J. - National Labor Relations Board

' •Arpti-smix"A 193TABii -1L-Comparison of number of workers involved in cases brought beforethe National Labor Relations Board and number of workers involved in strikesbeginning in each month, for all caiuses, and for organization, October 1935-June 1939Year and monthNumber ofworkersinvolvedin casesbroughtbeforeBoardNumber of workersinvolved in strikesFor allcausesFor organizationRatio of Board casesto strikesPercent forall causesPercent fororganization(1) (2) (3) 1(1) over (2)] KO over (3)]1935October 47, 790 92,357 28, 213 52 169November 47,580 34,661 8, 2.59 137 576December 27,580 14,133 4,053 195 6791938, Total 523, 138 763, 783 419, 538 68 125January 20,346 30,001 7, 225 68 282February 5, 424 62, 259 3.5, 898 9 15March 19,300 74,475 13,811 26 140April 11, 646 62. 551 45, 465 19 26May 26, 460 71, 625 45, 388 37 58June 34, 739 61, 243 29, 250 57 119July 31,936 36,115 11,893 88 269August 8,565 64,510 46,252 13 19September 9,214 60,555 29,730 15 31October 27, 335 96, 608 66,898 28 41November 309,187 70,515 33,795 438 915December 18,958 73, 326 53, 933 26 3.51937Total 2, 339, 631 1,816, 847 1.051, 523 129 222January 21, 744 105,076 73. 202 23 34February 74,870 106,910 40,949 70 183M arch 49,187 231.887 183,049 17 25April 159,051 214,780 114.965 74 133May 315,470 321,022 223.938 98 137June 369, 737 27,, 783 131,574 133 231July 305,019 139,976 72. 173 218 423August 304,217 130,078 91,125 227 334September 180,211 84,032 59,387 215 3.58October 175, 951 61,395 25. 923 237 679November 225. 410 66, 168 2), 283 341 1,111December 155,634 21, 760 14,954 715 1,0411938Total 1, 219, 489 652,927 196,748 187 620January 121,113 32,357 13,312 374 910February 105,172 50, 935 5,719 208 1,856M arch 154. 858 53. 914 21, 395 287 759April 176,414 75,810 20,390 233 855May 92,917 86,792 15,810 107 588June 102,813 49,602 23,364 207 440July 85,065 45.071 11,171 189 761August 77,091 45.919 13.997 168 551September 82,831 90.887 28.779 91 283October 07.381 50,167 12.9S9 134 519November 76,807 37,770 19,579 203 392December 76,017 33,673 11,239 226 676• 1939January 149.186 48.271 16,719 309 892February 135.595 64.499 24.431 210 555March 123.782 40 783 16. 612 304 745April 113.905 1 60. (187 1 19. 209 • 190 593May 89. 592 1 77, 995 '43,093 115 238June 70,662 55, 714 7,441 126 941The bituminous coal stoppage has not been included. There were an estimated 330,000 workers involvedIn this during April and an estimated 13,500 involved during May. The U. S. Bureau of Labor Statisticshas classified this by major issue as an organization strike.Source: U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Strike Statistics Section. Strike dataare for disputes beginning in the month, issued monthly, and broken down by major issue involved. Thetotal revised figures issued annually by the Bureau, of strikes beginning in the year, are not broken downby cause. The yearly strike totals in the above table are thus unrevised and are the sum of the monthlyfigures.