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Methods of disposition of unfair labor practice cases closed

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Method and stage of disposition	All C: Number	All C: Percent of total closed	All C: Percent of total method	CA: Number	CA: Percent of total closed	CB: Number	CB: Percent of total closed	CC: Number	CC: Percent of total closed	CD: Number	CD: Percent of total closed	CE: Number	CE: Percent of total closed	CP: Number	CP: Percent of total closed
Total number cases closed	25,555	100		16,725	100	5,747	100	1,928	100	630	100	79	100	446	100
Agreement of the parties	6,071	22.8	100	4,001	24	989	17.2	887	46	9	1.4	16	20.3	149	33.4
Informal settlement	5,847	22.8	96.3	3,926	23.5	937	16.3	832	43.2			15	19	137	30.7
Before issuance of complaint	4,445	17.4	73.2	2,838	17	787	13.7	724	37.5	(1)		10	12.7	119	26.7
After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing	1,327	5.2	21.9	1,033	6.1	146	2.5	98	5.1			4	5.1	17	3.8
During hearing opened before issuance of trial examiner's decision	75	0.3	1.2	55	0.3	4	0.1	10	0.5					1	0.2
Formal settlement	224	0.8	3.7	65	0.6	52	0.9	69	3.1			2	2.5	12	2.7
After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing	184	0.7	3	69	0.4	42	0.7	56	2.9			2	2.5	9	2
Stipulated decision	16	0.1	0.3	3		1		7	0.4					5	1.1
Consent decree	168	0.7	2.8	66	0.4	39	0.7	49	2.5			2	2.5	4	0.9
After hearing opened	40	0.2	0.7					10	0.6					3	0.7
Stipulated decision	1							1	0.1
Consent decree	39	0.2	0.7					10	0.5					3	0.7
Compliance with	1,055	4.2	100	859	4.8	160	2.8	55	2.9			16	2.5	17	3.8
Trial examiner's decision Board decision	616	2.4	58.4	450	2.7	126	2.2	42	2.1
Adopting trial examiner's decision (no exceptions filed)	132	0.5	12.5	105	0.6	16	0.3
Contested	484	1.9	45.9	345	2.1	63	1.1	37	1.9

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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.