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Formal Actions Taken in Representation and Union Deauthorization Cases, Fiscal Year 1981

printed as Table 3B · source pages 190–191 · nlrb1981_p0190_t0

Stitched from pp. 190–191.

Types of formal actions takenCases in which formal actions takenFormal actions taken by type of case
Types of formal actions takenCases in which formal actions takenTotal formal actions takenRCRMRDUD
Hearings completed, total2,4862,2991,983812357
Initial hearings2,1802,0171,731762107
Hearings on objections and/or challenges3062822525250
Decisions issued, total2,1291,9361,669761916
By regional directors2,0161,8311,579671856
Elections directed1,8001,6271,409521664
Dismissals on record21620417015192
By Board11310590960
Transferred by regional directors for initial decision312926120
Elections directed191917020
Dismissals on record12109100
Review of regional directors' decisions
Requests for review received74164459316352
Withdrawn before request ruled upon111000
Board action on request ruled upon, total66658654014321
Granted705544560
Denied5935284939261
Remanded333000
Withdrawn after request granted, before Board review000000
Board decision after review, total827664840
Regional directors' decisions
Affirmed393729530
Modified171616000
Reversed262319310
Outcome
Elections directed626051540
Dismissals on record181613300
Decisions on objections and/or challenges, total1,2291,1601,0232910813
By regional directors3042712433254
By Board92588978026839
In stipulated elections84281271024788
No exceptions to regional directors' reports48646139816478
Exceptions to regional directors' reports3563513128310
In directed elections (after transfer by regional director)817569241
Review of regional directors' supplemental decisions
Request for review received555045140
Withdrawn before request ruled upon000000
Board action on request ruled upon, total423734120
Granted444000
Denied373229120
Remanded111000
Withdrawn after request granted, before Board review000000
Board decisions after review, total221010
Regional directors' decisions
Affirmed110010
Modified111000
Reversed000000

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  1. 1 See Glossary for definitions of terms

176 of 187 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.

Reader’s notes

p. 190. Seven columns: stub, "Cases in which formal actions taken", then the five columns under "Formal actions taken by type of case" (Total formal actions taken, RC, RM, RD, UD). The stub heading and the "Cases in which formal actions taken" heading each span both heading levels, so they are repeated in both. Arithmetic check (transcribed as printed, nothing corrected): the "Total formal actions taken" column equals RC+RM+RD but excludes UD in every row where UD is non-zero. E.g. "Hearings completed, total" 1,983+81+235+7 = 2,306 but prints 2,299 (short by the UD value of 7); "Initial hearings" short by 7; "Decisions issued, total" and "By regional directors" short by 6; "Elections directed" (by regional directors) short by 4; "Dismissals on record" short by 2; "Requests for review received" short by 2; "Board action on request ruled upon, total" and "Denied" short by 1. Every row with UD = 0 adds up exactly, so this looks like a consistent convention or systematic omission in the source rather than isolated misprints. Vertical sums are internally consistent: Hearings total = initial + objections; Decisions issued total = by regional directors + by Board; Board action ruled upon total = Granted + Denied + Remanded; Board decision after review total = Affirmed + Modified + Reversed. "Review of regional directors' decisions", "Regional directors' decisions" and "Outcome" are label-only section lines with no printed values. "Review of regional directors' decisions" is printed on two lines and joined here; "Requests for review received" on the following line is the first data row under it. The scan's typeface renders many lowercase "i" characters without their dots (e.g. "Hearıngs", "Decısıons", "actıons"); these are transcribed with normal spelling. Scattered single dots in the stub column (beside "By regional directors", "By Board", "Granted", "Denied") are leader-dot remnants and are dropped. There is a small stray ink mark above the "2,017" cell in the "Initial hearings" row; it is not a footnote marker and the digits are clear.

p. 191. Seven columns: stub, "Cases in which formal actions taken", then the five columns under "Formal actions taken by type of case" (Total formal actions taken, RC, RM, RD, UD). The crop is the continuation page of Table 3B, so only the two heading levels shown are printed here. "Review of regional directors' supplemental decisions" and "Regional directors' decisions" are label-only section lines with no printed values; their value cells are left empty. Doubtful cell: "Request for review received", column "Cases in which formal actions taken" — printed 55 but a stray ink mark sits over the second digit, making it read almost like a macron; 55 is the reading consistent with the other columns (50/45/1/4/0) and with the page's arithmetic. No arithmetic was performed on the values, but for the reader's information the printed figures are internally consistent: "By Board" (925/889/780/26/83/9) equals stipulated + directed + Board decisions after review, and the Granted/Denied/Remanded lines sum to the "Board action on request ruled upon, total" row. A stray leader-dot fragment appears to the right of the "Withdrawn after request granted, before Board review" label and after "Board decisions after review, total."; these are leaders/typography, not data, and were dropped. The caption's footnote marker 1 belongs to the omitted caption line.

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Source page 190 of NLRB FY1981 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1981, p. 190.
Source page 191 of NLRB FY1981 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1981, p. 191.

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.