work_stoppages

One row per work stoppage. Earliest stoppages are from 1984; the series ends in 2020 when FMCS discontinued publication. Most rows are strikes; a smaller share are lockouts and other stoppages tracked by FMCS field staff.
# Idled
Number of workers idled by the stoppage, as reported to or estimated by FMCS.
BU
Bargaining-unit identifier assigned by FMCS, when known.
Case Number
FMCS case identifier for the stoppage. Format varies across years.
City, State
Location of the work stoppage as a single string in the form "City, ST" (city name followed by the two-letter US Postal Service state abbreviation).
Duration
Length of the stoppage in days, typically computed from Start Date and End Date.
Employer
Name of the establishment where the work stoppage occurred.
End Date
Last day of the stoppage, inclusive (ISO 8601, YYYY-MM-DD).
Industry
Human-readable industry sector corresponding to the NAICS code (e.g. "Manufacturing", "Construction", "Information").
NAICS
6-digit North American Industry Classification System code for the employer's industry.
Start Date
First day of the stoppage (ISO 8601, YYYY-MM-DD).
Union
Short name or abbreviation of the union involved (for example, "NABET", "GCIU", "UFCW").
Union Local
Local number of the union (an integer string).

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Employer Union Union Local Case Number BU NAICS Industry City, State # Idled Start Date End Date Duration
Interstate Paper Converting Corp USA 13058   1984AA00L294     Manufacturing Secaucus, NJ 27 1984-02-25 1984-03-15  
Wgbh Educational Foundation, Wgbh Tv NABET 18   1984AA00L307     Information Boston, MA 600 1984-02-09 1984-02-09  
Nielsen Lithographing Co GCIU 508   1984AA00L324     Manufacturing Cincinnati, OH 29 1984-01-25 1984-07-19  
Newark Metal Products LIUNA 734   1984AA00L339     Manufacturing Kenilworth, NJ 15 1983-11-28 1984-03-27  
Universal Construction Inc IBT 492   1984AA00L359     Construction Albuquerque, NM 4 1984-05-21 1984-09-05  
Muncie Novelty UPIU 1106   1984AA00L621     Manufacturing Muncie, IN 40 1984-04-02 1984-05-21  
House Of Metals, Inc IAM 2690   1984AA00L648     Manufacturing Cambridge, OH 68 1984-03-05 1984-04-09  
Wahiawa General Hospital AFSCME 646   1984AA00L667     Health Care and Social Assistance Honolulu, HI 110 1983-12-23 1984-01-13  
Duval Corporation USA   1984AA00L669     Educational Services Kingman, AZ 185 1983-10-01 1983-11-30  
Emery Worldwide Air Freight Co IBT 901   1984AA00L936     Transportation and Warehousing Carolina, PR 20 1983-12-01 1983-12-08  
Edlow Welding Co UAW 985   1984AA00M036     Manufacturing Livonia, MI 30 1983-08-13 1983-12-23  
Joplin Cement Co IBT 823   1984AA00M295     Manufacturing Joplin, MO 17 1984-03-06 1984-05-24  
Jehl Cooperage Co Inc UAW 19   1984AA00M436     Manufacturing Memphis, TN 40 1984-03-22 1984-03-26  
Ingersoll-rand Co USA 4016   1984AA00M444     Manufacturing Crawfordsville, IN 100 1984-03-05 1984-03-28  
M & A Corp (certified Supermarkets) UFCW 1460   1984AA00M499     Manufacturing Cedar Lake, IN 31 1984-09-17 1984-11-06  
Groovfold,inc IAM 2475   1984AA00M518     Manufacturing Newcomerstown, OH 80 1984-03-21 1984-03-25  
Anchor Fabricators Inc IUE 768   1984AA00M519     Manufacturing Clayton, OH 70 1984-03-19 1984-04-01  
Jennings Ready Mix Company, Inc IBT 40   1984AA00M561     Manufacturing Ashland, OH 3 1984-04-03 1984-09-06  
Cerock Wire & Cable Group IBEW 455   1984AA00M577     Manufacturing East Granby, CT 225 1984-03-07 1984-04-09  
Alco Power Inc USA 3440   1984AA00M672     Utilities Auburn, NY 250 1984-04-09 1984-08-01  
Atlas Powder Inc IBT 401   1984AA00M776     Manufacturing Tamaqua, PA 15 1984-03-14 1984-03-23  
New York Air Brake Co (unit Of General Siganl Corp) IAM LODGE 761, DIST 137   1984AA00M923     Manufacturing Watertown, NY 800 1984-03-19 1984-04-09  
Midwest Corp/ampat BSOIW 468   1984AA00M939     Manufacturing Cuyahoga Heights, OH 49 1984-03-05 1984-03-11  
Dunlop Tire & Rubber Corp ACTWU 150   1984AA00M957     Manufacturing Utica, NY 170 1984-03-26 1984-04-28  
Hillman Distribution Co IBT 988   1984AA00M968     Retail Trade Houston, TX 30 1984-04-17 1984-05-24  
National Metal Ind IUE 211   1984AA00N072     Manufacturing West Springfield, MA 100 1984-03-05 1984-03-11  
Publishers Paper Co AWPPW 60   1984AA00N189     Manufacturing Newberg, OR 325 1984-07-17 1984-09-11  
Crown Zellerbach Corp AWPPW 850   1984AA00N261     Manufacturing Portland, OR 180 1984-07-27 1984-11-16  
Hercules Inc ICW 271   1984AA00N278     Manufacturing Parlin, NJ 591 1984-03-14 1984-03-20  
International Paper Co WPPW 101   1984AA00N314     Manufacturing Gardiner, OR 252 1984-08-14 1984-11-16  
Sun Refining & Marketing Co OCAW 8-901   1984AA00N345     Manufacturing Marcus Hook, PA 900 1984-03-21 1984-08-08  
Jersey State Chemical IBT 560   1984AA00N408     Manufacturing Haledon, NJ 40 1984-04-15 1984-05-18  
Pittsburgh Wire Form & Mfg Co USA 1717   1984AA00N434     Manufacturing Pittsburgh, PA 24 1984-02-16 1984-03-07  
Berlin Steel Construction Co BSOIW 832   1984AA00N504     Manufacturing Berlin, CT 66 1984-04-01 1984-04-13  
Penobscot Poultry Co IBT 340   1984AA00N561     Manufacturing Belfast, ME 440 1984-03-06 1984-03-21  
Seven Seventeen Credit Union OPEIU 1794   1984AA00N600     Retail Trade Warren, OH 27 1984-04-14 1984-05-29  
Sun Refining & Marketing Co OCAW 8-933   1984AA00N659     Manufacturing Marcus Hook, PA 900 1984-03-21 1984-08-08  
E P C Ind IAM 670   1984AA00N660     Manufacturing Muskegon, MI 60 1984-03-26 1984-04-19  
Claretronics, Inc IBT 97   1984AA00N674     Manufacturing Newark, NJ 73 1984-05-01 1984-05-07  
Enger-kress Co AIW 902   1984AA00N764     Manufacturing West Bend, WI 90 1984-03-02 1984-04-10  
Mercer Forge Co USA 5306   1984AA00N801     Manufacturing Mercer, PA 92 1984-04-02 1984-04-17  
Soundolier Electronic Industries Inc IBEW 1   1984AA00N887     Manufacturing St Louis, MO 148 1984-03-16 1984-04-05  
New Haven Copper Company UAW 1827   1984AA00O457     Manufacturing Farmington, CT 25 1984-07-16 1984-07-19  
Winston Coach Corp ATU 1181-1061   1984AA00O474     Transportation and Warehousing Bohemia, NY 30 1984-04-01 1984-07-31  
Northern Contracting Co Inc ILA 1698   1984AA00O537     Construction Philadelphia, PA 70 1984-04-01 1984-04-11  
Livers Bronze Co SMW 2   1984AA00O572     Manufacturing Kansas City, MO 100 1984-06-04 1984-06-28  
Interpace Corp Mica Wa AWU 556   1984AA00O599     Manufacturing Mica, WA 45 1984-04-02 1984-04-11  
Liberty Radiator Core Mfg Co IAM 1305   1984AA00O674     Manufacturing San Francisco, CA 65 1984-03-27 1984-10-01  
W. R. Grace Co ACTWU 841T   1984AA00O822     Manufacturing Adams, MA 110 1984-04-02 1984-05-02  
New Can Co Inc IAM 38   1984AA00O854     Manufacturing Holbrook, MA 22 1984-04-02 1984-04-06  
St Joe Minerals Corp USA 6242   1984AA00O895     Manufacturing Viburnum, MO 415 1984-04-01 1984-12-09  
Conbela Assocs IBT 117   1984AA00O942     Manufacturing Seattle, WA 15 1984-05-07 1984-06-08  
Monsanto Co (john F Queeny Plant) ICW 16   1984AA00O952     Manufacturing St Louis, MO 735 1984-05-13 1984-06-19  
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals SEIU 535   1984AA00O969     Health Care and Social Assistance Los Angeles, CA 1200 1984-05-04 1984-06-04  
Page-wilson Corp - Allison Div USA 6038   1984AA00O987     Manufacturing Shelton, CT 88 1984-04-02 1984-04-09  
Anaconda Industries Arco Metals USA 6445   1984AA00O989     Manufacturing Ansonia, CT 2000 1984-04-09 1984-04-30  
American Bank Note Co PPDSE 58   1984AA00P029     Manufacturing Bronx, NY 1200 1984-04-02 1984-04-12  
Andrews Wire Corp USA 8728   1984AA00P462     Manufacturing Andrews, SC 120 1984-03-07 1984-03-26  
H L Hanson Machine Tool USA 3901   1984AA00P511     Manufacturing Worcester, MA 85 1984-01-09 1984-06-18  
Bay State Abrasives IUOE 877   1984AA00P527     Manufacturing Westboro, MA 7 1984-01-19 1984-01-26  
Seaport Automotive Work Hours IBT VARIOUS   1984AA00P598     Retail Trade Various Cities, CA 75 1984-01-04 1984-02-10  
Peachtree Door, Inc USA 8727   1984AA00P652     Manufacturing St Joseph, MO 165 1984-04-01 1984-04-27  
Bussen Quarries/des Peres/riverview Stone & Materi C IUOE 513   1984AA00P684     Manufacturing St Louis, MO 33 1984-05-15 1984-06-03  
St Francis Convalescent Pavilion SEIU 250   1984AA00P768     Health Care and Social Assistance Daly City, CA 274 1984-04-16 1984-05-15  
Uss Chemical OCAW 3-721   1984AA00P854     Manufacturing Kenova, WV 177 1984-05-15 1984-06-29  
Southern N.y. Residential Health Care Facilities SEIU 144   1984AA00P865     Health Care and Social Assistance New York, NY 1500 1984-09-24 1984-11-30  
Jeffboat, Inc IBT 89   1984AA00Q010     Manufacturing Louisville, KY 850 1984-04-02 1984-06-16  
Mid West Conveyor Co Inc CJA DIST.   1984AA00Q060     Manufacturing Kansas City, KS 115 1984-05-01 1984-07-31  
Western Union International, Inc IBT 111   1984AA00Q072     Information New York, NY 400 1984-04-01 1984-07-08  
New York Post Corp TNG 3   1984AA00Q458     Information New York, NY 1100 1984-04-01 1984-04-02  
Chanberlain Manufacturing Corp UAW 1113   1984AA00Q476     Manufacturing New Bedford, MA 1200 1984-04-09 1984-05-05  
Roy Brothers, Inc IBT IBT   1984AA00Q482     Manufacturing Billerica, MA 25 1984-04-30 1984-05-16  
Radix Wire Co OCAW 7-142   1984AA00Q571     Manufacturing Euclid, OH 54 1984-07-30 1984-08-12  
Colonial Metals USA 5149   1984AA00Q940     Manufacturing Columbia, PA 150 1984-03-01 1984-03-16  
Concord Steel Co Of Everett, Massachusetts USA 1   1984AA00Q944     Manufacturing Everett, MA 12 1984-04-30 1984-05-11  
Ellis Stone Construction Co CJA   1984AA00R067     Construction Stevens Point, WI 65 1984-11-19 1985-03-27  
St Louis Material Dealers Assoc IUOE 513C   1984AA00R320     Manufacturing Clayton, MO 500 1984-05-22 1984-05-29  
St Louis Material Dealers Assoc IBT 682   1984AA00R321     Retail Trade Clayton, MO 200 1984-04-16 1984-04-21  
Minnesota Cleaners, The Norm Cleaners IBT 150   1984AA00R350     Retail Trade Minneapolis, MN 18 1984-06-28 1984-09-20  
Pinole Point Steel Co IAM 824   1984AA00R469     Manufacturing Richmond, CA 75 1984-04-01 1984-04-27  
Carl A Nelson & Co D/b/a Smith Construction Co CJA 410   1984AA00R474     Construction Burlington, IA 12 1984-05-01 1984-06-19  
Carl A Nelson & Co D/b/a Smith Construction Co LIUNA 525   1984AA00R475     Construction Burlington, IA 12 1984-05-01 1984-06-19  
Carl A Nelson & Co D/b/a Smith Construction Co BSOIW 577   1984AA00R476     Construction Burlington, IA 12 1984-05-01 1984-06-19  
Atlantic Wire Co IAM 1396   1984BA00R589     Manufacturing New Haven, CT 105 1984-04-01 1984-04-21  
Western Cold Draun Steel Div Of Stanadyn USA 31   1984BA00R597     Manufacturing Gary, IN 75 1984-04-02 1984-05-31  
Keystone Railway Equipment Co IBT 776   1984BA00R770     Manufacturing Camp Hill, PA 125 1984-04-01 1984-04-18  
Teledyne IUE 304   1984BA00S039     Manufacturing Tonawanda, NY 54 1984-04-02 1984-04-08  
Legal Assistance Foundation Of Chicago UAW 65   1984BA00S207     Retail Trade Chicago, IL 130 1984-04-02 1984-04-12  
Kane Mfg Corp USA 14659   1984BA00S314     Manufacturing Kane, PA 65 1984-04-01 1984-05-04  
Fulton County Glove Mfg Inc, Block Cut Mfg., Inc ACTWU 292, 1714, 1715   1984BA00S412     Manufacturing Gloversville, NY 600 1984-04-26 1984-06-04  
Boott Mills ACTWU 783   1984BA00S414     Manufacturing Lowell, MA 40 1984-05-01 1984-05-14  
Standard Gage Co Inc IAM 1678   1984BA00S581     Manufacturing Poughkeepsie, NY 49 1984-04-02 1984-04-10  
Marshalltown Trowel Co UAW 893   1984BA00S646     Manufacturing Marshalltown, IA 100 1984-04-21 1984-08-09  
Miami Industrial Trucks, Inc UAW   1984BA00S659     Manufacturing Dayton, OH 25 1984-04-24 1984-07-31  
Richmond Foundry & Mfg Co IAM 10   1984BA00S698     Manufacturing Richmond, VA 22 1984-04-02 1984-04-16  
Woodworkers Association Of Chicago CJA   1984BA00S869     Manufacturing Chicago, IL 600 1984-06-18 1984-08-23  
Molycorp USA 2378   1984BA00S940     Manufacturing York, PA 19 1984-03-18 1984-04-05  
Prudential Overall Supply IBT 683   1984BA00S966     Retail Trade San Diego, CA 24 1984-01-11 1984-03-19  
Johnson County Electric Coop - Clerical IBEW 59   1984BA00S972     Utilities Cleburne, TX 3 1984-05-24 1984-05-31  
Johnson County Electric Coop - Field IBEW 59   1984BA00S977     Utilities Cleburne, TX 45 1984-05-24 1984-05-31  

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Table schema 
CREATE TABLE work_stoppages(Employer VARCHAR, "Union" VARCHAR, "Union Local" VARCHAR, "Case Number" VARCHAR, BU BIGINT, NAICS BIGINT, Industry VARCHAR, "City, State" VARCHAR, "# Idled" BIGINT, "Start Date" DATE, "End Date" DATE, Duration BIGINT);