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IV. STATISTICAL RECORD OF BOA:RD AL-IIVPTY 15with the certification of bargaining representatives. Half of theA. F. of L. cases, numbering 1,487 and affecting approximately onefourthof workers involved, were settled informally.The pattern of disposition for the 2,881 C. I. 0. cases closed duringthe past fiscal year differed from that for A. F. of L. cases only bythe appearance of a relatively large number of cases closed afterformal action. This difference is accounted for by the number ofC. I. 0. cases in which compliance was secured only after court action.The percentage of all cases closed in this category was 2.8, contrastedwith 4.6 percent for C. I. 0. affiliates. The C. I. 0. percentage waseven larger in terms of workers involved, i. e., 7.3.B. UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE CASESTypes of unfair labor praetices.—Unf air labor practice cases ariseunder section 8 of the act, which states that five enumerated practiceson the part of employers shall be considered "unfair": (1) Interferingwith, restraining, or coercing employees in the exercise of theirright to self-organization ; 4 (2) t'dominating or interfering with theformation or administration of any labor organization ; (3) discriminatingagainst employees for membership in any labor organization;(4) discriminating against employees for filing charges orgiving testimony under the act; and (5) refusing to bargain collectivelywith duly chosen labor representatives.In previous years, charges of discrimination in violation of section8 (3) have been the most numerous type of unfair labor practicealleged in cases before the Board. During the past year this typeof charge continued to be the most important numerically. Out of2,902 cases pending at the beginning of the year, 2,131 involvedcharges of discrimination under section 8 (3) ; 1,233 cases involvedcharges of refusal to bargain collectively ; 710 involved charges ofcompany domination 70 involved charges of discrimination for filingcharges or giving testimony under the Act.The five charges appeared in various combinations, the most numerousof which was 8 (1) and 8 (3), including 1,004 cases. An additional616 cases involved charges of discrimination together with chargesof refusal to bargain collectively. Alleged refusal to bargain collectivelywas the issue in an additional 377 cases, involving onlycharges 8 (1) and 8 (5). Charges of company domination in theformation of labor organizations were involved in 184 cases; 277 additionalcases involved both charges of discrimination and domination.Various combinations of charges were found in the few remainingcases pending June 30.The distribution of these 5 types of charges among the 3,934 unfairlabor practice cases received during the year was very muchthe same as the distribution found among the pending cases. Chargesof discrimination in violation of section 8 (3) appeared in 2,671 cases.Charges of refusal to bargain collectively, the second most numerousgroup, appeared in less than half this number, in 1,253 cases. Allegationsof company domination appeared in 452 cases, and the specialtype of discrimination under section 8 (4) appeared in 45 cases.AB 'charges Include 8 (1).
16 FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARDMore than 50 percent of the 3,934 cases received during the yearinvolved charges of discrimination alone, under sections 8 (1) and8 (3). Charges of discrimination and refusal to bargain collectivelyappeared in 443 cases ; charges of refusal to bargain collectivelyappeared alone in 697 cases. Company domination was alleged in176 cases; charges of discrimination under section 8 (3) togetherwith charges of company domination were involved in 164 cases. Arelatively large number of cases, 330, involved charges under section8 (1) alone.The distribution of charges pending at the beginning of the fiscalyear and of charges received during the year for the different regionsdid not diverge from the over-all patterns described above.Number of cases closed.—During the fiscal year there were 6,836unfair labor practice cases on docket, involving approximately1,500,000 workers. Sixty-eight percent of these cases, 4,664 involving870,000 workers, were closed during the year. The closed caseswere distributed among the different types of complainant as follows:2,091 A. F. of L. cases involving 300,000 workers, 1,877 C. I. 0.cases involving almost half a million workers, 203 unaffiliated unioncases involving 36,000 workers, and 567 cases of individual personsinvolving 23,000 workers. The ratio of number of cases closed ineach group to the total number of cases on docket for the respectivegroup was fairly stable, ranging from 63 to 79 . percent. The percentagefor A. F. of L. affiliates was 71, for C. I. 0. affiliates 63,for unaffiliated unions 67, and for individual persons 79. The percentageswere almost uniformly lower in terms of workers involved.Method of disposition.—The manner of disposition for all unfairlabor practice cases and for each group of cases according to typeof complainant was substantially similar to the disposition of allcases brought before the Board. More than 85 percent of all unfairlabor practice cases, in terms both of number and of workers involved,were closed before formal action. Only 11 percent of thecases involved formal proceedings. In contrast with the large numbersof cases closed before formal action-1,854 A. F. of L. cases,1,558 C. I. 0. cases, 175 unaffiliated union cases, and 546 cases ofindividual persons—only a few hundred complaints were issued.Hearings were held in only 255 cases, and intermediate reports wereissued in only 189 cases ; 310 cases were transferred from the regionaloffices to the Washington office for Board decision. Of the 530decisions and orders issued during the year, 132 were based uponstipulations agreed to by the parties in the case.Among the four groups of complainants, the proportion of casesclosed before formal action ranged from 83 to 96 percent of allcases closed within each group. Almost half of the A. F. of L.cases closed during the year were settled informally before issuanceof a complaint ; 35 percent of the C. I. 0. cases were disposed ofsimilarly ; in both cases the percentage was less in terms of workersinvolved. More than one-quarter of the cases in each group werewithdrawn ; in terms of workers involved the proportions were substantiallyless for C. I. 0. cases and cases of individuals.Although formal proceedings were relatively unimportant in anumerical sense in the disposition of cases, a conspicuous numberof C. I. 0. cases were not settled until compliance had been secured
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