NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1979 › Disposition by stage of representation and union deauthorization cases closed
| All R cases — Number of cases | All R cases — Percent of cases closed | RC cases — Number of cases | RC cases — Percent of cases closed | RM cases — Number of cases | RM cases — Percent of cases closed | RD cases — Number of cases | RD cases — Percent of cases closed | UD cases — Number of cases | UD cases — Percent of cases closed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of cases closed | 13,465 | 100 | 10,796 | 100 | 831 | 100 | 1,838 | 100 | 328 | 100 |
| Before issuance of notice of hearing | 4,267 | 31.7 | 2,747 | 25.4 | 506 | 60.9 | 1,014 | 55.2 | 228 | 69.6 |
| After issuance of notice before close of hearing | 6,890 | 51.2 | 6,057 | 56.1 | 221 | 26.6 | 612 | 33.3 | 29 | 8.8 |
| After hearing closed before issuance of decision | 203 | 1.5 | 153 | 1.4 | 26 | 3.1 | 22 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.3 |
| After issuance of regional director's decision | 2,043 | 15.2 | 1,784 | 16.5 | 23 | 2.8 | 186 | 10.1 | 71 | 21.6 |
| After issuance of Board decision | 62 | 0.5 | 55 | 0.5 | 5 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.