NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1981 › Board decisions issued by contested status and type of case
| Total Board decisions | 2,606 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Contested decisions | 1,569 | ||
| Unfair labor practice decisions | 1,028 | ||
| Initial (includes those based on stipulated record) | 934 | ||
| Supplemental | 2 | ||
| Backpay | 40 | ||
| Determinations in jurisdictional disputes | 52 | ||
| Representation decisions | 533 | ||
| After transfer by regional directors for initial decision | 29 | ||
| After review of regional director decisions | 76 | ||
| On objections and/or challenges | 428 | ||
| Other decisions | 8 | ||
| Clarification of bargaining unit | 7 | ||
| Amendment to certification | 0 | ||
| Union-deauthorization | 1 | ||
| Noncontested decisions | 1,037 | ||
| Unfair labor practice | 568 | ||
| Representation | 461 | ||
| Other | 8 |
0 of 18 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.
p. 32. This is an indented breakdown list rather than a ruled table; no column headings are printed, so header_rows is empty. The figures fall into three distinct right-aligned value columns, which I have transcribed as columns 1-3 after the stub: column 1 holds the deepest-indented detail figures (934, 2, 40, 52, 29, 76, 428, 7, 0, 1, 568, 461, 8), column 2 holds the mid-level subtotals (1,028, 533, 8), and column 3 holds the outermost figures (2,606, 1,569, 1,037). The introductory line "A breakdown of Board decisions follows:" above the figures is lead-in text, not a table row, and has been omitted. A double rule sits under 2,606 and single rules under 1,569 and 1,037; these are typographic rules, not values. End-of-line hyphens were repaired in "jurisdictional", "decision" (After transfer by regional directors for initial decision) and "challenges"; the hyphen in "Union-deauthorization" is printed within a single line and is kept. All printed figures are internally consistent (934+2+40+52=1,028; 29+76+428=533; 7+0+1=8; 1,028+533+8=1,569; 568+461+8=1,037; 1,569+1,037=2,606). The last row ("Other ... 8") sits at the bottom edge of the crop but appears complete.
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Read by claude-opus-5 (effort max, prompt extract_v1) from the 300-dpi scan; stitched by page. Updated October 2026.