P.I.C. - Economics

Work Stoppages (Strikes and Lockouts) in the U. S., 1950-2004¹ Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor; involving 1,000 workers or more
Year	Number	Workers	Days Idle
1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004	424 363 222 268 381 298 250 317 424 235 231 298 219 235 187 145 96 81 62 54 69 46 40 51 44 40 35 35 45 31 37 29 34 17 39 29 19 14 17	1,698 2,055 896 999 2,468 2,516 975 1,400 1,798 965 1,519 1,212 1,006 1,021 795 729 656 909 376 324 533 174 118 452 185 392 364 182 322 192 273 339 367 73 394 99 46 129 171	30,930 21,180 13,260 15,140 52,761 35,538 16,764 16,260 31,809 17,563 23,962 21,258 23,774 20,409 20,844 16,908 9,061 17,461 8,499 7,079 11,861 4,481 4,381 16,996 5,926 4,564 3,989 3,981 5,020 5,771 4,889 4,497 5,116 1,996 20,419 1,151 660 4,091 3,344
(1) Numbers cover stoppages that began in the year indicated. Workers are counted more than once if they are involved in more than 1 stoppage during the year. For work stoppages still open at the end of a calendar year, days idle include only the days for the calendar year.

Union Affiliation and Median Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers in the U.S., 1996, 2004 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.. Dept. of Labor
	1996				2004
Sex and Age	Total	Members of unions¹	Represented by unions²	Non-union	Total	Members of unions¹	Represented by unions²	Non-union
Total 16 years and older 16 to 24 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 years 65 years and older	$490 298 463 559 594 535 384	$615 371 554 636 687 620 510	$610 362 548 632 666 616 510	$462 294 447 530 552 505 357	$638 390 604 713 743 725 560	$781 498 724 813 834 835 728	$776 494 717 608 831 835 744	$612 385 590 690 718 693 520
Men 16 years and older 16 to 24 years: 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 years 65 years and older	557 307 499 832 698 843 477	653 375 591 683 718 667 589	651 369 587 683 721 684 593	520 303 465 617 662 633 424	713 400 639 804 857 843 841	829 504 751 868 878 870 753	828 496 748 885 881 877 776	685 395 620 787 847 829 620
Women 16 years and older 16 to 24 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 Years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 Years 65 Years and older	418 284 415 463 481 420 334	549 358 497 561 620 524 417	543 339 495 556 616 523 413	398 280 405 439 445 395 321	573 375 561 608 625 615 478	723 487 678 735 758 767 687	719 491 665 733 755 767 733	541 370 541 590 604 592 455
Note: Data refer to the sole or principal job of full-time workers. Excluded are self-employed workers regardless of whether or not their businesses are incorporated. (1) Including members of an employee association similar to a union. (2) including members of a labor union or employee association similar to a union and others whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee-associatiocontract.