NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1989 › Formal actions taken in representation and union deauthorization cases
| Types of formal actions taken | Cases in which formal actions taken | Total formal actions taken | Formal actions taken by type of case — RC | Formal actions taken by type of case — RM | Formal actions taken by type of case — RD | Formal actions taken by type of case — UD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decisions on objections and/or challenges, total | 1,057 | 979 | 808 | 44 | 127 | 14 |
| By Regional Directors | 342 | 325 | 265 | 16 | 44 | 7 |
| By Board | 715 | 654 | 543 | 28 | 83 | 7 |
| In stipulated elections | 663 | 607 | 504 | 25 | 78 | 7 |
| No exceptions to Regional Directors' reports | 414 | 398 | 344 | 14 | 40 | 4 |
| Exceptions to Regional Directors' reports | 249 | 209 | 160 | 11 | 38 | 3 |
| In directed elections (after transfer by Regional Director) | 52 | 47 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Request for review received | 203 | 194 | 175 | 5 | 14 | 0 |
| Withdrawn before request ruled upon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Board action on request ruled upon, total | 206 | 186 | 166 | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| Granted | 26 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Denied | 177 | 159 | 142 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| Remanded | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Withdrawn after request granted, before Board review | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Board decision after review, total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional Directors' decisions: Affirmed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional Directors' decisions: Modified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional Directors' decisions: Reversed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.