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Statistical Analysis of Cases Filed and Closed During 1943 19and Oregon 25.6 percent. The largest percentage decline occurred inthe West South Central States, and was accounted for by the Statesof Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas Oklahoma, also in this group,increased by 17.1 percent. The following table contains a distributionof new cases by area, and a comparison with 1942:Table 2.—Geographic distribution of cases received during the fiscal year 1943, andpercent increase or decrease compared with the fiscal year 1942Area'Number of cases received Percent increase or decreasein 1943 compared with 1942Unfair laborpractice casesRepresentationcasesUnfair laborpractice casesRepresentationcasesNew England States 241 456 —16.0 —3.0Middle Atlantic States 795 1,463 —36.0 +1.6East North Central States 922 1,869 —30.7 +5.9West North Central States 287 534 —37. 7 —1. 1South Atlantic States 379 475 —18.8 —3.8East South Central States 176 307 —13. 7 +39. 5West South Central States 177 256 —20.6 —28.5Mountain States 82 177 —46.4 +6.0Pacific States 303 679 —48.5 +6.3'The States are grouped according to the method used by the Bureau of the Census, U. S. Departmentof CommerceDistribution of New Cases, by Industry'The companies involved in cases filed during 1943 were predominantlyengaged in manufacturing (7,560 cases, comprising 79.2 percentof all cases received). The corresponding proportion for 1942 wasonly 72.7 percent. The leading industry was iron and steel with1,512 cases, or 15.8 percent of all cases. Included in this group isthe production of ordnance which alone accounted for 617 cases.Fifty percent of the Board's cases were concentrated in 7 majorindustries, all essential to the war effort. These were iron and steel,machinery, aircraft, food, shipbuilding, chemicals, and electrical machinery.Transportation equipment alone accounted for 1,146 cases,or 12 percent of the total number. Included in this group is aircraftwith 553 cases, an increase of 117 percent over 1942, and shipbuildingwith 475 cases, or 134 percent more than in 1942.In the nonmanufacturing industries 716, or 7.5 percent of all cases,involved companies in the transportation, communication, and utilitiesgroup. W•holesale trade, which had ranked high in 1942, droppedsubstantially in 1943, from 744 cases to 295 cases.The number of unfair labor practice cases exceeded the number ofrepresentation cases in five industries: apparel, highway freight transportation,leather, coal mining, and construction. In all other industriesthe number of representation cases ranged from 50 percent to84 percent of the total number filed. In nearly all industries, theproportion of representation cases increased over the previous year.See table Sin Appendix, p. 18.
20 Eighth Annual Report of the National Labor Relations BoardOne exception was the shipbuilding industry, where the proportionof unfair labor practice cases increased from 36 percent m 1942 to40.6 percent in 1943. Industries showing a higher than averageincrease in the proportion of representation cases include aircraft,food, wholesale and retail trade, finance, metal mining, warehousing,and chemicals.Size of Establishments InvolvedA study of the size of establishments involved in unfair labor practicecases indicates that 53 percent of the cases filed in 1943 involved plantsemploying less than 200 workers, 29 percent involved plants employingbetween 200 and 1,000 workers, and 18 percent involved plantswith over 1,000 workers. The greatest concentration of workers inlarge plants was found in shipbuilding, with 51 percent of the companiesinvolved employing over 1,000 workers. Aircraft followed with 45percent, and ordnance was next with 42 percent.Representation cases were studied in terms of number of workers inthe unit petitioned for or the unit found appropriate by the Board.Over 50 percent of these cases involved units of less than 100 workers,39 percent involved units of from 100 to 1,000 workers, and only 6percent involved units of over 1,000 workers.Allegations in Charges Received'As in previous years, the predominant allegation in charges of unfairlabor practice received was alleged discrimination with regard tohire or tenure of employment under Section 8 (3) of the Act. Theallegation was made in 2,256 cases, or 66.3 percent of all cases filed.The number of charges alleging refusal to bargain (Section 8 (5))decreased from 1,550 in 1942 to 756 in 1943; the allegation occurredin 22.2 percent of all cases filed in the current year, as compared-with31.2 percent for the previous year. Charges alleging company dominationof a union (Section 8 (2)) declined 45 percent, from 613 in1942 to 337 in 1943. The general allegation of interference, restraint,and coercion, Section 8 (1) of the Act, occurred independently ofother allegations in 424 cases, a decrease of 16.4 percent comparedwith the previous yeaLCASES DISPOSED OF DURING 1943Increased Volume of Formal ActivityThe Board closed 9,777 or 78.8 percent of the 12,403 cases on docketduring the fiscal year 1943. Of this number, 3,849 were unfair laborpractice cases and 5,928 were representation cases. Although, as inprevious years, the majority of cases closed during 1943 did not requireformal action, the number of cases that did involve formal proceduresSee tables 6 and 7 in Appendix, pp. 89 and 90.See table 3 in Appendix, p. 85.
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