniture—
Furniture and fixtures__________________________
Paper and allied products__________ ___________
8.9
14.4
13.8
13.9
2.4
Printing, publishing, and allied industries_____
Chemicals and allied products_________________
Petroleum refining and related industries............
13.2
20.6
1.3
.4
CO
3.2
2.7
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products—
Leather and leather products.................... ..............
Stone, clay, and glass products________________
Primary metal industries.......................... .................
Fabricated metal products * ______
22.9
2.7
24.5
64.0
52.9
.9
6.2
Machinery, except electrical_______ _____ ______
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.
Transportation equipment.........................................
Instrum ents,
e tc.5
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries_______
4.3
1.2
.2
1.0
2.0
1.3
4.1
1.3
4.5
8.9
6.9
91.0
97,2
126.5
4.3
1.5
18.2
2.3
6.1
.3
.7
1.6
.2
2.7
.3
5.6
8.6
.8
8.8
1.9
10.9
5.7
10.1
17.2
27.7
17.5
12.8
22.1
.1
1.1
.1
9.7
16.1
11.3
1.4
1.3
7.6
.5
.8
3.6
2.2
(7)
4.1
4.3
7.6
6.8
4.2
20.6
.6
.6
.9
CO
4.4
12.2
8.9
18.1
3.9
48.5
7
1.9
.2
2
5.2
CO
1.3
.3
1.0
2.3
5.1
5.0
12.2
6.6
1.0
10.8
1 j
18.4
4.0
7.9
CO
.2
4.7
3
Workers involved (in thousands)
Mining------------------------- ----- ----------Contract construction-------------------------Transportation, communication, electric,
Services
-.......... -
- - - -
7-14
days
15-29
days
30-59
days
60-89
days
90 days
and over
108.3
51.1
83.5
.2
.4
17.3
day
1,093.9
159.4
154.8
133.1
204.8
198.9
4.4
267.2
433.3
C7)
78.6
16.3
.2
.2
1.8
2.1
81.3
40.0
41.2
45.5
54.7
77.0
121.0
3.2
78.0
38.1
166 5
54 8
38.3
7.0
2.5
19.8
3.9
15.0
16.6
11.4
12.7
9.1
8.7
7.3
1.5
.8
1.3
9.7
29.1
6.2
.1
1.8
1.9
36.4
7.5
2 .0
Industry group
Nonmanufacturing.................. — .......................
4-6
days
Total
2-3
days
1
2.4
29.9
135.3
2.8
C7)
5.8
17.5
C7)
3.0
20.8
C7)
.5
21.9
7.6
58.5
6.1
.1
1.0
Man-days idle during year (in thousands)
All industries.—.................. ...........................
31,575.4
198.5
542.3
722.1
1,852.9
3,573.9
5,709.0
3,479.3
15,497.2
Manufacturing......................................................
13,098.0
39.0
249.1
295.1
646.6
1,314.0
2,613.1
1,720.0
6 , 221.0
208.2
172.1
11.1
Food and kindred products_____________________
244.4
1,135.0
7.2
107.7
17.4
541.3
5.5
9.5
2.2
27.8
28.0
56.9
7.7
251.8
1.0
1.6
35.3
14.6
33.1
12.3
.3
113.9
205.3
205.0
310.8
2.4
3.2
6.1
7 l
1.2
.2
1.0
.6
4.8
2.9
4.5
3.7
4.1
11.3
30.6
33.6
27.8
49.2
37.1
28.1
9.3
72.7
83.8
93.9
15.8
26.7
41.8
3.9
149.2
Printing, publishing, and allied industries_____
Chemicals and allied products_________________
Petroleum refining and related industries______
260.9
776.5
1.3
.4
C7)
8.0
6.6
9.4
.9
4.7
19.5
4.0
28.3
27.9
75.0
21.0
50.1
230.7
138.1
406.0
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products...
Leather and leather products__________________
251.3
24.4
451.1
1,833.9
1,178.8
.9
13.9
2.7
6.1
19.1
15.4
6.8
50.6
5.2
13.5
72.2
62.8
36.0
25.3
.4
57.4
66.8
101.9
121.9
386.8
260.2
10.7
14.1
43.8
230J
240.3
107.0
.6
109.5
1,021.9
475.2
99.4
60.8
328.8
8.5
8.5
610.3
115.8
244.7
22.2
58^8
335.7
59.1
286.6
57.1
2.6
1,723.2
520.5
782.2
27.3
27^6
Tobacco m anufactures
Textile mi|| products _
Apparel
etc 3
Lumber and wood products, except furniture...
Furniture and fixtures _ _
Paper and allied products
_ _
Stone, clay, and g lass products
Primary metal industries.............___.......................
Fabricated metal products 4 ..................................
86.2
(7)
.7
1.6
4.1
1.5
18.2
2.3
_ _______
Instruments, etc.5 ______
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries..............
2,910.8
958.8
1,795.6
124.0
112.4
Machinery, except electrical..............___.................
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.
Transportation equipment
58.9
1.6
1.3
17.2
34.3
18.9
42.9
54.9
23.4
.3
34.2
58.6
41.1
.3
2.2
2.3
63.6
71.0
86.5
8.2
10.1
.4
84.4
7.2
58.8
19.7
Nonmanufacturing...............................................
18,477.4
159.4
293.2
427.0
1,206.3
2,259.9
3,095.9
1,759.3
9,276.2
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries_____________
Mining —.................. .............. ............................. ..........
Contract construction ...............................................
Transportation, communication, electric,
59.4
738.4
6,626.3
C7)
78.6
16.3
.5
136.6
87.7
1.0
109.9
145.0
17.6
199.8
503.5
40.2
68.0
1,190.7
93.7
2,285.2
11.5
1,164.9
40.0
1,233.0
gas, and sanitary services_________________________
Wholesale and retail trade______________________
7,989.0
1,474.9
38.3
2.8
15.5
6.7
76.6
12.5
100.7
102.3
139.6
183.9
236.4
248.6
341.4
70.6
7,040.3
847.6
Finance, insurance, and real estate...................
Services________________________________________
Government 6 _________________________________
48.2
428.0
1,113.3
C7)
5.8
17.5
C7)
6.6
39.6
.3
1.4
80.4
7.0
77.7
197.7
27.5
91.6
518.2
3.3
49.1
179.5
90.6
80.3
1 The totals in this table differ from those in preceding tables as these relate
to stoppages ending during the year, and thus may include idleness occurring
in prior years.
2 Stoppages extending into 2 or more industries or industry groups have been
counted in each industry or industry group; workers involved and man-days idle
were allocated to the respective industries.
3 Includes other finished products made from fabrics and similar materials.
4 Excludes ordnance, machinery, and transportation equipment.
6 Includes professional, scientific, and controlling instruments; photographic
and optical goods; watches and clocks.
10.1
105.2
6 The situations reporter here have, for statistical purposes, been deemed to
fall within the Bureau's definition of a work stoppage. This does not constitute
a legal determination that a work stoppage has taken place in violation of any
law or public policy.
7 Fewer than 100.
NQTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Dashes denote zeros.
Number of stoppages
Total
1
day
2-3
days
4-6
days
7-14
days
15-29
days
30-59
days
60-89
days
90 days
and over
All stoppages..................................................
5,065
789
836
645
892
682
640
268
313
General wage changes_________________________
Supplementary benefits...................... —.................
Wage adjustments................................... -.................
Hours of work_________________________________
Other contractual matters...................... .............. ..
Union organization and security...........................
Job security...................................................................
Plant administration ................................................
Other working conditions .......................................
Interunion or intraunion matters.........................
Not reported .................................................................
2,087
87
248
6
96
498
233
1,170
215
394
31
71
5
62
166
12
70
2
8
40
50
328
59
96
5
199
3
40
454
19
35
2
19
80
38
127
26
85
420
28
20
1
21
81
16
49
13
27
6
425
11
15
160
8
4
9
89
25
41
6
54
15
10
5
3
3
192
1
2
1
10
70
12
18
3
1
3
Major issue
8
34
49
392
76
91
1
15
50
28
205
29
73
3
7
4
18
3
Workers involved (in thousands)
All stoppages..................................................
1,763.6
198.5
271.5
223.2
308.3
290.9
232.1
90.4
148.7
General wage changes.................... ...........................
Supplementary benefits............................................
Wage adjustments
................................................
700.6
38.7
62.8
.5
62.5
103.5
100.2
542.7
61.1
88.1
2.9
13.2
6.4
15.2
56.6
2.3
19.3
.2
3.1
3.5
14.0
129.7
15.5
27.1
.2
69.0
.6
12.6
124.1
6.7
8.6
.2
4.9
14.1
51.1
63.0
9.3
24.2
1.9
148.0
14.5
3.9
.1
6.2
21.2
2.1
91.5
1.9
1.4
.1
137.9
7.8
2.5
63.7
.4
.6
87.9
(1
2)
1.9
7.4
11.4
62.2
.4
.9
19.1
2.6
1.8
.4
.8
Hours of work
Other contractual matters............................ ..........
Union organization and security ..........................
Job security...................................................................
Plant administration ........... ....................................
Other working conditions .......................................
Interunion or intraunion matters........................
Not reported.................................................................
4.3
4.9
8.4
106.0
22.6
17.4
(2)
3.9
20.5
7.6
82.1
10.5
16.3
(2)
.7
(2)
.1
.1
(2)
37.4
12.7
2.9
6.5
.4
.2
.3
Man-days idle during year (in thousands)
All stoppages..................................................
31,575.4
198.5
542.3
722.1
1,852.9
3,573.9
5,709.0
3,429.3
15,497.2
General wage changes...................... .............. ..........
Supplementary benefits.............................-............
Wage adjustments .................................—................
Hours of work_________________________________
Other contractual matters_______ ______ ______
Union organization and security...........................
Job security .......................................................... ........
Plant administration __________ ______________
Other working conditions.......................................
Interunion or intraunion matters_____________
Not reported.................................................................
17,521.5
559.2
311.3
4.6
5,898.9
2,200.9
1,095.6
3,433.4
226.1
280.2
43.7
13.2
6.4
15.2
115.6
5.6
40.5
.3
6.2
8.0
29.0
256.7
29.3
50.6
.5
224.4
1.4
36.0
861.7
53.7
51.9
13
35.9
99.0
294.8
316.5
48.8
79.9
9.4
1,990.0
216.2
39.9
2.0
69.7
283.6
33.4
897.6
23.3
16.4
1.7
4,014.9
243.9
80.8
2,605.5
19.4
25.2
53.6
202.8
329.9
751.5
10.3
20.0
1.3
46.4
487.8
141.9
90.0
20.6
36.2
6.4
7,696.2
12.8
21.5
.9
5,669.6
1,049.5
232.8
740.7
35.0
14.0
24.1
4.3
4.9
8.4
106.0
22.6
17.4
(2)
1 Totals in this table differ from those in preceding tables because these
stoppages ended during 1972, and thus include idleness occurring in prior
years.
2 Fewer than 100.
13.2
65.3
25.4
274.4
36.1
45.7
.3
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals,
Dashes denote zeros.
Workers involved
Stoppages
Man-days idle
Percent
Number
(in
thousands)
Percent
Number
Percent
Number
(in
thousands)
5,065
100.0
1,763.6
100.0
31,575.4
100.0
1 day------------------------------------------------------ 2 to 3 days ----------------------------------------------------4 to 6 days ----------------------------------------------------7 to 14 days ------------------------------------------15 to 29 days ___ -------------- -- --------- ---------30 to 59 d ays----------------------------- -----------------60 to 89 days -------- ------ --- — -- - —- ---90 days and over...............................------ -----------------------
789
836
645
892
682
640
268
313
15.6
16.5
12.7
17.6
13.5
12.6
5.3
6.2
198.5
271.5
223.2
308.3
290.9
232.1
90.4
148.7
11.3
15.4
12.6
17.5
16.5
13.2
5.1
8.4
198.5
542.3
722.1
1,852.9
3,573.9
5,709.0
3,479.3
15,497.2
.6
1.7
2.3
5.9
11.3
18.1
11.0
49.1
Negotiation of first agreement or union recognition---------1 d ay-----------------------------------------------------2 to 3 days ------ -------------------------------------4 to 6 days ______________________________________________
7 to 14 days ______ ____________________________________
15 to 29 days--------------------------- ----------------30 to 59 d ays.................... ............ ................................. ...............
60 to 89 days ___________________________________________
90 days and over................ .............................................. ............
654
32
52
62
111
103
132
63
99
12.9
.6
1.0
1.2
2.2
2.0
2.6
1.2
2.0
64.8
3.5
7.0
6.2
11.6
8.6
10.4
3.4
14.2
3.7
.2
.4
.4
.7
.5
.6
.2
.8
1,897.1
3.5
13.4
20.3
81.3
108.1
284.6
165.0
1,221.0
6.0
(*)
(*)
.1
.3
.3
.9
.5
3.9
Renegotiation of agreement (expiration or reopening)------1 d ay---- ------------------------------------------------2 to 3 days------------------- ---------------------------4 to 6 days-------------------------------- --------------7 to 14 days-------------------- ------------ -----------15 to 29 days___________________________________________
30 to 59 d ays_________________________ __________________
60 to 89 days___________________________________ _______
90 days and over______________ _____ ______ _______ _____
2,244
67
174
219
490
466
454
179
195
44.3
1.3
3.4
4.3
9.7
9.2
9.0
3.5
3.8
994.8
24.3
74.3
84.9
172.5
254.3
167.7
83.6
133.1
56.4
1.4
4.2
4.8
9.8
14.4
9.5
4.7
7.5
27,097.8
24.3
157.2
322.8
1,175.4
3,094.6
4,999.3
3,167.2
14,157.1
85.8
.1
.5
1.0
3.7
9.8
15.8
10.0
44.8
During term of agreement (negotiation of new agreement
not involved) _________ ________ __ ______________________
1 day ......................................... ............ ............................. ..............
2 to 3 days___________________________________________
4 to 6 days ___________________ _____ _______ __________
7 to 14 days.................... ........................... ...................................
15 to 29 days__________________________ _______ ________
30 to 59 days .............................. ................................... .............
60 to 89 days_________________ _________________________
90 days and over _
.......
2,001
659
576
339
262
88
46
17
14
39.5
13.0
11.4
6.7
5.2
1.7
.9
.3
.3
683.8
169.4
187.8
127.8
118.2
24.3
53.6
1.6
1.0
38.8
9.6
10.6
7.2
6.7
1.4
3.0
.1
.1
2,358.4
169.4
366.5
364.9
562.2
313.3
418.1
71.8
92.1
7.5
.5
1.2
1.2
1.8
1.0
1.3
.2
.3
No contract or other contract status__________________________
1 d ay _______ _____________ ______________ _____ ___________
2 to 3 days_________________________ _____ ______________
4 to 6 days................................................................................. ..
7 to 14 days______ ____ _____ ____________________________
15 to 29 days________________ _____ _____________________
30 to 59 d ays________________ ___________________________
60 to 89 days_______ ___________ ______________ _________
90 days and over______________ ______ ______ ____
131
30
31
18
23
18
5
4
2
2.6
.6
.6
.4
.5
.4
.1
.1
<2)
16.5
1.3
2.3
3.0
4.4
3.5
.3
1.6
(3)
.9
.1
.1
.2
.2
.2
(2)
.1
(2)
173.4
1.3
5.1
11.1
25.9
55.7
5.2
67.0
2.0
.5
<3)
<2)
(2)
.1
.2
(2)
.2
(2)
No information on contract status________________
1 d ay.............................................. ........................
2 to 3 days.........................................................................
4 to 6 days_____ _____ ___________ _________
7 to 14 days ____________________________________________
15 to 29 days___________________________________________
30 to 59 d ays_________ ________________________________
60 to 89 days_______________________ _____ _
90 days and over______________ ______ ____
35
1
3
7
6
7
3
5
3
.7
(2)
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
3.7
(3)
(3)
1.3
1.5
.1
(3)
.2
.3
.2
(2)
(2)
.1
.1
(2)
(2)
<2)
(2)
48.9
(3)
.2
3.1
8.2
2.2
1.8
8.4
25.0
.2
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
.1
Duration and contract status
All stoppages-------
----
1 See footnote 1, table A—26.
3 Less than 0.05 percent.
3 Fewer than 100.
-------------------------
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Stoppages
Workers involved
Mediation agency and contract status
Man-days idle
Number
Percent
Number
(in
thousands)
5,065
100.0
1,763.6
100.0
31,575.4
100.0
Government mediation 2 _____ — ..................................................
Federal mediation ______________________________ — —
State mediation .................. ...........................................................
Federal and State mediation combined----------- -----Other mediation_______________ _________-.............................
Private mediation _____________________ _______________________
No mediation reported----------------------------------------No information------------------------- ------------ -----------
1,868
1,374
299
97
98
116
3,058
23
36.9
27.1
5.9
1.9
1.9
2.3
60.4
.5
820.8
649.9
90.6
48.5
31.8
28.1
912.3
2.4
46.5
36.8
5.1
2.8
1.8
1.6
51.7
.1
20,342.9
17,589.0
1,172.9
1,397.3
183.7
313.7
10,837.9
80.9
64.4
55.7
3.7
4.4
.6
1.0
34.3
.3
Negotiation of first agreement-.................... .....................................
Government mediation.............................—----------------Federal mediation.................................................................
State mediation ______________________ _____________
Federal and State mediation combined-----------Other mediation —_____ ____________________________
Private mediation________________________________ _____
No mediation reported__________________________________
No information______ _________________________ _______
654
246
166
46
10
24
32
372
4
12.9
4.9
3.3
.9
.2
.5
.6
7.3
.1
64.8
32.3
23.6
3.1
1.0
4.5
2.6
29.7
.3
3.7
1.8
1.3
.2
.1
.2
.1
1.7
(3)
1,897.1
1,322.0
1,118.7
121.7
37.7
43.9
32.8
510.5
31.8
6.0
4.2
3.5
.4
.1
.1
.1
1.6
.1
Renegotiation of agreement (expiration or reopening)................
Government mediation _____________________ __________
Federal mediation.................................................................
State mediation _____ _____ _____________________ _
Federal and State mediation combined ............. ........
Other mediation_______ ______________________ _
Private mediation............................................................. ..........
No mediation reported_______ ________________________
No information________________________________ _______
2,244
1,508
1,157
228
85
38
40
684
12
44.3
29.8
22.8
4.5
1.7
.7
.8
13.5
.2
994.8
734.7
598.2
72.6
46.9
17.0
10.1
249.5
.5
56.4
41.7
33.9
4.1
2.7
.9
.6
14.1
(3)
27,097.8
18,582.0
16,146.9
986.3
1,357.0
91.7
90.3
8,385.9
39.6
85.8
58.8
51.1
3.1
4.3
.2
.3
26.6
.1
During term of agreement (negotiation of new agreement
not involved).........................................................................................
Government mediation .................................................................
Federal mediation.................................................................
State mediation ___________________________ _____ —
Federal and State mediation combined____________
Other mediation.............. ...............................................
Private mediation________________________________ _____
No mediation reported —................ -______________________
No information___________________________ _______ ______
2,001
82
44
17
2
19
37
1,882
39.5
1.6
.9
.3
(3)
.4
.7
37.2
683.8
50.6
26.6
14.5
.6
8.9
13.6
619.6
38.8
2.9
1.5
.8
(3)
.5
.8
35.1
2,358.4
422.3
313.1
63.6
2.6
43.1
133.5
1,802.6
7.5
1.3
1.0
.2
(3)
.1
.4
5.7
No contract or other contract status_____________________ ___
Government mediation _____________________ ___________
Federal mediation.................................................. ..............
State mediation ........................ .........................................
Federal and State mediation combined ............... ..
Other mediation _______ ________ __________ _
Private mediation________________________________ _____
No mediation reported.................................................................
No information_____ ______________________ _____ ______
131
26
2
7
2.6
.5
(3)
.1
16.5
2.0
.2
.4
.9
.1
(3)
(3)
173.4
10.0
3.6
1.3
.5
(3)
(3)
(*)
17
6
99
.3
.1
2.0
1.4
1.9
12.7
.1
.1
.7
5.1
57.1
106.3
(3)
.2
.3
No information on contract status______ ____________ _______
Government mediation ___________________________ _____ Federal mediation.............................—
_____ _____
State mediation ...................................................................
Federal and State mediation combined.................... ..
Other mediation
Private mediation............................................................................
No mediation reported_______ ___________-____________
No information________________________________ _______
35
6
5
1
.7
.1
.1
(3)
3.7
1.2
1.2
(4)
.2
.1
.1
(3)
48.9
6.6
6.6
(4)
.2
(3)
(3)
(3)
1
21
7
(3)
.4
.1
(4)
(3)
(3)
.1
.1
32.6
9.5
(3)
All stoppages-..........................................—
.........................
1 Sea footnote 1, table A-26.
* Includes stoppages involving workers in which private mediation also was
employed.
* Less than 0.05 percent.
.9
1.5
Percent
Number
(in
thousands)
Percent
1
<*>
4 Fewer than 100.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Dashes denote zeros.
Stoppages
Workers involved
Man-days idle
Number
Percent
Number
(in
thousands)
All stoppages.................................................. ............ ...................
5,065
100.0
1,763.6
100.0
31,575.4
100.0
Formal settlement reached, all issues resolved,
procedure for handling unresolved issues________ __________
No formal settlement, short protest or sympathy strike..
Strike broken ...........................—................................................ ..
Work resumed under court injunction.....................................
Employer out of business.................. ..........................................
No information ________________ ______________ ___________
3,959
583
318
155
47
3
78.1
11.5
6.3
3.1
.9
.1
1,441.0
176.5
34.7
106.9
4.5
.1
81.7
10.0
2.0
6.1
.3
(1
2)
29,818.4
316.6
792.4
358.8
285.7
3.6
94.4
1.0
2.5
1.0
.9
(2)
Negotiation of first agreement or union recognition....................
Formal settlement reached, all issues resolved,
procedure for handling unresolved issues
No formal settlement, short protest or sympathy strike..
Strike broken ........................................................ .........................
Work resumed under court injunction..... ............
Employer out of business.............................................................
No information
_
654
12.9
64.8
3.7
1,897.1
6.0
464
15
150
14
10
1
9.2
.3
3.0
.3
.2
(2)
51.3
.6
8.2
3.9
.8
(3)
2.9
(2)
.5
.2
(2)
(2)
1,461.1
8.1
326.3
25.9
75.2
.4
46
(2)
1.0
.1
.2
(*)
2,244
44.3
994.8
56.4
27,097.8
85.8
2,107
14
72
25
24
2
41.6
.3
1.4
.5
.5
(2)
956.6
8.8
7.9
18.6
2.7
.1
54.3
.5
.4
1.0
.2
(2)
26,467.1
39.3
352.6
58.4
177.2
3.2
83.8
.1
1.1
.2
.6
(2)
Contract status and settlement
Renegotiation of agreement (expiration or reopening)--------Formal settlement reached, all issues resolved,
procedure for handling unresolved issues
.....
No formal settlement, short protest or sympathy strike..
Strike broken ________________________ __________________
Work resumed under court injunction.....................................
Employer out of business.............................................................
No information................................ - ............................................
During term of agreement (negotiation of new agreement
not involved) ........................................................................................
Formal settlement reached, all issues resolved,
procedure for handling unresolved issues......................
No formal settlement, short protest or sympathy strike..
Strike broken .................................................................................
Work resumed under court injunction------------ -------Employer out of business.............................................................
No information
___________________________ _
No contract or other contract status---------------------- ---Formal settlement reached, all issues resolved,
procedure for handling unresolved issues------ ----No formal settlement, short protest or sympathy strike..
Strike broken ..................................................................................
Work resumed under court injunction....................................
Employer out of business................................-.............. ..........
No information________ ___________ _____ ____ ___ ________
No information on contract status-------------- ----- --------Formal settlement reached, all issues resolved,
procedure for handling unresolved issues......................
No formal settlement short protest or sympathy strike
Strike broken .............................—.............................................. Ufnrk
rA c iim p d
Percent
Number
(in
thousands)
Percent
2,001
39.5
683.8
38.8
2,358.4
7.5
1,260
547
72
115
7
24.9
10.8
1.4
2.3
.1
417.3
166.3
15.4
84.4
.4
23.6
9.4
.9
4.8
(2)
1,723.1
267.9
80.7
274.5
12.2
5.5
.8
.3
.9
(2)
131
2.6
16.5
.9
173.4
.5
99
7
22
1
2
2.0
.1
.4
(2)
(2)
12.4
.8
3.1
(■)
.2
.7
(2)
.2
(2)
(2)
142.1
1.3
29.1
(3)
.9
.4
(2)
.1
(2)
(2)
35
.7
3.7
.2
48.9
.2
29
.5
3.3
.2
25.0
.1
2
(2)
(3)
(2)
3.6
(2)
2 0 .2
(2)
tinH<»r court injunction
Employer out of business--------------------------------Na i n f n r m a t in n
1 See footnote 1, table A-26.
2 Less than 0.05 percent.
3 Fewer than 100.
4
.1
.3
.1
______
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Dashes denote zeros.
Se ttle m e n t
Form al settle m en t
reached
No fo rm al settle m e n t
reached
Major issue
A ll
issu es
resolved
Procedure
fo r han d lin g
unresolved
issu e s
Sh o rt
protest or
sym pathy
s trik e
S t rik e
broken
W ork
resum ed
under
cou rt
in ju n ctio n
Em p loyer
out
of
b u sin e ss
Num ber o f work stoppages
All stoppages..........................................................
General wage changes ............................ ......................
Supplemental benefits, no general wage increase
Wage adjustments ----------- -------------------Hours of work ............................ .......... ...........................
Other contractual matters....... ........................... —
Union organization and security_________________
Job security _____________________________________
Plant administration ____________________________
Other working conditions_______________________
Interunion or intraunion matters________________
Not reported......................................................................
N um ber of w orkers involved
All stoppages.........................................................
1,763.6
1,138.9
302.0
176.5
34.7
106.9
4.5
.1
General wage changes...................... .......... ............ —
Supplemental benefits, no general wage increase
Wage adjustments ............................ .............................
Hours of w ork----------- ------------------------Other contractual matters _______________________
Union organization and security ................................
Job security........................ ...................... ......................
Plant administration ...................... ......................... ..
Other working conditions_________ ______________
Interunion or intraunion matters ............. ................
Not reported....................................... ...............................
700.6
38.7
62.8
.5
62.5
103.5
100.2
542.7
61.1
88.1
2.9
606.4
34.1
36.2
.4
55.4
67.5
49.1
247.5
28.6
11.7
2.0
65.1
1.3
9.0
(2)
2.4
5.2
43.3
139.3
10.1
26.3
(2)
4.9
.5
13.7
6.3
2.7
.4
(2)
.9
8.0
1.4
12.0
.9
2.0
(2)
15.5
(2)
3.4
2.3
.1
(2)
.1
1.7
19.3
2.2
54.6
5.5
4.7
(2)
.5
(2)
.8
.2
(2)
.3
2.0
3.0
4.2
88.5
15.8
43.4
.4
N um ber of m a n -d a ys of id le n ess
All stoppages.
General wage changes......................................... ..........
Supplemental benefits, no general wage increase
Wage adjustments -------------------------------Hours of w ork.................. ...............................................
Other contractual matters ..........................................
Union organization and security ______ __________
Job security............................................. ........................
Plant administration .......................... ...........................
Other working conditions................................. ............
Interunion or intraunion matters________________
Not reported_________________________ _______ ____
1 See footnote 1, table A-26.
2 Less than 100.
31,575.4
26,725.7
3,092.7
316.6
792.4
358.8
285.7
3.6
17,521.5
559.2
311.3
4.6
5,898.9
2,200.9
1,095.6
3,433.4
226.1
280.2
43.7
14,758.0
523.8
244.3
3.4
5,824.0
1,734.7
834.8
2,557.5
161.0
65.3
18.8
2,225.8
5.1
29.1
.3
4.9
55.6
202.5
440.4
23.7
101.8
3.5
6.5
1.1
17.7
326.6
27.8
1.1
.9
64.9
239.2
39.5
61.6
6.7
23.8
.3
37.4
(2)
17.3
163.6
1.4
1.7
3.6
2.2
99.6
9.3
166.1
16.1
10.6
.9
32.9
4.0
60.6
2.0
39.0
5.5
147.2
17.6
78.4
1.6
—
1.0
.2
19.5
—
N O T E: B e ca u se of ro u n d in g , su m s o f in d iv id u a l item s m ay not equ al to ta ls .
D ashes denote zero s.
Number of work stoppages
Formal settlement
reached
Total
Industry group
No formal settlement
reached
All
issues
resolved
Procedure
for handling
unresolved
issues
Short
protest or
sympathy
strike
Strike
broken
Work
resumed
under
court
injunction
Employer
out
of
business
No
information
All industries................................................-...........................
2 5 ,0 6 5
3 ,1 6 3
797
583
318
155
47
3
Manufacturing.................................................... -...............-..........
2 2 ,0 9 9
1 ,689
124
90
127
39
27
3
5
149
1
39
15
1
1
8
Textile mill products________________________________________
5
205
3
48
Apparel, etc.3 ______________________________________________
Lumber and wood products, except furniture_______________
Furniture and fixtures _____- ______________________________
Paper and allied products__________________________________
67
78
76
72
47
62
69
58
2
10
4
9
4
1
1
4
1
4
4
2
4
2
2
Printing, publishing and allied industries...................
Chemicals and allied products
__ __ __
63
101
10
39
85
4
4
2
1
13
1
2
4
91
13
146
182
289
285
159
140
21
45
72
12
124
148
241
238
113
122
18
38
2 2 ,9 6 7
1,47 4
11
261
267
422
705
7
221
377
262
396
189
319
29
17
13
22
16
3
196
376
127
2 18
23
73
1
11
Petroleum refining and related industries -
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products...............................
Leather and leather products
.... _
Stone, d a y and g lass products ...
___
__
Primary metal industries ___________________________________
Fahricsted meta| products *
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical machinery, equipm ent and supplies
Transportation equipment
Instrum ents, etc.5 _. _.
_
M iscellaneous m anufacturing industries
Nonmanufacturing.
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries _
Mining
Contract construction
Transportation, communications, electric, gas, and
sanitary services................................................................... ............
Wholesale and retail trade.............................................................
Finance, insurance, and real estate_________________________
Services
Government 5
See footnotes at end of table.
999
1
9
22
1
6
9
2
1
1
2
8
1
1
6
5
3
1
8
3
1
1
1
12
15
13
16
5
7
1
4
9
13
36
2
3
673
493
22
4
20
5
17
10
3
6
2
3
6
6
5
1
1
4
3
3
1
3
1
20
191
116
3
1
43
28
52
10
1
15
43
11
4
5
9
3
3
2
2
29
28
35
_______
........................
Number of workers involved
Formal settlement
reached
Total
Industry group
All
issues
resolved
No formal settlement
reached
Short
Procedure
for handling protest or
sympathy
unresolved
issues
strike
Strike
broken
Work
resumed
under
court
injunction
Employer
out
of
business
No
information
All industries-------------- ---------- -..........- .............. -
1,763.6
1,138.9
302.0
176.5
34.7
106.9
4.5
0.1
Manufacturing................ —--------------------------- -----
669.7
478.1
122.2
32.3
12.6
20.6
3.7
0.1
7.6
66.9
.1
13.8
7.6
50.1
7.7
1.4
1.5
6.0
.2
12.1
1.0
.4
.3
Apparel, etc.3 ...................... -....................... .......................-..........—
Lumber and wood products, except furniture
Furniture and fixtures
_ __ _______________
Paper and allied products —..............-------------------------
8.9
14.4
13.8
13.9
7.1
11.7
12.4
12.9
.3
2.4
1.0
.1
.8
.3
.2
.3
.2
.2
.3
Printing publishing and allied industries
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum refining and related industries
13.2
20.6
4.3
10.8
17.0
4.2
.1
1.1
.8
.3
1.0
1.3
.4
CO
22.9
2.7
24.5
64.0
52.9
91.0
97.2
126.5
4.3
6.1
16.0
2.4
22.4
48.5
46.1
64.5
46.2
76.7
3.9
5.3
2.3
.3
1.6
7.8
1.4
15.2
31.4
47.7
.3
.5
1.6
1.8
1.1
CO
.1
.8
2.7
3.9
19.3
.1
.4
2.9
.9
1.6
.2
.7
1.0
5.4
.1
1.2
.1
.1
1,093.9
660.8
179.8
144.2
22.0
86.3
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ________________________
Mining _____________________________________________________
Contract construction — ...................... -_____ _______ ________
Transportation, communications, electric, gas, and
sanifary services
_
Wholesale and retail trade................................................................
4.4
267.2
433.3
4.0
65.9
349.9
56.9
57.0
113.3
4.6
.2
10.3
5.6
.2
20.8
16.1
166.5
54.8
96.3
50.0
20.4
1.4
10.5
.2
.3
1.4
38.7
1.7
Finance, insurance, and real estate_________________________
Services ...................................................._............................................
Government *
__
. _
2.4
29.9
135.3
2.2
19.2
73.3
CO
CO
4.2
39.9
4.3
11.3
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products...............................
Leather and leather products
Stone clay and glass products
Primary metal industries..........---------- --------------------Fabricated metal products 4
__
Machinery, except electrical
_. _
Electrical machinery, equipment and supplies ___..........—
Transportation equipment - Instruments, etc 5
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries
Nnnmanufacturing
See footnotes at end of table.
.
CO
CO
CO
CO
.2
.1
CO
.7
CO
.5
CO
CO
—
CO
CO
CO
.8
8.0
'
.9
.9
.4
CO
.8
CO
.3
.2
CO
1.4
2.7
CO
CO
.2
—
Number of man-days of idleness
Formal settlement
reached
Industry group
Total
All
issues
resolved
Procedure
for handling
unresolved
issues
No formal settlement
reached
Short
protest or
sympathy
strike
Strike
broken
Work
resumed
under
court
injunction
Employer
out
of
business
No
information
.All industries----------------------------------
31,575.4
26,725.7
3,092.7
316.6
792.4
358.8
285.7
3.6
Manufacturing------------------------------------
13,098.0
11,714.0
507.4
69.4
468.7
69.5
265.5
3.6
Ordnance and accessories------- ----- -------------Food and kindred products--------------------------Tobacco manufactures------------- ----------------Textile mill products------------------------------
244.4
1,139.0
7.2
107.7
244.4
968.3
1.6
99.6
26.8
(7)
2.9
7.7
86.1
5.5
2.7
14.2
35.9
2.0
Apparel, etc.3 ..........—------------------------------Lumber and wood products, except furniture------Furniture and fixtures ______________________________
Paper and allied products---------------------------
113.9
205.3
205.0
310.8
60.8
162.9
194.6
293.8
.9
34.6
6.4
4.8
2.1
.2
.4
.3
17.6
6.9
3.7
5.7
Printing, publishing and allied industries--------Chemicals and allied products.......................... .............
Petroleum refining and related industries..................
260.9
776.5
86.2
173.6
752.0
85.6
2.4
3.4
.3
1.4
69.6
12.4
.6
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products-------Leather and leather products----------- -----------Stone, clay and glass products---------------------Primary metal industries -------------------------Fabricated metal products * --------------- --------Machinery, except electrical -----------------------Electrical machinery, equipment and supplies —
Transportation equipment-------------- ------------Instruments, etc.5 ---- --------- ------------------Miscellaneous manufacturing industries ___________
251.3
24.4
451.1
1,833.9
1,178.8
2,910.8
958.8
1,795.6
124.0
112.4
209.0
22.4
414.4
1,669.7
1,037.3
2,688.0
832.0
1,577.9
120.3
105.9
9.3
2.0
11.0
55.4
13.0
67.5
89.0
175.1
1.7
1.1
8.4
17.5
.1
2.3
6.4
7.4
30.0
.4
25.3
23.5
28.1
113.0
4.7
39.7
2.0
3.9
18,477.4
15,011.8
2,585.3
247.2
323.7
289.3
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ---------------Mining ----------------------------------------------Contract construction ------------------------------Transportation, communications, electric, gas, and
sanitary services----------------------------------Wholesale and retail trade__________________________
59.4
738.4
6,626.3
56.9
284.6
6,132.3
130.8
318.9
177.2
35.3
2.0
31.7
91.3
.5
114.0
48.3
.2
7,989.0
1,474.9
6,282.8
1,382.4
1,599.2
7.3
11.7
.9
14.6
72.3
73.0
3.2
7.8
8.9
Finance, insurance, and real estate----------------Services ____________________________________________
Government 6 __________________________ _____ _______
48.2
428.0
1,113.3
39.1
292.0
541.7
4.7
47.4
477.0
.4
10.2
11.5
4.0
70.9
36.9
5.0
45.3
2.6
.9
Nonmanufacturing------------------------- -----
1 The totals in this table differ from those in preceding tables as these relate
to stoppages ending during the year, and thus may include idleness occurring in
prior years.
2 Stop p ag es extend in g into 2 or more in d u strie s or in d u stry groups have been
counted in each in d u stry or in d u stry group; w o rkers involved and m a n -d a ys were
a llo cated to the resp ective in d u s trie s .
3 In clu d e s other fin ish e d p roducts m ade from fa b ric s and s im ila r m a te ria ls .
4 E xclu d es ord n an ce, m a ch in e ry , and tran sp o rta tio n eq u ip m en t.
5 In clu d e s p ro fe ssio n a l, s c ie n t ific , and co n tro llin g in stru m e n ts; photographic
.4
30.7
.6
.2
6.0
1.0
4.6
13.9
2.7
5.3
.5
13.5
7.2
19.3
.1
2.6
1.8
1.4
.2
69.4
86.8
15.7
3.1
1.6
20.3
and optical goods; watches and clocks.
QThe situations reported here have, for statistical purposes, been deemed to
fall within the Bureau's definition of a work stoppage. This does not constitute
a legal determination that a work stoppage has taken place in violation of any
law or pubi c policy.
7 Fewer than 100.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Dashes denote zeros.
Stoppages
Workers involved
Man-days idle
Number
Percent
Number
(in
thousands)
Percent
Number
(in
thousands)
Percent
607
100.0
223.9
100.0
2,752.0
100.0
62
240
181
124
10.2
39.5
29.8
20.4
41.6
126.4
33.3
22.5
18.6
56.5
14.9
10.1
138.3
797.1
1,681.0
135.5
5.0
29.0
61.1
4.9
Negotiation of first agreement or union recognition.
Arbitration -------------------------------------Direct negotiations ----------------------------Referral to a government agency--------------Other means ___________________________________
37
3
12
16
6
6.1
.5
2.0
2.6
7.1
.5
2.1
3.5
1.1
3.2
.2
.9
1.6
.5
59.9
7.4
8.1
36.5
7.9
2.2
.3
.3
1.3
.3
Renegotiation of agreement (expiration or reopening).
Arbitration ---------------------------------------Direct negotiations ------------------------------Referral to a government agency________________
Other means ____________________________________
73
15
41
6
11
12.0
2.5
6.8
1.8
81.2
3.8
53.2
17.2
6.9
36.2
1.7
23.8
7.7
3.1
2,277.7
37.9
574.3
1,579.7
85.8
82.8
1.4
20.9
57.4
3.1
482
43
178
159
102
79.4
7.1
29.3
26.2
16.8
134.4
37.3
70.4
12.6
14.0
60.0
16.7
31.5
5.6
6.3
408.5
93.0
210.3
64.9
40.3
14.8
3.4
7.6
2.4
1.5
15
1
9
2.5
.2
1.5
1.3
(3)
.7
.6
(*)
.3
5.9
(3)
4.4
.2
(*)
.2
5
.8
.5
.2
1.4
.1
Procedure for handling unsettled
issues and contract status
All stoppages 2
Arbitration ----------------------Direct negotiations --------------Referral to a government agency
Other means_____________________
During term of agreement (negotiation of new agreement
not involved) --------------------------------------------Arbitration --------------------------------------------Direct negotiations -----------------------------------Referral to a government agency_____________________
Other means ------------------------------------------No contract or other contract status...
Arbitration ----------------------Direct negotiations -------------Referral to a government agency .
Other means ____________________
1.0
1.0
No information on contract status---Arbitration ______________________
Direct negotiations -------------Referral to a government agency .
3
2
Other means ____________________ 1
1 See footnote 1, table A-26.
2 Excludes stoppages on which there was no information on unsettled issues or
no agreement on a procedure for handling these issues.
3 Less than 100.
4 Less than 0.05 percent.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.
Dashes denotes zeros.
Appendix B. Scope, Definition, and Methods
Work stoppage statistics
It is the purpose of this statistical series to report
all work stoppages in the United States that involve
six workers or more and last the equivalent of a full
day or shift or longer.
Definitions
Strike or lockout. A strike is defined as a temporary
stoppage of work by a group of employees (not neces
sarily members of a union) to express a grievance or
enforce a demand. A lockout is a temporary with
holding or denial of employment during a labor dis
pute to enforce terms of employment upon a group
of employees. Because of the complexity of most
labor-management disputes, the Bureau makes no
attempt to distinguish between strikes and lockouts
in its statistics; both types are included in the term
“work stoppage” and are used interchangeably.
Workers and idleness. The figures on the number of
“workers involved” and “man-days idle” include all
workers made idle for one shift or longer in estab
lishments directly involved in a stoppage. They do
not account for secondary idleness—that is, the ef
fects of a stoppage on other establishments or in
dustries whose employees may be made idle as a
result of material or service shortages.
The total number of workers involved in strikes
in a given year may include double counting of in
dividual workers if they were involved in more than
one stoppage during that year. (Thus, in 1949,
365,000 to 400,000 coal miners struck on three
different occasions; they accounted for 1.15 million
of the year’s total of 3.03 million workers.)
In some prolonged stoppages, the total man-days
of idleness are estimated if the number of workers
idle each day is not known. Significant changes in
the number of workers idle are secured from the
parties for use in computing man-days of idleness.
The relative measures. In computing the number of
workers involved in strikes as a percent of total em
ployment and idleness as a percent of total working
time, the following employment figures have been
used:
Old series—from 1927 to 1950, all employed work
ers were included in the base, except those in occu
pations and professions in which little, if any, union
organization existed or in which stoppages rarely, if
ever, occurred. In most industries, all wage and salary
workers were included in total employment except
those in executive, managerial, or high supervisory
positions, or those performing professional work the
nature of which made union organization or group
action unlikely. This measure of employment also
excluded all self-employed persons; domestic work
ers; workers on farms employing fewer than six
persons; all Federal and State Government em
ployees; and officials, both elected and appointed,
in local government.
From 1951 to 1966, the Bureau’s estimates of
total employment in nonagricultural establishments,
exclusive of government, were used as a base. Mandays of idleness computed on the basis of nonagri
cultural employment (exclusive of government)
usually differed by less than one-tenth of a percent
age point from that obtained by the former method,
while the percentage of workers idle (compared with
total employment) differs by about 0.5 of a point.
For example, the percentage of workers idle during
1950 computed on the base used for the earlier years
was 6.9, and the percent of man-days of idleness was
0.44, compared with 6.3 and 0.40, respectively,
computed on the new base.
New series 2—beginning with 1967, two estimates
of employment have been used, one based on the
wage and salary workers in the civilian work force,
and the other on those in the private nonfarm sec
tor. The new private nonfarm series closely approxi
mates the former BLS series which, as noted,
excluded government and agricultural workers from
1 More detailed information is available in BLS Handbook
of Methods, BLS Bulletin 1711 (1972), ch. 19.
2For further information, see “ ‘Total Economy’ Measure
of Strike Idleness,” Monthly Labor Review, October 1968,
pp. 54-56.
employment totals, but accounted for time lost by
such workers while on strike. In recent years, the
old method has resulted in an increasingly distorted
measure of the severity of strikes; with the likely
growth of strike activity among the two groups, it
may distort the measure even more in the future.
The new “total economy” measure of strike idleness
now includes government and agricultural workers
in its employment count as well as in the computa
tion of idleness ratios. On the other hand, data for
the private nonfarm sector excludes agricultural and
Components and method
government workers from employment totals, and
these groups will also be removed from strike figures
in arriving at a percentage of working time lost. To
facilitate comparisons over time, the private non
farm series has been recalculated for all years begin
ning with 1950, while the figure for the total economy
has been carried back to 1939. The differences re
sulting from the use of the new method are illustrated
in table 1; the various components of each series
and the methods of computation are set forth in the
tabulation.
Private sector
Total economy
Old series
Employment ..............................
Establishment series
plus wage and
salaried farm workers.
Establishment series
less government.
Establishment series
less government.
Working time
Above employment times
working days.
Above employment times
working days.
Above employment
times working
days.
Man-days of idleness as a percent
of estimated total
working time ..............................
Total idleness
__ _____________x 100
Above working
time
“Estimated working time” is computed by multi
plying the average employment for the year by the
number of days typically worked by most employed
workers during that year. In these computations,
Saturday (when customarily not worked), Sundays,
and established holidays as provided in most union
contracts are excluded.3
Duration. Although only workdays are used in com
puting total man-days of idleness, duration is ex
pressed in calendar days, including nonworkdays.
State data. Stoppages occurring in more than one
State are listed separately in each State affected. The
workers and man-days of idleness are allocated
among each of the affected States. 4 The procedures
outlined on the preceding page also have been used
in preparing estimates of idleness by State.
Metropolitan area data. Information is tabulated
separately for the areas that currently comprise the
list of standard metropolitan statistical areas issued
by the Office of Management and Budget, formerly
Bureau of the Budget, in addition to a few com
munities historically included in the strike series
before the current list of standard metropolitan areas
Total idleness
less farm
and government
____________ .__ x 100
Above working
time
Total idleness
__ _____________ x 100
Above working
time
was compiled. The counties or other political dis
tricts include in each SMSA to which the strike
statistics apply are those established by the Office
of Management and Budget. Information is pub
lished only for those areas in which at least five
stoppages were recorded during the year.
Some metropolitan areas include counties in more
than one State, and, hence, statistics for an area
may occasionally equal or exceed the total for the
State in which the major city is located. Stoppages
in the mining and logging industries are excluded
from metropolitan area data, but are reported by
industry and State.
Unions involved. For this purpose, the union is the
organization whose contract was involved or which
has taken active leadership in the stoppage. Disputes
involving more than one union are classified as
3 For example, the total economy figures for 1968 was
computed by multiplying the average employment for the
year by the number of working days (69,430,000 x 256 =
17,774,080,000) and dividing this figure into the total num
ber of man-days of idleness.
4The same procedure is followed in allocating data on
stoppages occurring in more than one industry, industry
group, or metropolitan area.
jurisdictional or rival union disputes or as involving
cooperating unions. If unorganized workers strike,
a separate classification is used. However, the tabu
lations of “workers involved” include all who are
made idle for one shift or longer in establishments
directly involved in the dispute, including members
of other unions and nonunion workers. For publica
tion purposes, union information is presented by
major affiliation of the union, i.e., AFL-CIO, or
nonaffiliation such as “independent,” “single firm,”
or “no union.”
Sources of information
Occurrence of strikes. Information on the actual or
probable existence of work stoppages is collected
from a number of sources. Clippings on labor dis
putes are obtained from a comprehensive coverage
of daily and weekly newspapers throughout the
country. Information also is received regularly from
the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
Other sources of information include State Boards
of mediation and arbitration; research divisions of
State labor departments; local offices of State em
ployment security agencies, channeled through the
Manpower Administration of the U.S. Department
of Labor; and trade and union journals. Some em
ployer associations, companies, and unions also
furnish the Bureau with work stoppage information
on a voluntary cooperative basis, either as stoppages
occur or periodically.
Respondents to questionnaire. A questionnaire is
mailed to each of the parties reported as involved in
work stoppages to obtain information on the number
of workers involved, duration, major issues, loca
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tion, method of settlement, and other pertinent
information.
Limitations of data. Although the Bureau seeks to
obtain complete coverage, i.e., a “census” of all
strikes involving six workers or more and lasting
a full shift or more, information is undoubtedly
missing on some strikes involving small numbers
of workers. Presumably, these missing strikes do
not substantially affect the number of workers and
man-days of idleness reported.
To improve the completeness of the count of stop
pages, the Bureau has constantly sought to develop
new sources of information on the probable exis
tence of stoppages. Over the years, these sources
have probably increased the number of strikes re
corded, but have had little effect on the number of
workers or total idleness.
Beginning in mid-1950, local offices of State em
ployment security agencies would report5 monthly
on work stoppages coming to their attention. It is
estimated that this additional source increased the
number of strikes reported in 1950 about 5 percent,
and in 1951 and 1952, approximately 10 percent.
Because most of these stoppages were small, they
increased the number of workers involved and mandays of idleness less than 2 percent in 1950 and
less than 3 percent in 1951 and 1952. In 1966,
State employment security agencies were the sole
source of information for 17 percent of the strikes
recorded.
As new local agencies having knowledge of the
existence of work stoppages are established or
changes are made in local collection methods, every
effort is made by the Bureau to establish cooperative
arrangements.
Until 1969, the compilation of these reports was directed
by the Bureau of Employment Security.
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