NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1987 › Disposition by stage of representation and union deauthorization cases closed
| Total number of cases closed | 6,965 | 100 | 5,052 | 100 | 514 | 1,000 | 1,399 | 100 | 196 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before issuance of notice of hearing | 2,416 | 34.7 | 1,400 | 27.7 | 276 | 537 | 740 | 52.9 | 158 | 806 |
| After issuance of notice, before close of hearing | 3,444 | 49.4 | 2,784 | 55.1 | 173 | 33.7 | 487 | 34.8 | 10 | 5.1 |
| After hearing closed, before issuance of decision | 121 | 1.7 | 90 | 1.8 | 6 | 1 2 | 25 | 1.8 | 3 | I 5 |
| After issuance of Regional Director's decision | 930 | 13.4 | 739 | 14.6 | 53 | 10.3 | 138 | 99 | 24 | 12.2 |
| After issuance of Board decision | 54 | 0.8 | 39 | 0.8 | 6 | 1.2 | 9 | 0.6 | 1 | 5 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.