TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT - National Labor Relations Board

4 Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the National Labor Relations Board
A Board record was established in the collection by the regional
offices, under supervision of General Counsel Rothman, of backpay
the amount of $1,508,900 for employees discharged or laid off because
of their union activities These fiscal 1961 collections were up 32
percent from the $1,139,810 collected in the previous fiscal year and
the number of employees offered reinstatement after illegal discharge
was neatly doubled The 1961 collection represents an increase of 98
percent over the $761,933 collected in fiscal 1958 and an increase of
almost 68 pet cent over the $900,110 collected in fiscal 1959
General Counsel Rothman reported that 2,662 unfair labor practice
cases were closed in fiscal year 1961 through voluntary agreement of
the patties involved This was an increase of 170 percent since fiscal
1958 and was the greatest number of such settlements in NLRB history,
except for one year, 1938
Chart No 1
3,000
ULP CASES SETTLED
UP 170%
2,662
2,000
2 228
1,590
1,000
0
Fiscal
Year
Hill
987
1958 1959 1960 1961
In commenting on this, Mr Rothman said "Voluntary and honorable
settlement, uncoeiced by anyone in any way, is an important part
of the picture of relieving the administrative and judicial processes