• Work Stoppages: Data Tables | Program History | Description of Measures
• Collective Bargaining Agreements: Program Description | File Location & Access

Current

• NEW Major Work Stoppages (Annual) (HTML) (PDF)

Archived

• Archived Major Work Stoppages

Major Work Stoppages:

• Create Customized Tables (one screen) --this application (previously called "Public Data Query") requires a Java-enabled browser. Choose the data you want from BLS databases on a simple, one-screen form.
• Create Customized Tables (multiple screens) --a form-based query application which allows you to obtain BLS time series data based on choices you make (previously called "Selective Access").
• Series Report --Already know the series identifier for the statistic you want? Use this shortcut to retrieve your data.
• Flat files (FTP) --For those who want it all. Download a flat file of the entire database or large subset of the database.

Major Work Stoppages:

• Detailed monthly data

Other BLS Programs

• The Compensation and Working Conditions Bulletin --(CWC) publications on-line.
• The Monthly Labor Review --(MLR) publications on-line.
• National Compensation Survey --designed to integrate data from separate BLS compensation surveys--currently provides earnings data by worker characteristics and establishment characteristics and by geographic area.
• Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages --comprehensive employment and wage data by industry and geographic area for workers covered by State Unemployment Insurance laws.
• Occupational Employment Statistics --annual data on employment and wages for about 750 occupations and 400 nonfarm industries for the nation, plus occupational data by geographic area.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook --describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.
• Union Membership --BLS annual news releases.

Other Useful Links

• Employee Benefit Research Institute --offers a detailed description of private- and public-sector employee benefit programs as they exist today.
• Employment Standards Administration --administers a variety of programs protecting the basic rights of workers, including minimum wage and hour standards, and equal employment opportunity.
• Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service --information about Notices of Dispute and work stoppages including those of less than 1,000 workers.
• National Labor Relations Board --information about union elections and unfair labor practices.
• National Mediation Board --information about collective bargaining in the airline and railroad industries.
• U.S. Department of Labor Public Disclosure office --information about LM reporting forms.
• U.S. Department of Labor Branch of Construction Wage Determinations -- prevailing wage information under the Davis-Bacon Act.
• Major Statutes of the U.S. Department of Labor (PDF 32K).