Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) - United States of America (Ratification: 1990)

The Committee notes the Government’s report, the information in reply to its previous comments and the adoption in 2002 of the Confidential Information and Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act.

Articles 9, 10 and 11 of the Convention. The Committee notes with interest that the North American Industrial Classification System has been revised and that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) continues to take measures with a view to expanding its employment cost index sample and improving assessment of the variation in wages, salaries and employer-provided benefits.

Article 15. Coverage of strike statistics. Further to its previous comments in which it reiterated a request to the Government to consider the possibility of ensuring coverage of the largest possible number of strikes, instead of restricting this coverage to strikes involving over 1,000 workers, the Committee notes that information on work stoppages involving fewer employees are collected and published monthly by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS). The Committee would be grateful if the Government would specify whether this information is used for the purpose of compiling statistics.