NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1981 › Disposition by stage of representation and union deauthorization cases closed
| Stage of disposition | 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 | 11,114 | 100 | 8,904 | 100 | 606 | 100 | 1,604 | 100 | 257 | 100 |
| Before issuance of notice of hearing | 3,156 | 28.4 | 2,023 | 22.7 | 332 | 54.8 | 801 | 49.9 | 164 | 63.8 |
| After issuance of notice, before close of hearing | 5,925 | 53.3 | 5,137 | 57.7 | 192 | 31.7 | 596 | 37.2 | 22 | 8.6 |
| After hearing closed, before issuance of decision | 96 | 0.9 | 74 | 0.8 | 4 | 0.7 | 18 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.8 |
| After issuance of regional director's decision | 1,891 | 17 | 1,627 | 18.3 | 77 | 12.7 | 18 | 11.7 | 69 | 26.8 |
| After issuance of Board decision | 46 | 0.4 | 43 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.1 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.