United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Work Stoppages 411
N o . 685. W o r k S t o p p a g e s — M a j o r I s s u e s , D u r a t i o n , and I n d u s t r y : 1 9 7 9 t o 1 9 8 1
[Issues and Industries data based on stoppages beginning in yean duration data on stoppages ending in year. See b s a d n o te , ta b le
684. Stoppages affecting more than 1 industry are counted separately in each industry affected; workers involved and work-days
idle are allocated among the appropriate Industries. See H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1 9 7 0 , series D 977-1021, for
related but not comparable data)
MAJOR ISSUES, DURATION, AND INDUSTRY GROUP
WORK
STOPPAGES
WORKERS INVOLVED 1
(1.000)
DAYS IDLE
(1,000)
1979 I960 1981 1979 1980 1981 1979 1980 1981
MAJOR ISSUES
All i M u e t ................................................................... 4,827 3,885 2,568 1,727 1,366 1,081 34,754 33,289 24,730
General wage changes......................................... 3,190 2,601 1,710 1,114 853 754 25,640 22,020 20,974
Supplementary benefits 62 79 54 46 15 31 660 294 496
Wage adfustments 103 52 33 35 43 6 1,335 2,361 156
Hours of w o rk.... 7 9 7 2 1 1 26 14 $
Other contractual matters...................................... 279 204 121 56 35 22 787 676 292
Union organization and security............................. 250 205 170 48 35 32 1,119 673 389
166 2 0 2 130 109 202 114 2,461 3,496 1,714
616 383 276 266 142 101 2,490 3,327 589
59 55 29 16 14 11 120 99 72
Interunion or intraunion matters............................. 76 65 31 3 3 24 8 97 7 9 40
17 30 5 2 3