NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1955 › Methods of disposition of representation cases closed
Methods of disposition of representation cases closed
| Total number of cases closed__ | 7,442 | 100 0 | 6,414 | 100 | 546 | 100 0 | 482 | 100 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consent election | 1,888 | 25 4 | 1,739 | 27 1 | 98 | 17 9 | 51 | 10 6 |
| Before notice of hearing | 1,207 | 16 2 | 1,116 | 17 4 | 70 | 12 8 | 21 | 4 4 |
| After notice of hearing, before hearing opened | 624 | 8 4 | 575 | 9 0 | 21 | 3 8 | 28 | 5 8 |
| After hearing opened, before Board decision | 57 | 8 | 48 | 7 | 7 | 1.3 | 2 | 4 |
| Stipulated election | 1,160 | 15 6 | 1,082 | 16 9 | 51 | 9 3 | 27 | 5 6 |
| Before notice of hearing | 574 | 7 7 | 529 | 8 3 | 35 | 6 4 | 10 | 2 1 |
| After notice of hearing, before hearing opened | 502 | 6 8 | 481 | 7 5 | 10 | 1 8 | 11 | 2 3 |
| After hearing opened, before Board decision | 77 | 1 0 | 65 | 1 0 | 6 | 1 1 | 6 | 1 2 |
| After postelection hearing and decision | 7 | 1 | 7 | ' 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Withdrawn | 1,796 | 24 1 | 1,469 | 22 9 | 185 | 33 9 | 142 | 29 5 |
| Before notice of hearing | 1,040 | 14 0 | 845 | 13 2 | 104 | 19 0 | 91 | 18 9 |
| After notice of hearing, before hearing opened | 577 | 7 7 | 467 | 7 3 | 67 | 12 3 | 43 | 8 9 |
| After hearing opened, before Board decision | 88 | 1 2 | 72 | 1 1 | 9 | 1 7 | 7 | 1.5 |
| After Board decision and direc- tion of election | 91 | 1 2 | 85 | 1 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| Dismissed | 1,194 | 16 0 | 895 | 13 9 | 121 | 22 2 | 178 | 36 9 |
| Before notice of hearing After notice of hearing, before | 583 | 7 8 | 400 | 6 2 | 82 | 15 0 | 101 | 20 9 |
| hearing opened After hearing opened, before | 155 | 2 1 | 117 | 1 8 | 12 | 2 2 | 26 | 5 4 |
| Board decision | 29 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.6 |
| By Board decision | 1 427 | 5.7 | 352 | 5 5 | 27 | 5 0 | 48 | 10 0 |
| Board-ordered election | 1,392 | 18 7 | 1,217 | 19 0 | 91 | 16 7 | 84 | 17 4 |
| Otherwise | 12 | 2 | 12 | . 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.