1 - National Labor Relations Board

' Operations in Fiscal Year 1969 13
11,892 of 1968. Charges against unions rose more than 12 percent,
to 6,577 in 1969 from the 5,846 of 1968.
There were 52 charges of violations of section 8(e) of the Act,
which bans hot cargo agreements : 35 against unions and 17
against both unions and employers. (See tables 1 and 1A.)
On charges against employers, 8,122, or 67.6 percent, alleged
discrimination or illegal discharge of employees. There were
3,967 refusal-to-bargain allegations contained in about one-third
of the charges. (See table 2.)
On charges against unions in fiscal 1969, there were 3,488
(330 above those of 1968) alleging illegal restraint and coercion
of employees, about 53 percent as against the 54 percent of
similar filings in 1968. There were 2,115 charges against unions
for illegal secondary boycotts and jurisdictional disputes, nearly
13 percent more than the 1,873 of 1968.
Chart 12
COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING ELECTIONS CLOSED
FISCAL YEAR
1960
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6,380
1961 11111111111111111111111[3,563-56q
6,354
1962 111111111111111111111111111111114'3°5-5911
1963 11111111111111111111111111111 4'052- 59%11
1964 11111111111111111111111111101[4'229-5811
6,871
7,355
7,309
1965
111111111111111111111111111111111011 4,608.61 II
7,576
1966 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111 4 995-62%11
1967 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII14'722-60%11
1968 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIM11111114'412-5871
1969 111111111111111111111111111111 [4,268-55%11
8,103
7,882
7,618
7,700
I I I I I I 1
I I I
0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000
11111 WON BY UNIONS - IN LOST BY UNIONS