Operations In Fiscal Year 1988 - National Labor Relations Board

Operations in Fiscal Year 1988 11CHART NO 6COMPLAINTS ISSUED IN UNFAIR LABOR PRAC T ICE PRCCEEDINGSAND mEDIAN DAYS FROm FILING - C :CM P LAIN-65 623060 571:55 532C 5413 537'53A 454126403609 3638 371435 3252 345030252:15105FIS:AL Y EAR 1978 1979 98c 198"982 1983 '984 1985 1986 1987 1988m EE DGA ^ 401PAS S 20NCCM P LA:\ - S !SSADC:;31•••DA Y S ELAPSEDrepresentation cases closed by elections, balloting was ordered byNLRB Regional Directors following hearing on points in issue.In three cases, the Board directed elections after transfers ofcases from Regional Offices. (Table 10.) There were 12 casesthat resulted in expedited elections pursuant to the Act's8(b)(7)(C) provisions pertaining to picketing.3. ElectionsThe NLRB conducted 4153 conclusive representation electionsin cases closed in fiscal 1988, compared with the 4069 such electionsa year earlier. Of 243,692 employees eligible to vote,214,092 cast ballots, virtually 9 of every 10 eligible.Unions won 1921 representation elections, or 46.3 percent. Inwinning majority designation, labor organizations earned bargainingrights or continued as employee representatives for 97,043workers. The employee vote over the course of the year was102,758 for union representation and 111,334 against.The representation elections were in two categories—the 3509collective-bargaining elections in which workers chose or voteddown labor organizations as their bargaining agents, plus the 644decertification elections determining whether incumbent unionswould continue to represent employees.