NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1978 › Formal actions taken in representation and union deauthorization cases
Formal actions taken in representation and union deauthorization cases
| Hearings completed, total | 2,471 | 2,291 | 2,008 | 76 | 207 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial hearings | 2,177 | 2,008 | 1,750 | 67 | 191 | 5 |
| Hearings on objections and/or challenges | 294 | 283 | 258 | 9 | 13 | 0 |
| Decisions issued, total | 2,107 | 2,000 | 1,762 | 67 | 171 | 6 |
| By regional directors | 1,959 | 1,862 | 1,631 | 63 | 168 | 6 |
| Elections directed | 1,679 | 1,606 | 1,420 | 48 | 138 | 4 |
| Dismissals on record | 280 | 256 | 211 | 15 | 30 | 2 |
| By Board | 148 | 138 | 131 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Transferred by regional directors for initial decision | 51 | 43 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Elections directed Dismissals on record | 43 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Review of regional directors' de- cisions Requests for review received | 709 | 675 | 629 | 18 | 28 | 0 |
| Withdrawn before request ruled upon | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Board action on requests ruled upon, total | 676 | 649 | 615 | 15 | 19 | 0 |
| Granted | 99 | 96 | 91 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Denied Remanded | 572 5 | 548 5 | 520 4 | 13 0 | 15 1 | 0 |
| Withdrawn after request granted, | 0 | |||||
| before Board review | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Board decision after review, total_ | 97 | 95 | 91 | 1 | 3 | o |
| Regional directors' decisions Affirmed | 35 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Modified Reversed | 23 | 21 | 21 35 | 0 1 | 0 3 | 0 |
| Outcome Elections directed | 39 | 39 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dismissals on | 78 | 78 | 72 | 3 | 0 | |
| record | 19 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.