Number of Major Work Stoppages in U.S. Highest Since 2001 (1)

About 425,500 U.S. workers participated in 25 major work stoppages in 2019, the highest number of such stoppages in 18 years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Despite the rise in stoppages, the total number of workers taking part in major labor actions was down slightly from a 32-year high of 485,000 workers in 2018. Education workers made up a majority of those workers with 270,000 employees involved in 13 major work stoppages last year.

The numbers are yet another data point suggesting that organized labor is becoming more aggressive as approval of labor unions rises and membership numbers ...