NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1973 › Cases received, by industrial group
| Industrial group | All cases | Unfair labor practice cases — All C | Unfair labor practice cases — CA | Unfair labor practice cases — CB | Unfair labor practice cases — CC | Unfair labor practice cases — CD | Unfair labor practice cases — CE | Unfair labor practice cases — CP | Representation cases — All R | Representation cases — RC | Representation cases — RM | Representation cases — RD | Union-shop Deauthorization cases — UD | Amendment-of-Certification cases — AC | Unit-Clarification cases — UC | |
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| Construction | 4,534 | 3,754 | 1,124 | 928 | 976 | 1,059 | 410 | 17 | 196 | 556 | 450 | 86 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| Wholesale trade | 2,500 | 1,252 | 904 | 222 | 86 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1,212 | 993 | 135 | 85 | 20 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| Retail trade | 5,022 | 2,768 | 2,191 | 353 | 203 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 2,069 | 1,669 | 215 | 211 | 36 | 4 | 31 | 0 |
| Finance, insurance, and real estate | 454 | 230 | 161 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 210 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| U.S. Postal Service | 526 | 509 | 440 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Local and suburban transit and interurban highway passenger transportation | 288 | 187 | 78 | 104 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 78 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Motor freight transportation and warehousing | 2,116 | 1,310 | 1,069 | 60 | 82 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 684 | 764 | 57 | 63 | 11 | 5 | 10 | |
| Water transportation | 316 | 200 | 117 | 59 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 57 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Other transportation | 141 | 81 | 65 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Communication | 937 | 608 | 367 | 168 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 294 | 246 | 21 | 27 | 31 | 3 | 1 | |
| Electric, gas, and sanitary services | 506 | 271 | 155 | 54 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 213 | 183 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| Transportation, communication, and other utilities — Total | 5,004 | 3,324 | 2,102 | 923 | 165 | 76 | 19 | 39 | 1,605 | 1,388 | 108 | 129 | 23 | 11 | 41 | |
| Hotels, rooming houses, camps, and other lodging places | 554 | 375 | 274 | 79 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 174 | 150 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Personal services | 315 | 185 | 127 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 124 | 105 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Automotive repair, services, and garages | 376 | 155 | 128 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 215 | 188 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Amusement and recreation services (except motion pictures) | 456 | 346 | 168 | 100 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 97 | 70 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | |
| Motion pictures | 944 | 511 | 408 | 87 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 414 | 358 | 25 | 31 | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
| Health services | 200 | 136 | 87 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Educational services | 183 | 136 | 86 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Membership organizations | 1,275 | 726 | 526 | 188 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 520 | 436 | 23 | 61 | 13 | 1 | 15 | |
| Business services | 142 | 80 | 64 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 39 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Miscellaneous repair services | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Legal services | 48 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Museums, art galleries, and botanical and zoological gardens | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Miscellaneous services | 181 | 102 | 64 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 67 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Services — Total | 4,680 | 2,780 | 1,949 | 552 | 130 | 32 | 0 | 39 | 1,865 | 1,614 | 117 | 134 | 3 | 5 | 46 | |
| Total, all industrial groups | 41,077 | 26,487 | 17,361 | 6,052 | 1,888 | 627 | 104 | 475 | 14,032 | 11,897 | 991 | 1,144 | 213 | 78 | 267 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.