Overall, an almost indiscernible less than .005% of workdays were lost to strikes and lockouts.
Fiscal cliffs and NHL lockouts get resolved at the last minute for one simple reason.
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In 2008, it had 809, 402 days lost to strikes and lockouts versus only 11, 205 in notably quiescent Japan.
With no worries about lockouts (ever), college football really only has one problem that the NCAA needs to fix.
Boies also contended that the Norris-LaGuardia Act (the Act) prevents courts from issuing injunctions to block lockouts or strikes arising from labor disputes.
The Labor Department tracked 18 work stoppages through November up from 11 in all of 2010 and five the prior year. (The data cover lockouts and strikes).
As such, it would be best for the NHL and NHLPA to look at the negotiation history of those lockouts as guidance for ending its own.
Ten years earlier, there were 364, 000 workers involved in 35 work stoppages. 25 years ago, more than one million workers were involved in 298 strikes and lockouts.
From the NBA and NHL lockouts to the fiscal cliff and debt ceiling debacles, these negotiations made even the most tranquil onlookers want to rip their hair out.
In 2002, there were just 19 major work stoppages (including both labor strikes and employer lockouts) involving 46, 000 workers in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Yes: it is encouraging when truth seeks the light, wherever it may be, but beyond Penn State, 2011 was marked by a dreary onslaught of scandals, contentiousness, lockouts and litigation.
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The NFL and NBA both have labor contracts expiring next year and the doom and gloom coming from all parties indicate that lockouts are almost a foregone conclusion for both sports.
The NFL argues that the SSA 4 does not require it to act in good faith in 2011 or subsequent seasons, that lockouts are recognized bargaining tools and that it is entitled to maximize its post-SSA leverage.
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Lockouts dominated coverage of the NFL and NBA (the football guys ultimately settling things more easily than the basketball guys), major college conferences were shaken up across the country, and the vaunted Los Angeles Dodgers went bankrupt.
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