NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1980 › Disposition by stage of representation and union deauthorization cases closed
| All R cases — Number | All R cases — Percent of cases closed | RC cases — Number | RC cases — Percent of cases closed | RM cases — Number | RM cases — Percent of cases closed | RD cases — Number | RD cases — Percent of cases closed | UD cases — Number | UD cases — Percent of cases closed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of cases closed | 12,618 | 100 | 10,000 | 100 | 827 | 100 | 1,791 | 100 | 323 | 100 |
| Before issuance of notice of hearing | 3,624 | 28.6 | 2,292 | 22.8 | 468 | 56.7 | 864 | 48.1 | 215 | 66.6 |
| After issuance of notice, before close of hearing | 6,773 | 53.6 | 5,788 | 57.8 | 263 | 31.8 | 722 | 40.3 | 16 | 5 |
| After hearing closed, before issuance of decision | 79 | 0.7 | 23 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.4 | 53 | 3 | ||
| After issuance of regional director's decision | 2,078 | 16.4 | 1,795 | 18.1 | 89 | 10.8 | 194 | 10.8 | 88 | 27.2 |
| After issuance of Board decision | 64 | 0.7 | 55 | 0.6 | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.2 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.