This series consists of selected National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Regional Offices and Washington Office formal and informal case files for representation cases, unfair labor practice cases and other petitions that were disposed of by formal action of the Board and closed between 1964 and 1978. Case files vary in contents, but typically include correspondence, legal documents, notices, hearing transcripts, transcripts, reports, judgments, pleadings, affidavits, motions, and exhibits. Some of the cases have non-textual exhibits such as photographs.
This series includes AC, RC, RD, RM, UC, and UD cases. AC (Amendment of Certification) cases relate to petitions filed by a labor organization or an employer for amendment of an existing certification to reflect changed circumstances, such as changes in the name or affiliation of the labor organization involved or in the name or location of the employer involved. RC cases relate to petitions filed by a labor organization or an employee alleging that a question concerning representation has arisen and seeking an election for determination of a collective-bargaining representative. RD cases relate to petitions filed by employees alleging that the union previously certified or currently recognized by the employer, as their collective-bargaining representative no longer represents a majority of the employees in the appropriate unit and seeking an election to determine this. RM cases relate to petitions petition filed by an employer alleging that a question concerning representation had arisen and seeking an election for the determination of a collective bargaining representative. UC (Unit Clarification) cases relate to petitions petition filed by a labor organization or an employer seeking a determination as to whether certain classification of employees should or should not be included within a presently existing bargaining unit. UD (Union Deauthorization) cases relate to petition filed by employees requesting that the Board conduct a referendum to determine whether a union's authority to enter into a union-shop contract should be rescinded.
This series also includes unfair labor practice cases are designated by the NLRB as "C" cases and relate to the processing of charges of unfair labor practices under one or more subsections of Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act, also known as the Taft-Hartley Act. Subcategories of C cases included in this series are CA, CB, CC, CE, CG, and CP cases. CA cases relate to charges that an employer had committed unfair labor practices in violation of section 8(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5), or any combination thereof. CB cases relate to charges that a labor organization had committed unfair labor practices in violation of section 8(b)(1), (2), (3), (5), or (6), or any combination thereof. CC cases related to charges that a labor organization had committed unfair labor practices in violation of section 8(b)(4)(1) and/or (A), (B), or (C), or any combination thereof. CE cases relate to charges that either a labor organization or an employer, or both jointly, had committed an unfair labor practice in violation of section 8(e). CG cases relate to charges labor organization has committed unfair labor practices in violation of section 8(g). CP cases relate to charges that that a labor organization had committed unfair labor practices in violation of section 8(b)(7)(A), (B), or (C), or any combination thereof.
The case files in this series were individually selected by the NLRB for permanent retention because the NLRB judged them to illustrate significant developments in the administration of the National Labor Relations Act or otherwise represent the most important cases considered by the Board in a given year. The majority of certification and decertification case files created by the NLRB were not retained as permanent.
