NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1988 › Disposition by stage of representation and union deauthorization cases closed
| Total number of cases closed | 7,110 | 100 0 | 5,451 | 1,040 | 395 | 100 | 1,264 | 100 | 156 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before issuance of notice of hearing.. | 2,427 | 34.1 | 1,574 | 28.9 | 198 | 50.1 | 655 | 518 | 114 | 73.1 |
| After issuance of notice, before close of hearing | 3,680 | 51.8 | 3,049 | 559 | 148 | 37.5 | 483 | 38.2 | 6 | 3.8 |
| After hearing closed, before Issuance of decision | 72 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| After issuance of Regional Director's decision | 904 | 12.7 | 749 | 13.7 | 37 | 9.4 | 118 | 9.3 | 35 | 22.4 |
| After Issuance of Board decision | 27 | 0.4 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.