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Operations in Fiscal Year 1969
1. Summary
In fiscal 1969 the National Labor Relations Board received
31,303 cases, a record number for the Agency, as were the totals
for almost each year in the prior decade. The year's intake included
18,651 unfair labor practice cases, 59.6 percent of the
total, and 12,107 representation petitions, 38.7 percent. The remaining
1.7 percent included union-shop deauthorization petitions
(0.5 percent) , amendments to certification petitions (0.4
percent), and unit clarification petitions (0.8 percent). (See
chart 1.)
Another record was made by the Agency in its 1969 closing of
31,597 cases. Of those, 18,939 were unfair labor practice cases,
and 12,658 applied to employee representation. (See tables 7, 8,
9, and 10, which give statistics on stage and method of closing
by type of case.)
Regarding administration of the National Labor Relations
Act, the caseload submitted to the NLRB is a tremendous task.
However, at the 31 NLRB regional offices the great bulk of cases
are closed.
In fiscal 1969 slightly more than 91.9 percent of the 18,939
unfair labor practice cases were closed by the regional offices,
without need of formal decisions. Actions at the regional offices
included 24.9 percent of the cases settled or adjusted voluntarily
by the parties ; 36 percent withdrawn voluntarily by the charging
parties ; and 31 percent dismissed administratively. About 2.4
percent were disposed of by other means prior to Board aj udication.
The result was that 5.7 percent went to the Board as
contested cases. (See chart 3.)
During the year the Agency conducted 8,083 secret ballot
elections of all types. Indicating acceptance by labor and management
of the principle of secret ballot elections in deciding
representation questions, 79 percent of the elections were arranged
by agreement of the parties as to appropriate unit and
date and place of election.
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