NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1996 › Industrial distribution of cases received
| Food and kindred products | 1,532 | 1,291 | 1,000 | 280 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 225 | 187 | 7 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
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| Tobacco manufacturers | 19 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Textile mill products | 246 | 221 | 188 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 17 | 0. | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apparel and other finished products made from fabric and similar materials | 204 | 183 | 158 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Lumber and wood products (except furniture) ......... ................... | 305 | 237 | 205 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 43 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Furniture and &hues | 243 | 207 | 173 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paper and allied products | 469 | 410 | 323 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 40 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Printing, publishing, and affied products | 670 | 580 | 461 | 112 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 49 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Chemicals and allied products | 521 | 428 | 352 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 66 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Petroleum refining and related industries | 197 | 166 | 142 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products | 479 | 428 | 355 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 38 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Leather and leather products ' | 41 | 35 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stone, clay, glass, and concrete products ........... ......... ..... ............. | 531 | 422 | 310 | 95 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 105 | 73 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Primary metal industries | 934 | 806 | 608 | 193 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 83 | 4 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Fabricated metal products (except machinery and transportation | ||||||||||||||||
| equipment) | 1,026 | 897 | 714 | 169 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 123 | 96 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| • Machinery (except electrical) | 1 . 056 | 913 | 781 | 124 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 111 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Electrical and electronic machinery, equipment, and supplies | 504 | 450 | 326 | 120 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 32 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Aircraft and parts | 264 | 258 | 143 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ship and boat building and repairing | 132 | 123 | 89 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Automotive and other transportation equipment ....... .................. | 910 | 794 | 536 | 258 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 92 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Measuring, analyzing, and controlling instruments; photographic, medical, and optical goods, watches and clocks | 140 | 118 | 90 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 193 | 159. | 121 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Manufacturing | 10,616 - | 9,144 | 7,117 | 1,940 | 53 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1,377 | 1,046 | 38 | 293 | 28 | 8 | 59 |
| 61 | 56 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Metal mining | 129 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Coal mining Oil and gas extraction | 24 | 122 15 | 12 | 10 3 | 4 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 0 | 3 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mining and quarrying of nonmetallic minerals (except fuels) | 74 288 | 62 | 45 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mining | 255 | 215 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Construction | 4.873 | 4.347 | 3.324 | 606 | 244 | 125 | 9 | 0 | 39 | 512 | 435 | 25 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.