Work Stoppages

Work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers, March 2006
Organizations involved and location Industry code (1) Beginning date Ending date Number of workers (2) Days idle this month Days idle, cumulative

Ormet(Hannibal, OH)United Steelworkers of America, Locals 5724 & 5760
(Private Industry)
331310
11-22-04
(3)
1,200(4)
27,600
435,000

Northwest Airlines Corp. (National)Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association
(Private Industry)
481111
8-20-05
(3)
3,900
89,700
613,500

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.(Stratford, CT and West Palm Beach, FL)International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 1150
(Private Industry)
336411
2-20-06
(3)
3,600
82,800
104,000

AK Steel Corp., Middletown, OHArmco Employees Independent
(Private Industry)
331111
3-1-06
(3)
2,600
59,800
59,800

Santa Cruz County Government,Santa Cruz, CA Service EmployeesInternational Union Local 415
(Local Government)
921190
3-14-06
3-15-06
1,600
1,600
1,600

Stoppages beginning in month: 2
4,200
61,400

Stoppages in effect in month: 5
12,900
261,500

Footnotes:
(1) Industry code is from the 2002 NAICS (North American Industry Classification System).
(2) The BLS rounds figures to the nearest 100. Companies and unions may have rounded the figures before providing BLS the data
(3) Ongoing work stoppage
(4) The number of workers for the Ormet work stoppage decreased from 1,300 to 1,200 at the beginning of March

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Last Modified Date: June 22, 2006