NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1986 › Industrial distribution of cases received
| Food and kindred products | I 584 | 1,270 | 901 | 347 | 16 | 5 | 287 | 199 | 20 | 68 | 8 | 4 | 15 | |||
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| Tobacco manufacturers | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Textile mill products | 249 | 206 | 170 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 23 | 3 | 14 | 2 | |||||
| Apparel and other finished products made from fabric and similar matenals | 303 | 257 | 191 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 27 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lumber and wood products (except furniture) | 519 | 398 | 307 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 114 | 83 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Furniture and fixtures | 514 | 422 | 341 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 86 | 67 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Paper and allied products | 588 | 506 | 392 | 106 | 5 | 3 | 74 | 51 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Printing, publishing, and allied products | 794 | 596 | 462 | 120 | 10 | 3 | 165 | 108 | 15 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 26 | |||
| Chemicals and allied products | 641 | 499 | 413 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 130 | 82 | 7 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Petroleum refining and related industnes | 186 | 151 | Ill | 38 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products | 598 | 478 | 377 | 97 | 3 | 0 | 114 | 85 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Leather and leather products | 95 | 81 | 55 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Stone, clay, glass, and concrete products | 756 | 602 | 455 | 134 | 11 | 2 | 139 | 89 | 9 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Primary metal industries | 1,178 | 1,009 | 692 | 293 | 12 | 11 | 155 | 124 | 6 | 25 | 8 | 5 | ||||
| Fabricated metal products (except machinery and transportation equipment) | 1.49 | 1,208 | 932 | 239 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 272 | 197 | 15 | 60 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Machinery (except electrical) | 1 378 | 1,128 | 812 | 260 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 240 | 164 | 14 | 62 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Electrical and electronic machinery equipment, and supplies | 926 | 790 | 520 | 261 | 8 | 1 | 126 | 90 | 4 | 32 | 6 | 3 | ||||
| Aircraft and parts | 359 | 343 | 191 | 151 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Ship and boat building and repairing | 249 | 222 | 135 | 79 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Automotive and other transportation equipment | 1.261 | 1,105 | 663 | 430 | 8 | 3 | 148 | 115 | 7 | 26 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Measuring, analyzing, and controlling instruments, photographic, medical, and optical goods, watches and clocks | 278 | 224 | 163 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 29 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 1,442 | 1.107 | 669 | 374 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 317 | 250 | 20 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| Manufacturing | 15,398 | 12 610 | 8 957 | 3,357 | 187 | 1 842 | 14 | III | ||||||||
| 72 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 2 587 | 146 | 599 | 76 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.