Collective Bargaining Highlights--September 2007

Table 8: Work Stoppages under Ontario Jurisdiction, 1986 to September 2007

Year	Number of Work Stoppages	Number of Employees Involved	Number of Employees per Work Stoppage	Number of Person-Days Lost	Number of Person-Days Lost per Employee Involved	Average Duration of Work Stoppages (Days Out)	Person-Days Lost as % of Estimated Working Time
1986	232	62,751	270	940,620	15.0	30	0.09
1987	246	64,339	262	1,108,870	17.2	27	0.10
1988	180	62,082	345	1,362,150	21.9	35	0.12
1989	190	45,679	240	868,630	19.0	35	0.08
1990	218	81,022	372	2,957,640	36.5	43	0.26
1991	153	25,448	166	453,520	17.8	43	0.04
1992	121	38,160	315	577,710	15.1	39	0.05
1993	81	15,620	193	371,150	23.8	42	0.03
1994	130	25,456	196	488,320	19.2	34	0.05
1995	136	57,318	421	476,960	8.3	39	0.04
1996	135	216,917	1,607	1,914,900	8.8	39	0.16
1997	113	176,029	1,558	1,904,210	10.8	50	0.16
1998	156	69,411	445	1,060,990	15.3	38	0.09
1999	143	44,980	315	651,100	14.5	39	0.05
2000	146	55,267	379	649,730	11.8	39	0.05
2001	144	34,652	241	671,990	19.4	35	0.05
2002	117	66,572	569	1,510,580	22.7	40	0.11
2003	94	23,807	253	494,880	20.8	38	0.04
2004	99	20,952	212	486,840	23.2	37	0.03
2005	76	12,239	161	403,210	32.9	45	0.03
2006	70	30,240	432	394,600	13.0	48	0.03
2007* (Jan-Sep)	70	24,731	353	362,470	14.7	35	0.03

* preliminary