NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1973 › Formal actions taken in representation and union deauthorization cases
Formal actions taken in representation and union deauthorization cases
| Hearings completed, total | 2,790 | 2,530 | 2,296 | 73 | 162 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial hearings Hearings on objections and/or challenges | 2,524 266 | 2,267 263 | 2,041 254 | 70 3 | 166 6 | 5 10 |
| Decisions issued, total | 2,458 | 2,282 | 2,059 | 75 | 148 | 5 |
| By regional directors | 2,318 | 2,160 | 1,946 | 69 | 145 | 5 |
| Elections directed Dismissals on record | 2,007 311 | 1,872 288 | 1,690 256 | 61 8 | 121 24 | 4 1 |
| By Board | 140 | 122 | 113 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| After transfer by regional directors for initial decision | 106 | 88 | 79 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Elections directed Dismissals on record | 67 39 | 54 34 | 40 29 | 2 4 | 2 1 | 0 0 |
| After review of regional directors' decisions | 34 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elections directed Dismissals on record | 26 8 | 26 8 | 26 8 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 |
| Decisions on objections and/or challenges, total | 1,253 | 1,282 | 1,136 | 62 | 44 | 11 |
| By regional directors | 364 | 857 | 328 | 12 | 17 | 9 |
| By Board | 889 | 875 | 808 | 40 | 27 | 2 |
| In stipulated elections | 851 | 838 | 777 | 37 | 24 | 2 |
| No exceptions to regional directors' reports | 551 | 539 | 500 | 22 | 17 | 2 |
| Exceptions to regional directors' reports | 300 | 299 | 277 | 15 | 7 | 0 |
| In directed elections (after transfer by regional directors) In | 16 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| directed elections after review of regional directors' supplemental decisions | 22 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.