NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1986 › Disposition by stage of representation and union deauthorization cases closed
| Total number of cases closed | 7,532 | 1,000 | 5,262 | 0 | 593 | 100 0 | 1,677 | 1,000 | 228 | 100 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before Issuance of notice of hearing | 2,374 | 315 | 1,260 | 239 | 283 | 47 7 | 831 | 496 | 176 | 772 |
| After issuance of notice, before close of hearing | 3,783 | 502 | 2,994 | 569 | 175 | 296 | 614 | 365 | 20 | 88 |
| After hearing closed, before issuance of decision | 105 | 1 4 | 87 | 1 7 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
| After Issuance of Regional Director's decision | 1,081 | 144 | 840 | 160 | 70 | II 8 | 171 | 102 | 31 | 136 |
| After issuance of Board decision | 189 | 7 5 | 81 | 15 | 60 | 10 1 | 48 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.