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Total Cases Received, Closed, and Pending, Fiscal Year 1998
| Total | AFL-CIO Unions | Other National Unions | Other Local Unions | Individuals | Employers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All cases | ||||||
| Pending October 1, 1997 | 37,594 | 22,068 | 1,171 | 1,776 | 11,007 | 1,572 |
| Received fiscal 1998 | 36,657 | 20,428 | 747 | 1,802 | 11,989 | 1,691 |
| On docket fiscal 1998 | 74,251 | 42,496 | 1,918 | 3,578 | 22,996 | 3,263 |
| Closed fiscal 1998 | 39,587 | 22,325 | 861 | 1,693 | 12,823 | 1,885 |
| Pending September 30, 1998 | 34,664 | 20,171 | 1,057 | 1,885 | 10,173 | 1,378 |
| Unfair labor practice cases | ||||||
| Pending October 1, 1997 | 34,958 | 20,310 | 1,091 | 1,573 | 10,595 | 1,389 |
| Received fiscal 1998 | 30,439 | 16,024 | 601 | 1,340 | 11,038 | 1,436 |
| On docket fiscal 1998 | 65,397 | 36,334 | 1,692 | 2,913 | 21,633 | 2,825 |
| Closed fiscal 1998 | 33,287 | 17,812 | 713 | 1,243 | 11,901 | 1,618 |
| Pending September 30, 1998 | 32,110 | 18,522 | 979 | 1,670 | 9,732 | 1,207 |
| Representation cases | ||||||
| Pending October 1, 1997 | 2,368 | 1,669 | 78 | 189 | 352 | 80 |
| Received fiscal 1998 | 5,831 | 4,243 | 140 | 424 | 849 | 175 |
| On docket fiscal 1998 | 8,199 | 5,912 | 218 | 613 | 1,201 | 255 |
| Closed fiscal 1998 | 5,915 | 4,359 | 144 | 417 | 830 | 165 |
| Pending September 30, 1998 | 2,284 | 1,553 | 74 | 196 | 371 | 90 |
| Union-shop deauthorization cases | ||||||
| Pending October 1, 1997 | 60 | 60 | ||||
| Received fiscal 1998 | 102 | 102 | ||||
| On docket fiscal 1998 | 162 | 162 | ||||
| Closed fiscal 1998 | 92 | 92 | ||||
| Pending September 30, 1998 | 70 | 70 | ||||
| Amendment of certification cases | ||||||
| Pending October 1, 1997 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Received fiscal 1998 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| On docket fiscal 1998 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| Closed fiscal 1998 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Pending September 30, 1998 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Unit clarification cases | ||||||
| Pending October 1, 1997 | 198 | 85 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 100 |
| Received fiscal 1998 | 273 | 154 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 79 |
| On docket fiscal 1998 | 471 | 239 | 7 | 46 | 0 | 179 |
| Closed fiscal 1998 | 281 | 147 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 101 |
| Pending September 30, 1998 | 190 | 92 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 78 |
- 1 See Glossary of terms for definitions. Advisory Opinion (AO) cases not included. See Table 22
- 2 See Table 1B for totals by types of cases
- 3 See Table 1A for totals by types of cases
- *Revised, reflects higher figures than reported pending, September 30, 1997, in last year's annual report. Revised totals result from post-report adjustments to last year's "on docket" and/or "closed" figures
148 of 148 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.
Reader’s notes
p. 138. Seven columns (stub + six). The header box has an empty upper band spanning the five right-hand columns (a rule with no text above "AFL-CIO Unions" through "Employers"), while "Total" spans the full height of the header; since no text is printed in that band I give a single heading level. The six centred section lines ("All cases", "Unfair labor practice cases^2", "Representation cases^3", "Union-shop deauthorization cases", "Amendment of certification cases", "Unit clarification cases") span the data columns and carry no values; the same five row labels repeat under each section. In the "Union-shop deauthorization cases" section the AFL-CIO Unions, Other National Unions, Other Local Unions and Employers cells all hold dash rules ("------"), transcribed as "". The "*Revised" footnote has no visible asterisk anywhere in the table body or stub on this crop; by its wording it would attach to the "Pending October 1, 1997" lines, but no marker is legible, so none was added to any label. Punctuation inside footnote 1 is faint in the scan: the sentence breaks after "definitions" and after "not included" read as blank gaps; I have rendered them as periods, and the terminal period after "See Table 22" is not visible. Footnotes 2 and 3 likewise show no terminal period. Stray ink specks sit in the stub area beside "Closed fiscal 1998" (All cases), "On docket fiscal 1998" (Unfair labor practice), "On docket fiscal 1998" (Representation), and a tick before "Representation cases"; also a speck left of "22,325" and left of "1,618" — all judged scanner noise, not footnote markers or digits. The "1,201" in the Individuals column (Representation, On docket fiscal 1998) has a small mark touching its leading digit, read as noise. All cross-checks pass: every row's five detail columns sum to its Total, each section's five case types sum to the "All cases" figures, and On docket = Pending Oct 1 + Received, Pending Sep 30 = On docket - Closed throughout. No misprints detected.
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