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December 15, 1992

Dear Ms. Czarnocki:

I am responding to your inquiry of December 15, 1992 regarding
the availability of the Records of the National Labor Relations
Board (Record Group 25) posted on SOS-DATA.  You are specifically
interested in information about union certification/
decertification practices.

Under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (29 U.S.C. 167),
and later amendments, NLRB has two principal functions:
preventing and remedying unfair labor practives by employers and
labor organizations or their agents, and conducting secret ballot
elections among employees in appropriate collective bargaining
units to determine whether or not they desire to be represented
by a labor organization in bargaining with their employers about
their wages, hours, and working conditions.  The agency also
conducts secret ballot elections among employees who have been
 by a union-security agreement to determine whether or not
agreements.  If the latter two responsibilities are what you are
referring to when you request information about union
certification/decertification practices, then textual (paper)
records at the National Archives or at NLRB may be useful to your
research.

The primary reference units for the records of the NLRB at the
National Archives are the Civil Reference Branch (NNRC) and the
Suitland Reference Branch (NNRR), Textual Reference Division
(NNR).  These units can be contacted by writing them at the
National Archives, Washington DC 20408.  The telephone number for
NNRC is (202) 501-5425.  The telephone number for NNRR is (301)
763-7410.

You may wish to contact the NLRB directly with your question.
For further information, contact the Information Division,
National Labor Relations Board, 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20570.  The telephone number is (202) 632-4950.
As NLRB is a regionally disbursed agency, with 33 field offices
across the United States, you may wish to contact the closest
field office for information.  I believe that would be the office
in Albany, New York.  The address is Clinton Ave. at N. Pearl
St., Albany, NY 12207.  The telephone number is (518) 472-2215.

I hope this information is useful.

Sincerely,


THEODORE J. HULL
Archives Specialist, Archival Services Branch
Center for Electronic Records
(202) 501-5579