NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1997 › Disposition by stage of representation and union deauthorization cases closed
| Total number of cases closed | 5,717 | 100 | 4,671 | 100 | 183 | 100 | 863 | 100 | 87 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before issuance of notice of hearing | 1,369 | 23.9 | 897 | 19.2 | 85 | 46.4 | 387 | 44.8 | 73 | 83.9 |
| After issuance of notice. before close of hearing - | 3,568 | 62.4 | 3,051 | 65.3 | 85 | 46.4 | 432 | 50.1 | 4 | 4.6 |
| After hearing closed, before issuance of decision | 67 | 1.2 | 61 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| After issuance of Regional Director's decision | 712 | 12.5 | 661 | 14.2 | 13 | 7.1 | 38 | 4.4 | 10 | 11.5 |
| After issuance of Board decision | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.