NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1939 › Disposition of unfair labor practice cases of A. F. of L. unions on docket during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939
| 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, 1938 | 875 | 31.6 | 137,637 | 45.5 | ||
| Cases received July 1, 1938, to June 30, 1939 | 1,895 | 68.4 | 164,834 | 54.5 | ||
| Total cases on docket | 2,770 | 100.0 | 302,471 | 100.0 | ||
| Cases closed before issuance of complaint: | ||||||
| By settlement | 882 | 51.4 | 31.9 | 79,585 | 51.7 | 26.3 |
| By dismissal | 168 | 9.8 | 6.1 | 7,393 | 4.8 | 2.4 |
| By withdrawal | 497 | 28.9 | 17.9 | 27,567 | 17.9 | 9.1 |
| Otherwise | 13 | .8 | .5 | 1,100 | .7 | .4 |
| Total cases closed before issuance of complaint | 1,560 | 90.9 | 56.4 | 115,645 | 75.1 | 38.2 |
| Cases closed after issuance of complaint: | ||||||
| By settlement before hearing | 10 | .6 | .4 | 1,803 | 1.2 | .6 |
| By settlement after hearing | 20 | 1.2 | .6 | 10,720 | 7.0 | 3.5 |
| By dismissal before hearing | ||||||
| By dismissal after hearing | 6 | .3 | .2 | 3,040 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| By withdrawal before hearing | 2 | .1 | .1 | 37 | ||
| By withdrawal after hearing | 7 | .4 | .3 | 1,544 | 1.0 | .5 |
| By intermediate report finding no violation | 4 | .2 | .1 | 577 | .4 | .2 |
| By compliance with intermediate report | 12 | .7 | .4 | 777 | .5 | .3 |
| By dismissal by Board decision | 9 | .5 | .3 | 1,004 | .7 | .3 |
| By compliance with Board decision | 88 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 18,642 | 12.1 | 6.2 |
| Total cases closed after issuance of complaint | 158 | 9.1 | 5.6 | 38,144 | 24.9 | 12.6 |
| Total cases closed July 1, 1938, to June 30, 1939 | 1,718 | 100.0 | 153,789 | 100.0 | ||
| Cases pending June 30, 1939 | 1,052 | 38.0 | 148,682 | 49.2 | ||
0 of 40 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.
p. 45. Seven columns: stub plus six data columns. The two spanner headings "Percentage of—" each cover two columns (Total cases closed / Total cases on docket, and Total number of workers involved in cases closed / Total number of workers involved in cases on docket); "Number of cases" and "Number of workers involved" are tall headings occupying both heading levels and are repeated. The stub column has no printed heading, so its heading cells are empty. In the "By withdrawal before hearing" row, the last two columns print a parenthesised raised 1, i.e. a reference to footnote 1 ("Less than 0.05 percent"); transcribed as "(^1)" to keep the printed parentheses while marking the raised digit. It is a footnote reference standing alone, not a value. "Cases pending June 30, 1938", Number of workers involved: the scan shows a speck between the digit groups so it reads like "137; 637"; it is 137,637, confirmed by 137,637 + 164,834 = 302,471 as printed. "By withdrawal before hearing", Number of cases: a stray mark makes the entry look like ".2"; it is 2, confirmed because the nine itemised case counts sum to the printed total of 158. "By dismissal before hearing" is a printed row label with a dash rule across all six data columns, so all its value cells are empty. All printed totals reconcile with the components as transcribed: cases 882+168+497+13 = 1,560; 1,560+158 = 1,718; 875+1,895 = 2,770; 2,770-1,718 = 1,052; workers 115,645+38,144 = 153,789 and 302,471-153,789 = 148,682; and both percentage columns for the post-complaint items sum to the printed 9.1, 5.6, 24.9 and 12.6. No misprints detected. Note that the printed ".6" for "By settlement after hearing" under "Total cases on docket" is slightly below the ratio 20/2,770 (0.72), but it is consistent with the printed column total of 5.6, so it is transcribed as printed.
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.