NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1938 › Disposition of representation cases of A. F. of L. unions on docket during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938
Disposition of representation cases of A. F. of L. unions on docket during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938
| Number of cases | Percentage of— | Number of workers involved | Percentage of— | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases | Total cases closed | Total cases on docket | Number of workers involved | Total number of workers involved in cases closed | Total number of workers involved in cases on docket | |
| Cases pending June 30, 1937 | 329 | 22.9 | 93,887 | 36.0 | ||
| Cases received July 1, 1937, to June 30, 1938 | 1,105 | 77.1 | 166,601 | 64.0 | ||
| Total cases on docket | 1,434 | 100.0 | 260,488 | 100.0 | ||
| Cases closed before formal action: | ||||||
| By settlement: | ||||||
| (a) Consent election | 228 | 20.2 | 15.9 | 35,175 | 18.6 | 13.4 |
| (b) Recognition of representatives | 301 | 26.7 | 21.0 | 21,862 | 11.6 | 8.4 |
| (c) Payroll check | 74 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 12,509 | 6.6 | 4.8 |
| By dismissal | 73 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 15,064 | 8.0 | 5.8 |
| By withdrawal | 208 | 18.4 | 14.5 | 29,078 | 15.4 | 11.2 |
| By transfer to other agencies | 5 | .4 | .3 | 3,037 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
| Total cases closed before formal action | 889 | 78.8 | 62.0 | 116,725 | 61.8 | 44.8 |
| Cases closed after formal action: | ||||||
| By settlement: | ||||||
| (a) Consent election | 11 | 1.0 | .8 | 3,337 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| (b) Recognition of representatives | 2 | .2 | .1 | 425 | .2 | .2 |
| (c) Payroll check | 2 | .2 | .1 | 30 | [1] | [1] |
| By dismissal before issuance of Board decision | 9 | .8 | .6 | 3,318 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| By withdrawal before issuance of Board decision | 34 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 4,019 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
| By certification by Board without election | 36 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 4,997 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| By certification by Board after election | 104 | 9.2 | 7.3 | 44,784 | 23.6 | 17.2 |
| By dismissal of petition by Board without election | 31 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 8,608 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| By dismissal of petition by Board after election | 10 | .9 | .7 | 2,757 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| Total cases closed after formal action | 239 | 21.2 | 16.7 | 72,275 | 38.2 | 27.8 |
| Total cases closed July 1, 1937 to June 30, 1938 | 1,128 | 100.0 | 78.7 | 189,000 | 100.0 | 72.6 |
| Cases pending: | ||||||
| Before hearing | 202 | 14.1 | 40,504 | 15.5 | ||
| After hearing: | ||||||
| Awaiting decision | 59 | 4.1 | 16,259 | 6.2 | ||
| Awaiting certification | 45 | 3.1 | 14,725 | 5.7 | ||
| Total cases pending June 30, 1938 | 306 | 21.3 | 71,488 | 27.4 | ||
- 1 Less than 0.05 percent.
0 of 50 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.
Reader’s notes
p. 52. Seven columns: stub plus "Number of cases", two "Percentage of—" columns (total cases closed; total cases on docket), "Number of workers involved", and two more "Percentage of—" columns (total workers in cases closed; total workers in cases on docket). The stub column has no printed heading, so cell 0 of both heading levels is empty; "Number of cases" and "Number of workers involved" are tall single headings spanning both levels and are repeated. In the row "(c) Payroll check" under "Cases closed after formal action: By settlement:", the last two columns hold only a raised parenthesized footnote reference to footnote 1 ("Less than 0.05 percent.") in place of a value; transcribed as printed, "(1)". Dash rules ("----------") appear in the "Percentage of total cases closed" and "Percentage of total number of workers involved in cases closed" columns for all docket and pending rows; these are transcribed as "". The label "Total cases closed July 1, 1937 to June 30, 1938" prints the first "1" indistinctly (scan artifact resembling a parenthesis); read as "July 1, 1937" from context. All printed totals are internally consistent (e.g. 889 + 239 = 1,128; 1,128 + 306 = 1,434; 116,725 + 72,275 = 189,000; 189,000 + 71,488 = 260,488), so no misprints are suspected.
Source image
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.