NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1949 › Formal actions taken
| Type of action | All cases — Number of cases | All cases — Formal actions | Unfair labor practice cases — NLRA C cases — Number of cases | Unfair labor practice cases — NLRA C cases — Formal actions | Unfair labor practice cases — LMRA C cases — CA cases — Number of cases | Unfair labor practice cases — LMRA C cases — CA cases — Formal actions | Unfair labor practice cases — LMRA C cases — Other C cases — Number of cases | Unfair labor practice cases — LMRA C cases — Other C cases — Formal actions | Representation cases — NLRA R cases — Number of cases | Representation cases — NLRA R cases — Formal actions | Representation cases — LMRA R cases — Number of cases | Representation cases — LMRA R cases — Formal actions | Union-authorization cases — Number of cases | Union-authorization cases — Formal actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complaints issued | 417 | 424 | 76 | 61 | 299 | 309 | 142 | 54 | ||||||
| Notices of hearing issued | 2,129 | 1,713 | 1 | 94 | 17 | 17 | 2,055 | 1,686 | 9 | 8 | ||||
| Cases heard | 2,292 | 1,798 | 73 | 73 | 265 | 213 | 85 | 33 | 18 | 14 | ||||
| Intermediate reports issued | 326 | 198 | 188 | 237 | 26 | 25 | 82 | 30 | ||||||
| Decisions issued | 3,365 | 2,891 | 191 | 174 | 227 | 145 | 64 | 42 | 69 | 70 | 2,429 | 2,111 | 383 | 383 |
| Decisions and orders | 342 | 261 | 159 | 150 | 127 | 83 | 48 | 32 | ||||||
| Decisions and consent orders | 142 | 91 | 24 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Elections directed | 1,434 | 1,222 | 31 | 31 | 1,400 | 1,184 | ||||||||
| Certifications and dismissals after stipulated elections | 43 | 31 | 684 | 677 | 61 | 61 | ||||||||
| Dismissals on record | 703 | 563 | ||||||||||||
| Certifications after regional Director directed elections | 311 | 311 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.