charges under Section 222 (f) in only a few cases. The Board has encouraged the informal disposition of issues arising under the statute; and, for the most part, questions which have arisen have been satisfactorily disposed of through mutual action on the part of the company and the labor organization representing the employees involved. In the relatively few cases in which charges of violations of Section 222 (f) have been filed, the Board has sought to bring about a settlement which is consistent with the Congressional policies. An outstanding example of the successful cooperation of all parties in this respect is a case growing out of the proposed termination of a deathbenefit plan covering certain former employees of the Postal Telegraph Company. In that case it was charged that the proposed termination of the plan by the Western Union Company was in violation of Section 222 (f). The case was closed, however, when the company voluntarily agreed to continue the plan and in addition to open up its benefits to a large number of other employees not previously covered by any comparable plan.

As of November 1, 1944, charges under Section 222 (f) had been filed in 18 cases. A complaint was issued in one case, and in another, the Board authorized the issuance of a complaint. Seven cases had been disposed of by withdrawal or dismissal, and 9 case were still pending.

APPENDIX A

STATISTICAL TABLES

The following tables present the fully detailed statistical record of National Labor Relations Act cases received during the fiscal year, cases closed, cases pending at the end of the year, and elections and pay-roll checks conducted during the year, together with their results.

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Table 1.-Number of cases received, closed, and pending during the fiscal year 1944, by identification of complainant or petitioner

1 Cases filed jointly by unions of different affiliation are counted only once under "total" but are duplicated in the tabulations by identification of complainant or petitioner.

2 "Workers" are not included for "all cases" since the definition of "workers" differs for the two types of Board cases. In unfair labor practice cases "workers involved" are the number employed in the establishment in which the case arises. For representation cases, the definition is the number of workers in the "unit" for which the petition is filed or the number in the unit found appropriate by the Board.

Table 2.-Distribution of cases and workers involved in cases received during the fiscal year 1944, by month

In unfair labor practice cases "workers involved" are the number employed in the establishment where the case arises; in representation cases "workers involved" are the number in the "unit" for which the peti tion is filed or the number in the "unit" found appropriate by the Board.

Table 3.-Types of unfair labor practices alleged in charges received during the fiscal

year 1944 !

1 For cases in which charges were amended after filing, the final or last amended charges are tabulated instead of original charges. Less than 0.1 percent.

Table 4.-Distribution of cases received during the fiscal year 1944 and percent increase or decrease compared with the fiscal year 1943, by State 1

1 Cases arising in more than one State are tabulated under each State affected, but are included only once in the division subtotals.

The States are grouped according to the method used by the Bureau of the Census, U. S. Department of Commerce.