NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1991 › Formal actions taken in representation and union deauthorization cases
Formal actions taken in representation and union deauthorization cases
| Hearmgs completed. total | 893 | 874 | 763 | 30 | 81 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial hearings | 745 | 731 | 633 | 27 | 71 | 4 |
| Hearmgs on objections and/or challenges | 148 | 143 | 130 | 3 | 10 | |
| Decisions issued, total | 769 | 746 | 651 | 26 | 64 | 5 |
| By Regional Directors | 696 | 676 | 589 | 23 | 59 | 5 |
| Elections directed | 613 | 602 | 525 | 15 | 58 | 4 |
| Dismissals on record | 83 | 74 | 64 | 8 | 1 | |
| By Board | 73 | 70 | 62 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Transferred by Regional Directors for initial de- cision | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Elections directed | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dismissals on record | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Review of Regional Directors' decisions: | ||||||
| Requests for review received | 325 | 313 | 276 | 13 | 24 | 0 |
| Withdrawn before request ruled upon | 15 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Board action on request ruled upon, total | 299 | 288 | 251 | 10 | 27 | 0 |
| Granted | 44 | 44 | 37 | 4 | 3 | |
| Denied | 239 | 229 | 201 | 6 | 22 | |
| Remanded | 16 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | |
| Withdrawn after request granted, before Board review . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Board decision after review, total | 67 | 64 | 57 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Regional Directors' decisions | ||||||
| Affirmed | 17 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | |
| Modified | 26 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reversed | 23 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 2 | |
| Outcome. | ||||||
| Election directed | 59 | 56 | 50 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Dismissals on record | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.