NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1974 › Formal actions taken in representation and union deauthorization cases
| Iearings completed, total | 2,781 | 2,518 | 2,269 | 101 | 145 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial hearings Hearings on objections and/or challenges | 2,502 279 | 2,253 265 | 2,019 250 | 94 10 | 140 5 | 9 2 |
| )ecisions issued, total | 2,422 | 2,259 | 2,034 | 84 | 141 | 3 |
| By regional directors | 2,242 | 2,103 | 1,899 | 73 | 131 | 3 |
| Elections directed Dismissals on record | 1,947 295 | 1,825 278 | 1,646 253 | 62 11 | 117 14 | 3 0 |
| By Board_ | 180 | 156 | 135 | 11 | 10 | 0 |
| After transfer by regional directors for initial decision | 126 | 112 | 92 | 11 | 9 | 0 |
| Elections directed Dismissals on record | 71 55 | 65 47 | 54 38 | 7 4 | 4 5 | 0 0 |
| After review of regional directors' decisions | 54 | 44 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Elections directed Dismissals on record | 30 24 | 27 17 | 27 16 | 0 0 | 0 1 | 0 0 |
| Decisions on objections and/or challenges, total_ _ _ | 1,240 | 1,202 | 1,098 | 67 | 37 | 9 |
| By regional directors | 340 | 327 | 305 | 15 | 7 | 5 |
| By Board | 900 | 875 | 793 | 52 | 30 | 4 |
| In stipulated elections | 844 | 822 | 748 | 47 | 27 | 3 |
| No exceptions to regional directors' reports | 600 | 584 | 539 | 26 | 19 | 3 |
| Exceptions to regional directors' reports | 244 | 238 | 299 | 21 | 8 | 0 |
| In directed elections (after transfer by regional directors) | 41 | 38 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| In directed elections after review of regional directors' supplemental decisions | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.