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Complaint cases by regions

printed as Table 5 · source page 45 · nlrb1936_p0045_t0

Origin of casesNumber of casesNumber of workersDisposition before issuance of complaintSettled after issuance of complaint and before hearingCases in which hearings were heldIntermediate reportsCases transferred to BoardDisposition of cases heardHearings pendingCases transferred to Board; decisions pending
Origin of casesNumber of casesNumber of workersSettlementWithdrawal of chargeRefusal to issue complaintTransferredConsolidatedSettled after issuance of complaint and before hearingTrial examinerBoardIssuedPendingTotalOn exceptionNo complianceBoard orderSettledDismissedWithdrawnCase and desist order issuedTo be heldEnjoinedCases transferred to Board; decisions pending
Origin of casesNumber of casesNumber of workersSettlementWithdrawal of chargeRefusal to issue complaintTransferredConsolidatedSettled after issuance of complaint and before hearingTrial examinerBoardIssuedPendingTotalOn exceptionNo complianceBoard orderDuring hearingAfter hearingDismissedWithdrawnCase and desist order issuedTo be heldEnjoinedCases transferred to Board; decisions pending
Board2522
Region:
16311,28612111015639543141144
211921,6334324162212215726327958
3238,1647334241123421
4776,583261593175393632871
5241,70042213102104511535
6292,67978251452121362
71710,4973211422422121321
8348,222943116352311482
9303,36511222262441215
108824,194191020222281216151161313
11319,760934144216153313
12262,1451161111171
13517,83392477326331143
14157,4152511111124
15325,23411611412112722
16221,2181641121211171
17306,51684412166831
1811807151121
194010,049136425543121822
20221,18252321211291
21799,13947118133321291
Total865160,34624016810813218145769161194596561393561353048

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  1. a To other regions or other governmental agencies.
  2. b Two cases consolidated.

273 of 344 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out. 4 cells break a sum: 'Total', column 2: prints 865, rows '1' to '21' add to 863; 'Total', column 3: prints 160,346, rows '1' to '21' add to 159,621; 'Total', column 11: prints 7, rows '1' to '21' add to 5; 'Total', column 22: prints 56, rows '1' to '21' add to 54.

Reader’s notes

p. 45. 25 printed columns. The stub carries no column number; the 21 region rows are labelled only with a numeral under the section line "Region:". Verification performed: every column was summed against its printed total, and every region row was checked against the internal identity (number of cases = settlement + withdrawal + refusal + transferred + consolidated + settled after issuance + hearings held + hearings to be held + enjoined) and against (hearings held = disposition of cases heard + intermediate reports pending + decisions pending). All 24 numeric columns reconcile exactly with the printed totals and all rows reconcile internally, EXCEPT the two items noted below. (1) "Number of workers": the printed entries as I read them sum to 159,626, which is 720 less than the printed total 160,346. The single cell that would close the gap is region 10, which I read as "24,194" but which would reconcile exactly if it reads "24,914". I have transcribed it as I read it ("24,194"); this cell should be re-checked at higher magnification, as the discrepancy is either my misreading or a typesetting error in the source. (2) Region 7, "Number of cases" (17) is one less than the sum of its own disposition entries (18); this is explained by footnote b ("Two cases consolidated"), which is attached to the Board hearings figure in that row and in the Total row. Cells read with lower certainty (all were resolved so as to satisfy both the printed column totals and the row identities above, which gave a unique or near-unique answer; they are listed so they can be spot-checked): - Regions 5, 6 and 12, columns "Total"/"On exception"/"No compliance"/"Board order" under "Cases transferred to Board". The four narrow columns are tightly set and the thin column rules are easily mistaken for the digit 1. Values entered: region 5 = 10/4/5/1; region 6 = 5/2/1/2; region 12 = 1/1/blank/blank. - Region 12, "Case and desist order issued" (entered 1) and "Total" under cases transferred to Board (entered 1): on first reading these looked identical to region 11's values (3 and 6), i.e. the line above, which the totals rule out. - Regions 4 and 5, last column "Cases transferred to Board; decisions pending" (entered 1 and 5). - Regions 5, 6 and 8, columns "Dismissed"/"Withdrawn". Headings: the rotated heading over the last column of "Disposition of cases heard" is transcribed as printed, "Case and desist order issued"; the standard Board term is "Cease and desist order issued" and the scan may simply have dropped the "e". The heading "Trial examiner" is printed with a broken "n" and renders as "examiuer"; I have transcribed the intended word. Possible specks, not treated as footnote markers: a small mark follows "51" in region 13's "Number of cases" and follows "3" in region 13's "On exception" column. Only footnote markers a and b are printed under the table, so these are almost certainly dirt; the column totals (865 and 45) reconcile with the plain values 51 and 3. A dash rule in a cell has been transcribed as an empty string throughout.

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Source page 45 of NLRB FY1936 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1936, p. 45.

Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Read by claude-opus-5 (effort max, prompt extract_v1) from the 300-dpi scan; stitched by page. Updated October 2026.