NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1982 › Cases received, by industry
Cases received, by industry
| Food and kindred products | 1,857 | 1,469 | 1,091 | 324 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 352 | 248 | 24 | 80 | 9 | 7 | 20 |
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| Tobacco manufacturers | 47 | 43 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Textile mill products | 368 | 308 | 245 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 39 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Apparel and other finished products made from fabric and similar mate- rials | 441 | 364 | 300 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 45 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Lumber and wood products (except furniture) | 618 | 480 | 377 | 69 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 123 | 70 | 14 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| Furniture and fixtures | 501 | 418 | 325 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 53 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Paper and allied products | 497 | 415 | 314 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 51 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Printing, publishing, and allied prod- ucts | 837 | 628 | 507 | 108 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 191 | 118 | 21 | 52 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| Chemicals and allied products | 832 | 657 | 514 | 121 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 158 | 101 | 16 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| Petroleum refining and related Indus- tries | 334 | 284 | 210 | 41 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 21 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products | 533 | 424 | 339 | 80 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 70 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Leather and leather products | 140 | 106 | 80 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Stone, clay, glass, and concrete prod- ucts | 728 | 593 | 430 | 139 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 121 | 80 | 8 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Primary metal industries | 1,158 | 1,018 | 716 | 280 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 128 | 84 | 6 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Fabricated metal products (except ma- chinery and transportation equip- ment) | 1,456 | 1,202 | 910 | 256 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 231 | 154 | 22 | 55 | 12 | 0 | 11 |
| Yfachinery (except electrical) | 1,968 | 1,693 | 1,217 | 397 | 55 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 240 | 156 | 19 | 65 | 12 | 4 | 19 |
| Electrical and electronic machinery, equipment, and supplies ,urcraft and parts | 945 | 793 | 588 | 185 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 0 | 1 | 140 | 91 | 10 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Ship and boat building and repairing | 330 224 | 313 210 | 196 134 | 117 74 | 0 2 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 14 14 | 7 13 | 2 0 | 5 1 | 1 0 | 0 0 | 2 0 |
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| 11easunng, analyzing, and controlling instruments, photographic, medical, | 877 | 760 | 493 | 257 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 66 | 5 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| and optical goods, watches and clocks | 371 | 291 | 226 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 48 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 2 | |
| Waicellaneous manufacturing indus- tries | 1,749 | 1,375 | 4 19 | |||||||||||||
| 891 | 396 | 61 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 334 | 254 | 11 | 69 | 19 | 2 | 146 | |||
| Manufacturing | 16,811 | 13,844 | 10,137 | 3,242 | 330 | 78 | 11 | 0 | 46 | 2,690 | 1,794 | 198 | 698 | 104 | 27 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.