NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1951 › Number of cases received, closed, and pending by identification of complainant or petitioner, fiscal year 1951
Number of cases received, closed, and pending by identification of complainant or petitioner, fiscal year 1951
| Total | Number of cases | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Identification of complainant or petitioner | |||||
| Total | A. F of L affiliates | C. I. O. affiliates | Unaffiliated unions | Individuals | Employers | |
| All cases | ||||||
| Cases pending July 1, 1950 | 6,714 | 2,749 | 1,425 | 909 | 1,212 | 419 |
| Cases received July 1, 1950–June 30, 1951 | 22,298 | 11,184 | 5,850 | 2,394 | 2,013 | 857 |
| Cases on docket July 1, 1950–June 30, 1951 | 29,012 | 13,933 | 7,275 | 3,303 | 3,225 | 1,276 |
| Cases closed July 1, 1950–June 30, 1951 | 22,637 | 11,152 | 5,681 | 2,720 | 2,100 | 984 |
| Cases pending June 30, 1951 | 6,375 | 2,781 | 1,594 | 583 | 1,125 | 292 |
| Unfair labor practice cases | ||||||
| Cases pending July 1, 1950 | 3,243 | 956 | 645 | 272 | 1,113 | 257 |
| Cases received July 1, 1950–June 30, 1951 | 5,261 | 1,640 | 1,035 | 497 | 1,681 | 408 |
| Cases on docket July 1, 1950–June 30, 1951 | 8,504 | 2,596 | 1,680 | 769 | 2,794 | 665 |
| Cases closed July 1, 1950–June 30, 1951 | 5,503 | 1,713 | 993 | 558 | 1,748 | 491 |
| Cases pending June 30, 1951 | 3,001 | 883 | 687 | 211 | 1,046 | 174 |
| Representation cases | ||||||
| Cases pending July 1, 1950 | 2,480 | 1,213 | 536 | 470 | 99 | 162 |
| Cases received July 1, 1950–June 30, 1951 | 10,247 | 5,751 | 2,633 | 1,090 | 324 | 449 |
| Cases on docket July 1, 1950–June 30, 1951 | 12,727 | 6,964 | 3,169 | 1,560 | 423 | 611 |
| Cases closed July 1, 1950–June 30, 1951 | 10,291 | 5,614 | 2,528 | 1,311 | 345 | 493 |
| Cases pending June 30, 1951 | 2,436 | 1,350 | 641 | 249 | 78 | 118 |
| Union-shop authorization cases | ||||||
| Cases pending July 1, 1950 | 991 | 580 | 244 | 167 | 0 | |
| Cases received July 1, 1950–June 30, 1951 | 6,790 | 3,793 | 2,182 | 807 | 8 | |
| Cases on docket July 1, 1950–June 30, 1951 | 7,781 | 4,373 | 2,426 | 974 | 8 | |
| Cases closed July 1, 1950–June 30, 1951 | 6,843 | 3,825 | 2,160 | 851 | 7 | |
| Cases pending June 30, 1951 | 938 | 548 | 266 | 123 | 1 | |
- 1 The union-shop authorization poll was abolished by Public Law 189, approved by the President Oct 22, 1951. However, the law still provides for deauthorization polls when appropriate.
- 2 Includes 8 UD cases.
- 3 Includes 7 UD cases.
- 4 Includes 1 UD case.
114 of 114 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.
Reader’s notes
p. 304. Header geometry: the rule under "Number of cases" begins at the vertical rule to the right of the Total column, and the heading is centred over the five identification columns, so "Number of cases" is recorded as spanning columns 2-6 only, and "Total" is treated as a tall heading occupying all three heading levels. A reader who expects "Number of cases" to cover the Total column as well should be aware of this reading. The stub has no printed heading. Footnote markers in the Total column of the "Union-shop authorization cases" panel are small and partly broken in the scan. The marker on 6,790 is clearly 2; the marker on 7,781 reads ambiguously (2 or 3) and the marker on 6,843 reads ambiguously (3 or 8). They are transcribed as 2 and 3 respectively because the footnote texts match the arithmetic: 991 + 6,790 = 7,781 with "Includes 8 UD cases" (marker 2), while 6,843 goes with "Includes 7 UD cases" (marker 3) and 938 with "Includes 1 UD case" (marker 4). There is no footnote 8. In the "Union-shop authorization cases" panel the Employers column holds a dash rule in every row; these are recorded as empty cells. The section lines "All cases", "Unfair labor practice cases", "Representation cases" and "Union-shop authorization cases^1" are printed centred across the data columns rather than in the stub; they are placed in the stub column per the grid convention. Date ranges in the row labels are printed with a short dash between "1950" and "June"; transcribed as an en dash. No arithmetic was checked or corrected; all values are 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.