NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1976 › Methods of disposition of representation and union deauthorization cases closed
Methods of disposition of representation and union deauthorization cases closed
| Method and stage of disposition | All R cases | All R cases | RC cases | RC cases | RM cases | RM cases | RD cases | RD cases | UD cases | UD cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Method and stage of disposition | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent |
| Total, all | 13,184 | 100 | 11,024 | 100 | 834 | 100 | 1,326 | 100 | 209 | 100 |
| Certification issued, total | 8,719 | 66.1 | 7,732 | 70.1 | 359 | 43.1 | 616 | 46.7 | 103 | 49.2 |
| After Consent election | 885 | 6.7 | 777 | 7 | 28 | 3.4 | 80 | 6.1 | 17 | 8.1 |
| Before notice of hearing | 500 | 3.8 | 435 | 3.8 | 26 | 2.7 | 39 | 2.9 | 4 | 1.9 |
| After notice of hearing, before hearing closed | 385 | 2.9 | 342 | 3.2 | 2 | 0.7 | 41 | 3.1 | ||
| After firm hearing closed, before decision | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Stipulated election | 6,131 | 46.5 | 5,444 | 49.4 | 222 | 26.7 | 454 | 34.2 | 29 | 13.9 |
| Before notice of hearing | 2,363 | 17.9 | 1,973 | 17.9 | 136 | 15.8 | 234 | 17.6 | 21 | 10 |
| After notice of hearing, before hearing closed | 3,755 | 28.5 | 3,449 | 31.3 | 86 | 10.3 | 220 | 16.6 | ||
| After hearing closed | 13 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||
| Expedited election | 32 | 0.2 | 0 | |||||||
| Regional director directed election | 1,572 | 11.9 | 1,408 | 12.8 | 89 | 8.8 | 67 | 5 | 57 | 27.2 |
| Board ordered election | 100 | 0.8 | 82 | 0.8 | 13 | 5 | ||||
| By withdrawal, total | 3,459 | 26.2 | 2,654 | 24.1 | 317 | 38 | 81 | 38.8 | ||
| Before notice of hearing | 1,724 | 13.1 | 1,150 | 10.4 | 227 | 27.1 | 347 | 26.2 | 76 | 36.4 |
| After notice of hearing, before hearing closed | 1,545 | 11.7 | 1,388 | 12.1 | 78 | 9.4 | 74 | 5.6 | 5 | 2.4 |
| After hearing closed | 31 | 0.2 | 29 | 0.3 | 2 | |||||
| After regional director's decision and direction of election | 151 | 1.1 | 131 | 1.2 | 11 | 1.5 | 9 | 0.7 | ||
| After Board decision and direction of election | 8 | 0.1 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
| By dismissal, total | 1,015 | 7.7 | 638 | 5.8 | 158 | 18.9 | 194 | 16.5 | 25 | 12 |
| Before notice of hearing | 452 | 3.4 | 189 | 1.7 | 109 | 13.1 | 150 | 11.3 | 23 | 11 |
| After notice of hearing, before hearing closed | 37 | 0.3 | 33 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 1 |
| After hearing closed, before decision | 26 | 0.2 | 21 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.4 | ||||
| By regional director's decision | 314 | 2.4 | 267 | 2.5 | 15 | 1.8 | 32 | 2.4 | ||
| By Board decision | 186 | 1.4 | 128 | 1.2 | 30 | 3.5 | 11 | 0.7 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.