Who's on strike?: Strike and participant counts in select states, January 2021–November 2024
| State | Waiting period | Qualifying strikes | Qualifying strikers |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 14 days | 31 | 238,663 |
| Connecticut | 14 days | 2 | 1,750 |
| Delaware | 14 days | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaii | 7 days | 6 | 3,282 |
| Illinois | 14 days | 22 | 10,368 |
| Maryland | 14 days | 4 | 539 |
| Massachusetts | 30 days | 6 | 5,665 |
| Minnesota | 7 days | 10 | 7,881 |
| New Jersey | 7 days | 5 | 2,645 |
| New York | 7 days | 26 | 65,177 |
| Ohio | 7 days | 12 | 7,569 |
| Oregon | 7 days | 17 | 6,843 |
| Pennsylvania | 30 days | 5 | 3,988 |
| Rhode Island | 7 days | 2 | 132 |
| Washington | 7 days | 11 | 11,969 |
Note: The Labor Action Tracker does not disaggregate the number of participants in strikes that span multiple states. To estimate the number of strikers from each state, I use industry employment shares from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. I calculate each state’s share of industry employment in the relevant industry and multiply that share by the total number of strike participants. This provides an approximate distribution of strike participants across states.
Source: EPI analysis of strike data from the Cornell ILR School and University of Illinois LER Schools' Labor Action Tracker, and state industry employment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistic's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages May 2023 data.