2022 Major Work Stoppages (Annual) — 2023-02-22

In 2022, there were 23 major work stoppages beginning in the year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The lowest annual total of major work stoppages was 5 in 2009 and the highest was 470 in 1952. Between the years 2002-2022, there have been an average of 16 work stoppages beginning in the year. A major work stoppage involves 1,000 or more workers and lasts at least one shift during the work week, Monday through Friday excluding federal holidays. There were 120,600 workers involved in major work stoppages that began in 2022. Service-providing industries accounted for 118,400 workers, or 98 percent of idled workers over the year. Within service-providing industries, the education and health services sector accounted for the idling of 106,300 workers, the educational services sector for 69,500 workers, and the health care and social assistance sector for 36,800 workers.