NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1978 › Formal actions taken in unfair labor practice cases
| 0(k) notices of hearings issued | 85 | 68 | 68 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domplaints issued | 6,966 186 | 5,320 120 | 4,357 105 | 445 7 | 162 0 | 8 0 | 21 0 | 10 0 | 37 0 | 134 4 | 87 4 | 59 0 | |
| 3ackpay specifications issued | 1,897 | 1,297 | 1,000 | 102 | 23 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 72 | 14 |
| Tearings completed, total | 1,820 | 1,240 | 948 | 99 | 23 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 71 | 13 |
| Initial ULP hearings Backpay hearings | 54 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Other hearings | 23 | 40 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 1 | |
| Decisions by administrative law judges, total__ | 1,878 | 1,211 | 937 | 95 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 86 | _ 10 | |
| Initial ULP decisions | 1,793 | 1,157 | 891 | 92 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 47 | 85 | 9 | |
| Backpay decisions | 67 | 40 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| Supplemental decisions | 18 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Decisions and orders by the Board, total | 2,446 | 1,645 | 1,250 | 143 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 3 | - 3 | 8 | 60 | 77 | 19 |
| Upon consent of parties Initial decisions | 212 | 116 | 68 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Supplemental decisions | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 11 1 | 1 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adopting administrative law judges deci- sions (no exceptions filed) Initial ULP decisions | 474 | 363 | 293 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 6 | |
| Backpay decisions | 21 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Contested Initial ULP decisions | 1,611 44 | 1,081 34 | 824 | 92 | 14 1 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 36 1 | 61 0 | 4 1 |
| Decisions based on stipulated record | 5 | 3 | 26 | 3 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Supplemental ULP decisions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Backpay decisions | 67 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.