1 - National Labor Relations Board

Operations in Fiscal Year 1969 21
151 resulted in findings of violations, amounting to 76 percent.
In 1968, there were violations in 165 cases, or 83 percent. Remedies
in the 151 cases included orders to unions in 13 cases to cease
picketing and to give 51 employees backpay. Unions and employers
were held jointly liable for backpay for 26 of the 51 employees.
3. Employers and Unions—There were 31 hot cargo cases ruled
upon by the Board in which no violations were found. A hot cargo
case involves an agreement between an employer and a union under
which the employer will refuse to handle or deal in any product
of another employer or will cease doing business with another
person.
At the close of fiscal 1969, there were 527 decisions pending
issuance by the Board-356 dealing with alleged unfair labor
practices and 171 with employee representation questions. The
total was a 6-percent increase over the 496 decisions pending at
the beginning of the year. (See chart 11.)
e. Court Litigation
In fiscal 1969, appeals courts handed down 363 decisions in
NLRB-related cases, 62 more decisions than in fiscal 1969. In the
363 decisions, NLRB was affirmed in whole or in part in 81 percent.
This was a decrease from the 85 percent in 301 cases of the
prior year.
A breakdown of appeals courts rulings in 1969 follows :
Total NLRB cases ruled on 363
Affirmed in full 208
Affirmed with modification 83
Remanded to NLRB 16
Partially affirmed and partially remanded 4
Set aside 52
In 17 contempt cases (18 in the prior year) before the appeals
courts, the respondents in 9 cases complied with the NLRB order
after the contempt petition had been filed but before the court
decision. In seven, the courts held the respondents in contempt,
and in one a court denied the Agency petition. (See tables 19 and
19A.)
The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed in full four NLRB orders.
In another case the Court affirmed with modification. Five other
cases were remanded to the NLRB. (See table 19.)
U.S. District Courts in fiscal 1969 granted 84 contested cases
litigated to final order on NLRB injunction requests filed pursuant
to section 10(j) and (1) of the Act. This amounted to 88
percent of the contested cases, compared with 64 cases granted