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Workers involved in NLRB cases compared with workers involved in strikes — for all causes and for organization

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Year and month	Number of workers involved in cases brought before Board (1)	Number of workers involved in strikes For all causes (2)	Number of workers involved in strikes For organization (3)	Ratio of Board cases to strikes Percent for all causes [(1) over (2)]	Ratio of Board cases to strikes Percent for organization [(1) over (3)]
1935
October	47,790	92,357	28,213	52	169
November	47,580	34,661	8,259	137	576
December	27,580	14,133	4,059	195	679
Total (1935)	523,138	763,783	419,538	68	125
1936
January	20,346	30,001	7,225	68	282
February	5,424	62,259	35,898	9	15
March	19,300	74,475	13,811	26	140
April	11,646	62,551	44,484	19	26
May	26,460	71,625	45,388	37	58
June	34,739	61,243	29,250	57	119
July	31,936	36,115	11,893	88	269
August	8,555	64,510	46,232	13	19
September	9,114	60,555	29,750	15	31
October	27,335	96,608	66,898	28	41
November	309,187	70,515	33,795	438	915
December	18,986	73,326	53,333	26	35
Total (1936)	2,339,631	1,816,847	1,051,528	129	222
1937
January	24,744	106,076	73,202	23	34
February	74,870	106,910	40,949	70	183
March	49,187	281,387	188,049	17	26
April	159,051	214,760	114,985	74	138
May	315,470	203,622	229,936	98	137
June	399,737	278,783	131,574	133	281
July	305,049	139,976	72,173	218	423
August	304,267	134,078	91,125	227	334
September	180,281	84,033	50,387	214	358
October	175,351	61,395	25,923	287	679
November	225,410	66,168	20,286	341	1,111
December	155,634	21,760	14,954	715	1,041
1938
January	121,113	32,357	13,312	374	910
February	106,172	50,935	5,719	208	1,856
March	154,868	53,914	20,395	287	759
April	176,414	75,840	20,390	233	865
May	92,907	80,792	15,810	107	588
June	102,813	49,602	23,368	207	440

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Source page 293 of NLRB FY1938 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1938, p. 293.

Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.