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Disposition of representation cases closed — by stage and method

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Stage and method	All R cases — Number of cases	All R cases — Percent of cases closed	NLRA R cases — Number of cases	NLRA R cases — Percent of cases closed	RC cases — Number of cases	RC cases — Percent of cases closed	RM cases — Number of cases	RM cases — Percent of cases closed	RD cases — Number of cases	RD cases — Percent of cases closed
Total number of cases closed	9,245	100	177	100	8,131	100	482	100	455	100
Before formal action, total	7,017	75.9	39	22	6,167	75.8	406	84.2	405	89
Before formal action — Adjusted	4,219	45.6	8	4.5	4,002	49.2	138	28.6	71	15.6
Before formal action — Adjusted — Consent election	3,532	38.2	1	0.6	3,357	41.3	108	22.4	66	14.5
Before formal action — Adjusted — Stipulated election	655	7.1	6	3.4	619	7.6	27	5.6	3	0.7
Before formal action — Adjusted — Recognition	32	0.4	1	0.6	26	0.3	3	0.6	2	0.4
Before formal action — Withdrawn	2,117	22.9	20	11.3	1,777	21.9	204	42.3	116	25.5
Before formal action — Dismissed	676	7.3	11	6.2	385	4.7	62	12.9	117	25.7
Before formal action — Otherwise	5	0.1	0	0	3	(1)	2	0.4	0	0
After formal action, total	2,228	24.1	138	78	1,964	24.2	76	15.8	50	11
After formal action — Before hearing — total	267	2.9	2	1.1	219	2.7	23	4.8	23	5.1
After formal action — After hearing — total	157	1.7	6	3.4	115	1.4	10	2.1	26	5.7
After formal action — After Board decision — total	1,706	18.4	70	39.5	1,613	19.8	33	6.8
After formal action — Certified after Board ordered election	962	9.3	62	35	947	11.6	32	6.6
After formal action — Dismissed — After Board ordered election	317	3.4	6	3.4	311	3.8

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