Days idle due to worker stoppages in the U.S.

Days idle due to worker stoppages in the U.S.

Cumulative days idle for the month work stoppages ended

The column chart shows the cumulative days of idleness for U.S. workers due to work stoppages, tallied on a monthly basis, from January 1998 through August 2023.

Note: August 2023 includes ongoing work stoppages for 196,100 workers. Chart: Gabriel Cortes / CNBC Source: CNBC analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as of August 2023