NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1983 › 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 | 7,808 | 100 | 5,209 | 100 | 718 | 100 | 1,881 | 100 | 231 | 100 |
| Before issuance of notice of hearing | 1,549 | 19.8 | 702 | 13.5 | 264 | 36.7 | 583 | 31 | 132 | 57.2 |
| After issuance of notice, before close of hearing | 5,251 | 67.2 | 3,761 | 72.2 | 364 | 50.7 | 1,126 | 59.8 | 73 | 31.6 |
| After hearing closed, before issuance of decision | 39 | 0.5 | 30 | 0.6 | 2 | 7 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | |
| After issuance of regional director's decision | 918 | 11.8 | 676 | 13 | 86 | 12 | 156 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 |
| After issuance of Board decision | 51 | 0.7 | 40 | 0.7 | 2 | 9 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.