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Statistical Analysis of Cases Filed and Closed During 1943 23ber has increased steadily since this procedure was instituted in 1939.A certification of bargaining representatives was issued in 92.5 percentof the 241 cases thus disposed of.Cases closed by certification following a Board ordered electionnumbered 1,014 or 17.1 percent of all representation cases closed,compared with 11.8 percent for 1942. The 1943 number representsan actual increase of 36.8 percent over that for the previous year.A total of 1,137 cases, or 19.2 percent of all cases closed, were withdrawnby the petitioner. The, number of cases dismissed was considerablysmaller, representing 9 percent of the cases closed.The total number of cases closed by certification in both adjustedand Board ordered cases was 1,243 or 21 percent of all cases closedcompared with 15 percent for the 3 preceding years. An additional2,568 cases (43.3 percent of the total number) were closed after aunion won a consent election or pay-roll check or was recognized withoutan election. Thus in 64.3 percent of all representation cases disposedof during the year, a union secured bargaining rights. Thenumber of cases in which unions were unsuccessful in an election increasedslightly over previous years. The proportion of cases dismissedwithout an election for lack of merit or other reason declinedgradually during the past 4 years, from 15.7 percent in 1940 to 6.8percent in 1943. The following table summarizes the methods usedin closing representation cases during the past 4 years:Table 4.-Disposition of representation cases dosed during the fiscal years 1940-43,by methodMethod of dispositionNumber of casesPercent of total1943 1942 1941 1940 1943 1942 1941 1940Total 5, 928 6, 287 3, 705 2,690 101 0 10110 100.0 100.0Certification 1,243 947 565 423 21.0 15.1 15.2 15.7Adjustment by recognition or union successfulin consent election or pay-roll check_ _ _ _ 2,568 3,068 1,803 857 43.3 48.8 . 48. 7 31.9Union unsuccessful in election or pay-rollcheck 572 566 334 224 9.6 9.0 9.0 8.3Dismissed without election 405 534 356 422 6.8 8.5 9.6 15.7Withdrawn 1, 137 1, 170 644 761 19.2 18.6 17.4 28.3Otherwise 3 2 3 3 1 (1) .1 .1Less than 0.1 percent.ELECTIONS AND PAY-ROLL CHECKS CONDUCTED IN 1943 7Number and ExtentOver 1,400,000 workers were eligible to participate in the 4,153elections and pay-roll checks conducted in 1943 for the choice of'For a detailed description of the different types of election procedures, see Seventh Annual Report, p. 34.
24 Eighth Annual Report of the National Labor Relations Boardbargaining representatives. The extent of participation in theelections maintained the high level of previous years. Eightypercent of the eligible workers cast valid votes in the 3,642 elections,or presented proof of union membership in the 511 pay-roll checks.Over 923,000 workers, or 82 percent, of those casting valid ballots,chose a Union to represent them „in collective bargaining; -slightlymore than 203,000, or 18 percent, voted against participating unions.Of the total number of elections and pay-roll checks held duringthe year, 2,755, or 66.3 percent, were conducted upon agreement of theparties, for informal disposition of the case (in the year 1042, consentelections and pay-roll checks were 72.4 percent 'of the total). Thenext largest group were the 1,162 elections directed by the Board,representing 28 percent of the total number, a sizeable increase over1942 when they constituted 21.3 percent of all elections. Only 236elections, or 5.7 percent, followed stipulations providing for Boardcertification upon consent election. Consent elections and pay-rollchecks accounted for 46.7 percent of the total valid votes; orderedelections, 43 percent; and stipulated elections,. 10.3 percent.Unions and Industries Involved 8The great majority of elections and pay-roll checks conducted duringthe year were uncontested, with the choice for or against a singleunion. They constituted 76.7 percent of the total number. TheCongress of Industriid Organizations was involved in 49.5 percent ofthe one-union elections, the American Federation of Labor in 41.2percent, and unaffiliated unions in 9.3 percent. Elections with twoparties on the ballot amounted to 22.5 percent of the total; threepartyelections, less than 1 percent.The single industry in which the largest number of elections andpay-roll checks were conducted was iron and steel (including ordnance),which alone accounted for 18.3 percent of the elections and 22.6percent of the valid votes cast. Over 79 percent of the elections and90 percent of the valid votes cast were in manufacturing industries.Steel, aircraft, shipbuilding, and nonelectrical machinery togetheraccounted for 55.6 percent of the total valid vote.While the total number of elections and pay-roll checks declined1.4 percent compared with the previous year, the number in severalmajor industries increased. Iron and steel, with 758 elections in thecurrent year, increased 38.6 percent over 1942. Elections conductedin establishments manufacturing all types of machinery increased 24.6percent. Aircraft and shipbuilding increased 162.3 percent and 84.1percent, respectiyely. In the nonmanufacturing industries, notableincreases were made in mining (65.9 percent) and public utilities(101.4 percent).e See tables 11 and 13 in Appendix, pp. 95, 97.
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