work-stoppages-2022.xlsx


1	Table 1. Work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers in 2022
2	Employers involved	States	Areas	Ownership	Industry code [1]	Union	Union acronym	Union Local	Work stoppage beginning date	Work stoppage ending date	Number of workers [2]	Number of workdays [3]	Days idle, cumulative for this work stoppage	Notes

3	Charter Communications	NY, NJ	Multiple	Private industry	517311	International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers	IBEW	Local 3	03/28/2017	04/18/2022	1,800	1,269	2,284,200	The company and union reached an agreement on 4/18/2022. The National Labor Relations Board closed the case on 4/21/2022.
4	Columbia University	NY	New York City	Private industry	61131	Graduate Workers of Columbia University	GWC-UAW	Local 2110	03/15/2021	01/07/2022	3,000	59	177,000	The work stoppage paused on 4/02/2021 since the number of workers in the work stoppage were less than 1,000. The remaining workers returned to work on 5/13/2021. The work stoppage resumed on 11/03/2021.
5	Warrior Met Coal, Inc.	AL	Brookwood	Private industry	212112	United Mine Workers of America	UMWA	Local 2245, 2368, 2397, 2427	04/01/2021	03/31/2022	1,100	249	273,900	Some workers have returned to work, resulting in the number of workers dropping below 1,000.
6	Kroger - King Soopers	CO	Denver	Private industry	445110	United Food and Commercial Workers Union	UFCW	Local 7	01/12/2022	01/25/2022	8,000	9	72,000
7	Minneapolis Public Schools	MN	Minneapolis	Local government	611110	Minneapolis Federation of Teachers and Education Support Professionals	MFT, ESP	Local 59	03/08/2022	03/28/2022	4,500	15	67,500
8	Sacramento City Unified School District	CA	Sacramento	Local government	611110	Sacramento City Teachers Association and the Service Employees International Union	SCTA, SEIU	Local 2021	03/23/2022	04/03/2022	4,600	8	36,800
9	Sutter Health Hospitals	CA	Northern California	Private industry	622110	California Nurses Association	CNA		04/18/2022	04/22/2022	8,000	5	40,000
10	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	Chicago	State government	61131	Graduate Employee Organization	GEO	Local 6297	04/18/2022	04/25/2022	1,500	6	9,000
11	Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford	CA	Stanford, Palo Alto	Private industry	622110	Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement	CRONA		04/25/2022	05/02/2022	5,000	6	30,000
12	Oakland Unified School District	CA	Oakland	Local government	611110	Oakland Education Association	OEA		04/29/2022	04/29/2022	2,000	1	2,000
13	CNH Industrial	IA, WI	Burlington, IA; Racine, WI	Private industry	33311, 33312	United Auto Workers	UAW		05/02/2022	[4]	1,200	147	176,400
14	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	CA	Los Angeles	Private industry	622110	Service Employees International Union	SEIU		05/09/2022	05/13/2022	2,000	5	10,000
15	Brookline Public Schools	MA	Brookline	Local government	611110	Brookline Educators Union	BEU		05/16/2022	05/16/2022	1,000	1	1,000
16	Kaiser Permanente LA Medical Center	CA	Los Angeles	Private industry	622110	California Nurses Association	CNA		06/23/2022	06/24/2022	1,200	1	1,200
17	Kaiser Permanente Northern California Facilities	CA	San Jose, Sacramento, Fresno, San Francisco	Private industry	622110	National Union of Healthcare Workers	NUHW		08/15/2022	10/18/2022	2,000	45	90,000
18	Frontier Communications	CA	Southern California	Private industry	517311	Communication Workers of America	CWA		08/19/2022	08/24/2022	2,000	4	8,000
19	Columbus City Schools	OH	Columbus	Local government	611110	Columbus Education Association	CEA		08/22/2022	08/26/2022	4,500	5	22,500
20	Twin Cities Hospitals Group, Essentia Health, Allina Health, St. Luke's	MN	Multiple	Private industry	622	Minnesota Nurses Association	MNA		09/12/2022	09/14/2022	15,000	3	45,000
21	Weyerhaeuser Company	OR, WA	Multiple	Private industry	113110	International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers	IAM	Local Lodge W246	09/13/2022	10/28/2022	1,200	33	39,600
22	San Francisco International Airport	CA	San Francisco	Local government	722510	Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees and Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union	UNITE HERE	Local 2	09/26/2022	09/28/2022	1,000	3	3,000
23	Sutter Health Hospitals	CA	Berkeley	Private industry	622110	California Nurses Association/National Nurses United	CNA/NNU		10/24/2022	10/29/2022	1,800	5	9,000
24	University of California	CA	Statewide	State government	61131	United Auto Workers	UAW	Local 2865, 5810	11/14/2022	12/23/2022	48,000	29	1,272,000	48,000 workers from 11/14-12/11. Number dropped to 36,000 from 12/12-12/23.
25	The New School	NY	NY	Private industry	61131	Academics Come Together - United Auto Workers	ACT-UAW	Local 7902	11/16/2022	12/10/2022	1,700	17	28,900
26	New York Times	NY	NY	Private industry	511110	The NewsGuild	TNG-CWA		12/08/2022	12/08/2022	1,100	1	1,100
27	Alta Bates Summit	CA	Oakland and Berkeley	Private industry	622110	California Nurses Association/National Nurses United	NNU		12/24/2023	[4]	1,800	4	7,200
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29	Footnotes:
30	[1] Industry code is determined using 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
31	[2] The figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Figures provided by organizations involved may be rounded prior to publication by BLS.
32	[3] The cumulative length of the work stoppage as measured in weekdays, Monday through Friday, excluding weekends and Federal holidays.
33	[4] Ongoing work stoppage.
34	Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Work Stoppages Program.


1	Work Stoppages in the United States
2	Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
3	website: www.bls.gov/wsp
4	email: workstoppagesinfo@bls.gov
5	phone: 202-691-6199
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7	Last updated: January 10, 2023
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9	This file contains detailed stoppage information not available through the public query tools at www.bls.gov/wsp/data/data.htm.
10	The Table_1 tab contains detailed monthly work stoppage activity for the 2022 reference year.
11	Stoppages continuing from prior years are included in the in-effect counts. The days idle, cumulative days idle, and number of workdays are updated each month for ongoing stoppages.
12	The Table_2 tab contains a summary of work stoppage activity for the 2022 reference year. With the exception of days of idleness beginning in the period, all data are included in the public query tools.


1	Table 2. Summary information for work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers in 2022
2	Month	Number of stoppages beginning in the month	Number of stoppages in effect in the month	Number of workers beginning in the month [1]	Number of workers in effect in the month [1]	Days idle beginning in the month [1] [2]	Days idle in effect in the month [1] [2]	Days idle as a percentage of total working time [3]
3	January	1	4	8,000	13,900	72,000	145,000	[4]
4	February	0	2	0	2,900	0	55,100	[4]
5	March	2	4	9,100	12,000	99,700	166,400	[4]
6	April	4	6	16,500	22,900	76,000	102,200	[4]
7	May	3	4	4,200	9,200	36,200	41,200	[4]
8	June	1	2	1,200	2,400	1,200	26,400	[4]
9	July	0	1	0	1,200	0	24,000	[4]
10	August	3	4	8,500	9,700	56,500	84,100	[4]
11	September	3	5	17,200	20,400	64,800	132,000	[4]
12	October	1	4	1,800	6,200	9,000	77,800	[4]
13	November	2	3	49,700	50,900	593,000	617,000	0.02
14	December	2	5	2,900	53,800	8,300	741,400	0.02
15	Footnotes:
16	[1] The figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Figures provided by organizations involved may be rounded prior to publication by BLS.
17	[2] The cumulative length of the work stoppage as measured in weekdays, Monday through Friday, excluding weekends and Federal holidays.
18	[3] Calculated by dividing total work days in month by days idle, in effect (column G).
19	[4] Less than 0.005 percent of total estimated working time.
20	Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Work Stoppages Program.