Title: Man-Days Idle In Strikes and Lockouts for United States Series ID: M08257USM552NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Thousands Of Days Date Range: 1927-01-01 to 1972-03-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 2:16 PM CDT Notes: Data Cover All Workers Made Idle For As Long As One Shift In Establishments Directly Involved In A Stoppage (For A Very Detailed Description See Bulletin No. 1611, 1967, Appendix D). Source: Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Data For 1927-1936: Bulletin No. 651, "Strikes In The United States, 1880-1936, " By Florence Peterson, 1938; Data For 1937-1949: Monthly Labor Review; For 1950-1966: Bulletins No. 1035, 1090,1136, 1163, 1184, 1196, 1218, 1234, 1258, 1278, 1302, 1339, 1381, 1420, 1460, 1525, 1573, 1611, 1646, 1687, All Entitled "Analysis Of Work Stoppages During Labor Review, January 1969 And Following Issues. This NBER data series m08257 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: m08257 DATE VALUE 1927-01-01 54 1927-02-01 118 1927-03-01 250 1927-04-01 3570 1927-05-01 3712 1927-06-01 3635 1927-07-01 3619 1927-08-01 3330 1927-09-01 3295 1927-10-01 1523 1927-11-01 1545 1927-12-01 1567 1928-01-01 315 1928-02-01 445 1928-03-01 401 1928-04-01 1448 1928-05-01 1704 1928-06-01 1905 1928-07-01 1695 1928-08-01 1731 1928-09-01 1115 1928-10-01 726 1928-11-01 717 1928-12-01 429 1929-01-01 67 1929-02-01 156 1929-03-01 300 1929-04-01 654 1929-05-01 950 1929-06-01 931 1929-07-01 901 1929-08-01 395 1929-09-01 274 1929-10-01 307 1929-11-01 260 1929-12-01 156 1930-01-01 237 1930-02-01 503 1930-03-01 342 1930-04-01 426 1930-05-01 226 1930-06-01 190 1930-07-01 204 1930-08-01 65 1930-09-01 206 1930-10-01 346 1930-11-01 269 1930-12-01 202 1931-01-01 181 1931-02-01 321 1931-03-01 317 1931-04-01 935 1931-05-01 570 1931-06-01 808 1931-07-01 701 1931-08-01 884 1931-09-01 549 1931-10-01 1044 1931-11-01 420 1931-12-01 163 1932-01-01 132 1932-02-01 467 1932-03-01 545 1932-04-01 1390 1932-05-01 2079 1932-06-01 1823 1932-07-01 1618 1932-08-01 1417 1932-09-01 630 1932-10-01 238 1932-11-01 115 1932-12-01 48 1933-01-01 278 1933-02-01 137 1933-03-01 521 1933-04-01 730 1933-05-01 1067 1933-06-01 1084 1933-07-01 1775 1933-08-01 2061 1933-09-01 3594 1933-10-01 3509 1933-11-01 1620 1933-12-01 495 1934-01-01 822 1934-02-01 868 1934-03-01 1237 1934-04-01 2333 1934-05-01 1957 1934-06-01 1566 1934-07-01 2222 1934-08-01 2188 1934-09-01 4136 1934-10-01 909 1934-11-01 969 1934-12-01 384 1935-01-01 721 1935-02-01 836 1935-03-01 967 1935-04-01 1179 1935-05-01 1698 1935-06-01 1311 1935-07-01 1298 1935-08-01 1192 1935-09-01 3027 1935-10-01 1563 1935-11-01 1004 1935-12-01 661 1936-01-01 636 1936-02-01 748 1936-03-01 1331 1936-04-01 700 1936-05-01 1019 1936-06-01 1328 1936-07-01 1105 1936-08-01 911 1936-09-01 1063 1936-10-01 1054 1936-11-01 1941 1936-12-01 2066 1937-01-01 2720 1937-02-01 1491 1937-03-01 3289 1937-04-01 3377 1937-05-01 2983 1937-06-01 4998 1937-07-01 3008 1937-08-01 2270 1937-09-01 1450 1937-10-01 1182 1937-11-01 982 1937-12-01 674 1938-01-01 473 1938-02-01 514 1938-03-01 768 1938-04-01 838 1938-05-01 1174 1938-06-01 871 1938-07-01 776 1938-08-01 831 1938-09-01 990 1938-10-01 842 1938-11-01 558 1938-12-01 513 1939-01-01 513 1939-02-01 553 1939-03-01 618 1939-04-01 4902 1939-05-01 3548 1939-06-01 958 1939-07-01 1168 1939-08-01 1101 1939-09-01 892 1939-10-01 1508 1939-11-01 1665 1939-12-01 384 1940-01-01 247 1940-02-01 290 1940-03-01 387 1940-04-01 442 1940-05-01 666 1940-06-01 484 1940-07-01 586 1940-08-01 706 1940-09-01 781 1940-10-01 915 1940-11-01 740 1940-12-01 458 1941-01-01 663 1941-02-01 1135 1941-03-01 1558 1941-04-01 7113 1941-05-01 2172 1941-06-01 1504 1941-07-01 1326 1941-08-01 1825 1941-09-01 1953 1941-10-01 1925 1941-11-01 1397 1941-12-01 476 1942-01-01 331 1942-02-01 357 1942-03-01 402 1942-04-01 367 1942-05-01 322 1942-06-01 586 1942-07-01 417 1942-08-01 449 1942-09-01 387 1942-10-01 244 1942-11-01 128 1942-12-01 193 1943-01-01 452 1943-02-01 117 1943-03-01 179 1943-04-01 662 1943-05-01 1468 1943-06-01 4699 1943-07-01 695 1943-08-01 357 1943-09-01 210 1943-10-01 1013 1943-11-01 2863 1943-12-01 787 1944-01-01 710 1944-02-01 459 1944-03-01 441 1944-04-01 614 1944-05-01 1443 1944-06-01 727 1944-07-01 652 1944-08-01 959 1944-09-01 786 1944-10-01 756 1944-11-01 789 1944-12-01 387 1945-01-01 199 1945-02-01 388 1945-03-01 775 1945-04-01 1470 1945-05-01 2220 1945-06-01 1890 1945-07-01 1770 1945-08-01 1710 1945-09-01 4340 1945-10-01 8610 1945-11-01 6930 1945-12-01 7720 1946-01-01 19700 1946-02-01 22900 1946-03-01 13800 1946-04-01 14300 1946-05-01 13700 1946-06-01 4580 1946-07-01 3970 1946-08-01 3900 1946-09-01 4880 1946-10-01 6220 1946-11-01 4980 1946-12-01 3130 1947-01-01 1340 1947-02-01 1230 1947-03-01 1100 1947-04-01 8540 1947-05-01 6730 1947-06-01 3960 1947-07-01 3970 1947-08-01 2520 1947-09-01 1970 1947-10-01 1780 1947-11-01 829 1947-12-01 590 1948-01-01 1050 1948-02-01 913 1948-03-01 6440 1948-04-01 7410 1948-05-01 4080 1948-06-01 2220 1948-07-01 2670 1948-08-01 2100 1948-09-01 2540 1948-10-01 2060 1948-11-01 1910 1948-12-01 713 1949-01-01 726 1949-02-01 675 1949-03-01 3460 1949-04-01 1880 1949-05-01 3430 1949-06-01 4470 1949-07-01 2350 1949-08-01 2140 1949-09-01 6270 1949-10-01 17500 1949-11-01 6270 1949-12-01 1350 1950-01-01 2730 1950-02-01 8590 1950-03-01 3870 1950-04-01 3280 1950-05-01 3270 1950-06-01 2630 1950-07-01 2750 1950-08-01 2660 1950-09-01 3510 1950-10-01 2590 1950-11-01 2050 1950-12-01 912 1951-01-01 1270 1951-02-01 1940 1951-03-01 1710 1951-04-01 1890 1951-05-01 1820 1951-06-01 1800 1951-07-01 1880 1951-08-01 2640 1951-09-01 2540 1951-10-01 2790 1951-11-01 1610 1951-12-01 1020 1952-01-01 1340 1952-02-01 1370 1952-03-01 1610 1952-04-01 5370 1952-05-01 8020 1952-06-01 15000 1952-07-01 12700 1952-08-01 2810 1952-09-01 3390 1952-10-01 5000 1952-11-01 1560 1952-12-01 854 1953-01-01 1360 1953-02-01 1100 1953-03-01 1260 1953-04-01 2690 1953-05-01 3770 1953-06-01 4530 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1958-10-01 5420 1958-11-01 2210 1958-12-01 2430 1959-01-01 1800 1959-02-01 1360 1959-03-01 1270 1959-04-01 2380 1959-05-01 3010 1959-06-01 2890 1959-07-01 9230 1959-08-01 13400 1959-09-01 13800 1959-10-01 14100 1959-11-01 4300 1959-12-01 1430 1960-01-01 1110 1960-02-01 1280 1960-03-01 1550 1960-04-01 1930 1960-05-01 2110 1960-06-01 2950 1960-07-01 2140 1960-08-01 1700 1960-09-01 1650 1960-10-01 1500 1960-11-01 732 1960-12-01 458 1961-01-01 589 1961-02-01 768 1961-03-01 478 1961-04-01 984 1961-05-01 1610 1961-06-01 1660 1961-07-01 1460 1961-08-01 1320 1961-09-01 2580 1961-10-01 2480 1961-11-01 1500 1961-12-01 855 1962-01-01 862 1962-02-01 766 1962-03-01 1070 1962-04-01 1130 1962-05-01 2520 1962-06-01 3020 1962-07-01 2020 1962-08-01 1940 1962-09-01 1590 1962-10-01 1350 1962-11-01 981 1962-12-01 1330 1963-01-01 2240 1963-02-01 1000 1963-03-01 984 1963-04-01 937 1963-05-01 1430 1963-06-01 1550 1963-07-01 1810 1963-08-01 1350 1963-09-01 985 1963-10-01 1420 1963-11-01 1410 1963-12-01 977 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