NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1979 › Methods of disposition of representation and union deauthorization cases closed
| All R cases — Number | All R cases — Percent | RC cases — Number | RC cases — Percent | RM cases — Number | RM cases — Percent | RD cases — Number | RD cases — Percent | UD cases — Number | UD cases — Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total, all | 13,465 | 100 | 10,796 | 100 | 831 | 100 | 1,838 | 100 | 328 | 100 |
| Certification issued, total | 8,642 | 64.2 | 7,481 | 69.3 | 329 | 39.5 | 841 | 45.8 | 184 | 56.1 |
| After Consent election | 506 | 3.8 | 400 | 3.7 | 25 | 3 | 81 | 4.4 | 15 | 4.6 |
| Stipulated election | 6,536 | 48.5 | 5,689 | 52.7 | 214 | 25.6 | 634 | 34.5 | 101 | 30.8 |
| Expedited election | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional director directed election | 1,518 | 11.3 | 1,348 | 12.5 | 4 | 0.5 | 99 | 5.4 | 67 | 20.7 |
| Board directed election | 45 | 0.3 | 41 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| By withdrawal | 3,638 | 27 | 2,720 | 25.2 | 399 | 47.9 | 409 | 33.1 | 106 | 32.3 |
| Before issuance of notice of hearing (withdrawal) | 1,512 | 11.2 | 901 | 8.3 | 215 | 25.9 | 296 | 16.1 | 95 | 29 |
| After issuance of notice, before hearings closed (withdrawal) | 1,825 | 13.5 | 1,569 | 14.5 | 184 | 22.1 | 91 | 4.9 | 5 | 1.5 |
| By dismissal | 1,185 | 8.8 | 595 | 5.5 | 202 | 24.3 | 388 | 21.1 | 38 | 11.6 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.