(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - From October 1st, 2023 to September 30th, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) received 3,286 Union Election Petitions, up 27% since Fiscal Year 2023, when the NLRB received 2,593 petitions.  

This is more than double the number of petitions received since Fiscal Year 2021, when the NLRB received 1,638 petitions.

Likewise, from Fiscal Year 2023 to Fiscal Year 2024, Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Charge filings increased 7% (from 19,869 to 21,292 cases). 

In sum, the NLRB’s Field Offices received a total of 24,578 cases, the highest total case intake in over a decade. 

NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo said: “The surge in cases we’ve received in the last few years is a testament to Workers knowing and exercising their rights under the National Labor Relations Act and to our Board Agents’ accessibility and respectful engagement with them.  Our committed and talented NLRB Staff continue to process cases with professionalism and care, despite working with limited resources.  I urge Congress to fully fund the NLRB so that employers, Unions and Workers receive prompt and meaningful case resolutions.”

The increase in cases filed in the NLRB’s Field Offices also caused an increase in cases for the adjudicative side of the Agency.

In Fiscal Year 2024, the Board received 393 ULP and representation cases, up 22% from 321 cases last year.

The NLRB increased its productivity in Fiscal Year 2024, issuing 259 decisions - a 5% uptick from Fiscal Year 2023.

As has been the case for the last several years, however, the NLRB’s case processing achievements were overtaken by a significant jump in case intake, ending Fiscal Year 2024 with 288 pending cases - 46% more than the 197 pending cases at the end of Fiscal Year 2023.

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