2007 Major Work Stoppages (Annual) — 2008-02-13

Major work stoppages idled 189,000 workers for 1.3 million workdays in 2007, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. In 2007, the largest major work stoppage in total days idle was between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the Writers Guild of America East and West, with 10,500 workers accounting for 409,500 lost workdays. The largest work stoppage in number of workers was between General Motors Corporation and the United Auto Workers, with 74,000 General Motors workers involved in the two day work stoppage. There were 21 lockouts and strikes involving 1,000 or more workers in 2007. For 2006, there were 20 stoppages involving 70,000 workers with 2.7 million workdays of idleness. (See table 1 and charts A-F.) Of the 21 major work stoppages beginning in 2007, 12 were in private industry and nine were in State and local governments.