NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1971 › Formal actions taken in representation and union deauthorization cases
| Hearing completed, total | 2,701 | 2,397 | 2,181 | 114 | 102 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial hearings Hearings on objections and/or challenges | 2,455 246 | 2,161 236 | 1,968 213 | 98 16 | 95 7 | 2 2 |
| Decisions issued, total _ | 2,313 | 2,087 | 1,901 | 92 | 94 | 2 |
| By regional director's | 2,088 | 1,947 | 1,780 | 80 | 87 | 2 |
| Elections directed Dismissals on record | 1,825 263 | 1,716 231 | 1,681 199 | 66 14 | 69 18 | 2 o |
| By Board | 225 | 140 | 121 | 12 | 7 | o |
| After transfer by regional directors for initial decision | 193 | 109 | 94 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| Elections directed Dismissals on record | 118 75 | 80 29 | 72 22 | 3 7 | 5 0 | 0 0 |
| After review of regional directors' decision | 32 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 2 | o |
| Elections directed Dismissals on record | 23 9 | 22 9 | 20 7 | 1 1 | 1 1 | o |
| Decisions on objections and/or challenges, total | 890 | 875 | 810 | 47 | 18 | 9 |
| By regional directors | 326 | 317 | ' 298 | 13 | 6 | 6 |
| By Board | 564 | 558 | 512 | 34 | 12 | 3 |
| In stipulated elections | 535 | 529 | 484 | 34 | 11 | 0 |
| No exceptions to regional directors' report Exceptions to regional directors' reports | 330 206 | 327 202 | 297 187 | 22 12 | 8 3 | 0 o |
| In directed elections (after transfn by regional directors) _ | 22 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | i |
| In directed elections after review of regional direc- tors supplemental decisions | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.