NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1976 › Industrial distribution of cases received
| Industrial group | All cases | Unfair labor practice cases | Unfair labor practice cases | Unfair labor practice cases | Unfair labor practice cases | Unfair labor practice cases | Unfair labor practice cases | Unfair labor practice cases | Unfair labor practice cases | Representation cases | Representation cases | Representation cases | Representation cases | Union deauthorization cases | Amendment of certification cases | Unit clarification cases |
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| Industrial group | All cases | All C cases | CA | CB | CC | CD | CE | CG | CP | All R cases | RC | RM | RD | UD | AC | UC |
| Food and kindred products | 2,303 | 1,575 | 1,133 | 438 | 3 | 1 | 709 | 593 | 33 | 73 | 10 | 13 | ||||
| Tobacco manufacturers | 32 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Textile mill products | 476 | 353 | 283 | 61 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 120 | 109 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Apparel and other finished products made from fabric and similar materials | 587 | 434 | 307 | 111 | 8 | 8 | 151 | 129 | 9 | 13 | 3 | |||||
| Lumber and wood products (except furniture) | 743 | 442 | 381 | 67 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 292 | 245 | 15 | 32 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Furniture and fixtures | 479 | 329 | 257 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 139 | 129 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Paper and allied products | 611 | 424 | 286 | 120 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 171 | 149 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 3 | |||
| Printing, publishing, and allied products | 1,437 | 1,007 | 740 | 247 | 14 | 6 | 403 | 307 | 26 | 70 | 7 | 3 | 17 | |||
| Chemicals and allied products | 936 | 613 | 450 | 137 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 302 | 253 | 13 | 36 | 10 | 11 | |||
| Petroleum refining and related industries | 361 | 265 | 180 | 65 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 93 | 79 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products | 809 | 494 | 407 | 65 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 305 | 270 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 7 | |||
| Leather and leather products | 183 | 112 | 78 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 67 | 57 | 1 | 9 | 4 | |||||
| Stone, clay, glass, and concrete products | 993 | 722 | 502 | 196 | 32 | 11 | 11 | 230 | 223 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Primary metal industries | 1,736 | 1,369 | 882 | 482 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 352 | 294 | 16 | 42 | 9 | 6 | |||
| Fabricated metal products (except machinery and transportation equipment) | 1,751 | 1,206 | 983 | 183 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 528 | 450 | 19 | 59 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Machinery (except electrical) | 2,028 | 1,400 | 1,067 | 262 | 44 | 11 | 9 | 595 | 509 | 18 | 68 | 8 | 4 | 15 | ||
| Electrical and electronic machinery, equipment, and supplies | 1,452 | 1,078 | 781 | 272 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 356 | 307 | 13 | 46 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Aircraft and parts | 268 | 236 | 138 | 92 | 10 | 2 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| Ship and boat building and repairing, Automotive and other transportation equipment | 257 | 207 | 149 | 56 | 2 | |||||||||||
| (Subtotal/aggregate transportation eq. row) | 1,338 | 1,028 | 669 | 330 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 291 | 256 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Measuring, analyzing, and controlling instruments, photographic, medical, and optical goods, watches and clocks | 281 | 178 | 139 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 94 | 83 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 1,228 | 948 | 569 | 373 | 6 | 341 | 311 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 133 | |||||
| Manufacturing | 20,432 | 14,308 | 10,242 | 3,807 | 262 | 98 | 8 | 76 | 5,469 | 4,803 | 242 | 624 | 90 | 32 | 133 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.