NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1979 › Industrial distribution of cases received
Industrial distribution of cases received
| All cases | Unfair labor practice cases — All C cases | Unfair labor practice cases — CA | Unfair labor practice cases — CB | Unfair labor practice cases — CC | Unfair labor practice cases — CD | Unfair labor practice cases — CE | Unfair labor practice cases — CG | Unfair labor practice cases — CP | Representation cases — All R cases | Representation cases — RC | Representation cases — RM | Representation cases — RD | Union deauthorization cases (UD) | Amendment of certification cases (AC) | Unit clarification cases (UC) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mining (subtotal) | 740 | 591 | 463 | 109 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 141 | 121 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Construction | 4,797 | 4,236 | 1,599 | 1,072 | 1,011 | 241 | 59 | 0 | 254 | 546 | 365 | 140 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| Wholesale trade | 2,643 | 1,701 | 1,310 | 322 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 891 | 650 | 63 | 178 | 27 | 1 | 21 |
| Retail trade | 5,189 | 3,534 | 2,738 | 645 | 85 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 92 | 1,558 | 1,098 | 152 | 218 | 50 | 5 | 26 |
| Finance, insurance, and real estate | 815 | 558 | 434 | 90 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 246 | 219 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| U.S. Postal Service | 1,330 | 1,325 | 1,082 | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Local and suburban transit and interurban highway passenger transportation | 634 | 495 | 392 | 91 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 156 | 121 | 5 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Motor freight transportation and warehousing | 3,990 | 2,983 | 2,154 | 641 | 145 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 972 | 762 | 52 | 158 | 16 | 4 | 15 |
| Communication | 1,119 | 779 | 569 | 167 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 321 | 276 | 9 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| Transportation, communication, and other utilities (subtotal) | 7,352 | 5,418 | 3,943 | 1,222 | 233 | 35 | 14 | 0 | 34 | 1,777 | 1,446 | 81 | 250 | 38 | 12 | 44 |
| Hotels, rooming houses, camps, and other lodging places | 902 | 696 | 512 | 150 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 190 | 157 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 4 |
| Health services | 2,755 | 1,743 | 1,389 | 247 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 947 | 866 | 17 | 60 | 33 | 6 | 16 |
| Educational services | 454 | 249 | 213 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 171 | 156 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| Services (subtotal) | 7,977 | 5,086 | 4,033 | 1,047 | 166 | 33 | 15 | 0 | 50 | 2,431 | 2,032 | 116 | 288 | 61 | 24 | 89 |
| Public administration | 56 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total, all industrial groups | 54,907 | 41,259 | 29,026 | 9,157 | 1,947 | 421 | 128 | 0 | 530 | 12,905 | 10,333 | 779 | 1,783 | 380 | 64 | 349 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.