NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1954 › Total Cases Received, Closed, and Pending (Complainant or Petitioner Identified), Fiscal Year 1954
Total Cases Received, Closed, and Pending (Complainant or Petitioner Identified), Fiscal Year 1954
| Number of cases | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Identification of complainant or petitioner | |||||
| Total | A. F. L. affiliates | C. I. O. affiliates | Unaffiliated unions | Individuals | Employers | |
| All cases | ||||||
| Pending July 1, 1953 | 4,289 | 1,867 | 1,048 | 236 | 889 | 249 |
| Received July 1, 1953–June 30, 1954 | 14,094 | 6,662 | 2,712 | 889 | 2,689 | 1,142 |
| On docket July 1, 1953–June 30, 1954 | 18,383 | 8,529 | 3,760 | 1,125 | 3,578 | 1,391 |
| Closed July 1, 1953–June 30, 1954 | 13,989 | 6,683 | 2,949 | 855 | 2,451 | 1,051 |
| Pending June 30, 1954 | 4,394 | 1,846 | 811 | 270 | 1,127 | 340 |
| Unfair labor practice cases | ||||||
| Pending July 1, 1953 | 2,669 | 938 | 635 | 130 | 802 | 164 |
| Received July 1, 1953–June 30, 1954 | 5,965 | 2,042 | 926 | 275 | 2,147 | 575 |
| On docket July 1, 1953–June 30, 1954 | 8,634 | 2,980 | 1,561 | 405 | 2,949 | 739 |
| Closed July 1, 1953–June 30, 1954 | 5,962 | 2,118 | 1,117 | 289 | 1,933 | 505 |
| Pending June 30, 1954 | 2,672 | 862 | 444 | 116 | 1,016 | 234 |
| Representation cases | ||||||
| Pending July 1, 1953 | 1,614 | 929 | 412 | 106 | 82 | 85 |
| Received July 1, 1953–June 30, 1954 | 8,076 | 4,620 | 1,786 | 613 | 489 | 568 |
| On docket July 1, 1953–June 30, 1954 | 9,690 | 5,549 | 2,198 | 719 | 571 | 653 |
| Closed July 1, 1953–June 30, 1954 | 7,975 | 4,565 | 1,831 | 565 | 468 | 546 |
| Pending June 30, 1954 | 1,715 | 984 | 367 | 154 | 103 | 107 |
| Union-shop deauthorization cases | ||||||
| Pending July 1, 1953 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Received July 1, 1953–June 30, 1954 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | |
| On docket July 1, 1953–June 30, 1954 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 57 | |
| Closed July 1, 1953–June 30, 1954 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | |
| Pending June 30, 1954 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
- 1 Definitions of Types of Cases Used in Tables. The following designations, used by the Board in numbering cases, are used in the tables in this appendix to designate the various types of cases: CA A charge of unfair labor practices against an employer under section 8(a). CB. A charge of unfair labor practices against a union under section 8 (b) (1), (2), (3), (5), (6) CC A charge of unfair labor practices against a union under section 8 (b) (4) (A), (B), (C). CD: A charge of unfair labor practices against a union under section 8 (b) (4) (D) RC: A petition by a labor organization or employees for certification of a representative for purposes of collective bargaining under section 9 (c) (1) (A) (i). RM A petition by employer for certification of a representative for purposes of collective bargaining under section 9 (c) (1) (B). RD A petition by employees under section 9 (c) (1) (A) (ii) asserting that the union previously certified
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Reader’s notes
p. 166. Seven columns: stub, Total, and five "Identification of complainant or petitioner" columns. The stub column has no printed heading, so cell 0 of each header level is empty. Footnote markers: the section line "All cases" carries a raised 1; the Total cell of "Pending July 1, 1953" in the Unfair labor practice cases section carries a raised 2 printed to the LEFT of the figure (printed as "2 2,669"), transcribed as "2,669^2". The text of footnote 2 is not on this crop — only footnote 1 is printed here, and footnote 1 itself is cut off by the bottom of the crop in the middle of the RD definition ("...asserting that the union previously certified"). The remainder of footnote 1 and all of footnote 2 continue below the crop. In the Union-shop deauthorization cases block the Employers column shows a dash/leader rule on all five rows, transcribed as "". The C.I.O. heading prints faintly as "C. I O." in this scan (the period after the I is broken); rendered as "C. I. O. affiliates". All five section figures sum across to the printed Total in every row, and the three case-type sections sum to the "All cases" figures, so no internal inconsistencies were found.
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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.