NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1939 › Disposition of representation cases of C. I. O. unions on docket during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939
Disposition of representation cases of C. I. O. 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 in cases on docket | |
| Cases pending June 30, 1938 | 674 | 42.6 | 415,258 | 66.4 | ||
| Cases received July 1, 1938 to July 1, 1939 | 909 | 57.4 | 209,707 | 33.6 | ||
| Total cases on docket | 1,583 | 100.0 | 624,965 | 100.0 | ||
| Cases closed before formal action: | ||||||
| By settlement: | ||||||
| (a) Consent election | 200 | 18.6 | 12.6 | 38,115 | 11.3 | 6.1 |
| (b) Recognition of representatives | 123 | 11.4 | 7.8 | 17,796 | 5.3 | 2.8 |
| (c) Payroll check | 108 | 10.0 | 6.8 | 11,124 | 3.3 | 1.8 |
| By dismissal | 30 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 4,135 | 1.2 | .7 |
| By withdrawal | 229 | 21.3 | 14.4 | 132,685 | 39.4 | 21.2 |
| Otherwise | 1 | .1 | .1 | 600 | .2 | .1 |
| Total cases closed before formal action | 691 | 64.2 | 43.6 | 204,455 | 60.7 | 32.7 |
| Cases closed after formal action: | ||||||
| By settlement before hearing: | ||||||
| (a) Consent election | 3 | .3 | .2 | 1,330 | .4 | .2 |
| (b) Recognition of representatives | 2 | .2 | .1 | 87 | [1] | [1] |
| (c) Payroll check | 1 | .1 | .1 | 1,300 | .4 | .2 |
| By settlement after hearing | ||||||
| (a) Consent election | 9 | .8 | .6 | 5,198 | 1.5 | .8 |
| (b) Recognition of representatives | 2 | .2 | .1 | 3,515 | 1.0 | .6 |
| (c) Payroll check | ||||||
| By dismissal before hearing | 1 | .1 | .1 | 165 | [1] | [1] |
| By dismissal after hearing | 11 | 1.0 | .7 | 1,799 | .5 | .3 |
| By withdrawal before hearing | 14 | 1.3 | .9 | 1,865 | .6 | .3 |
| By withdrawal after hearing | 18 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 8,735 | 2.6 | 1.4 |
| By certification by Board without election | 65 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 35,733 | 10.6 | 5.7 |
| By certification by Board after election | 180 | 16.7 | 11.3 | 62,364 | 18.6 | 10.0 |
| By dismissal of petition by Board without election | 36 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 4,308 | 1.3 | .7 |
| By dismissal of petition by Board after election | 44 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 6,228 | 1.8 | 1.0 |
| Total cases closed after formal action | 386 | 35.8 | 24.4 | 132,627 | 39.3 | 21.2 |
| Total cases closed July 1, 1938 to July 1, 1939 | 1,077 | 100.0 | 337,082 | 100.0 | ||
| Cases pending June 30, 1939 | 506 | 32.0 | 287,883 | 46.1 | ||
- 1 Less than 0.05 percent.
0 of 52 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.
Reader’s notes
p. 56. 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). "Number of cases" and "Number of workers involved" are tall single headings spanning both heading levels, so they are repeated in each level; the stub carries no printed heading. Cells printed as a raised 1 inside parentheses (the footnote reference standing in place of a percentage) are transcribed as "(1)": row "(b) Recognition of representatives" under "By settlement before hearing" in both percent-of-workers columns, and row "By dismissal before hearing" in both percent-of-workers columns. Row "(c) Payroll check" under "By settlement after hearing" is printed with a label and leader dots only, no figures; its value cells are left empty as printed. The section line "By settlement after hearing" likewise carries no figures; it appears to be printed without a trailing colon (leader dots follow the word "hearing" directly), unlike "By settlement before hearing:". Doubtful cell: row "By certification by Board after election", column "Percentage of— Total number of workers involved in cases closed", read as 18.6; 62,364/337,082 = 18.50 percent, so the printed digit may be a 5 misread in this 1-bit scan, or a misprint in the source. Transcribed as read. All additive checks pass as printed (674+909=1,583; 691+386=1,077; 204,455+132,627=337,082; 1,583−1,077=506; 624,965−337,082=287,883; component cases and workers sum to both subtotals). Several percentages are truncated rather than rounded in the source (e.g. 229/1,583=14.47 printed as 14.4; 691/1,583=43.65 printed as 43.6; 180/1,583=11.37 printed as 11.3); these are transcribed exactly as printed.
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.