NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1941 › Elections, pay-roll checks, and votes cast — by participating union
| Participating unions | Number of elections (or pay-roll checks) conducted | Elections or pay-roll checks won — By A. F. of L. affiliates — Number | Elections or pay-roll checks won — By A. F. of L. affiliates — Percent of total | Elections or pay-roll checks won — By C. I. O. affiliates — Number | Elections or pay-roll checks won — By C. I. O. affiliates — Percent of total | Elections or pay-roll checks won — By national unaffiliated unions — Number | Elections or pay-roll checks won — By national unaffiliated unions — Percent of total | Elections or pay-roll checks won — By local unaffiliated unions — Number | Elections or pay-roll checks won — By local unaffiliated unions — Percent of total | Votes cast — For A. F. of L. affiliates — Number | Votes cast — For A. F. of L. affiliates — Percent of total | Votes cast — For C. I. O. affiliates — Number | Votes cast — For C. I. O. affiliates — Percent of total | Votes cast — For national unaffiliated unions — Number | Votes cast — For national unaffiliated unions — Percent of total | Votes cast — For local unaffiliated unions — Number | Votes cast — For local unaffiliated unions — Percent of total | Votes cast — Against unions — Number | Votes cast — Against unions — Percent of total | Total valid votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. F. of L. affiliates | 921 | 733 | 79.6 | 95,390 | 74.1 | 33,315 | 25.9 | 128,714 | |||||||||||||
| C. I. O. affiliates | 893 | 729 | 81.6 | 197,995 | 57,966 | 245,746 | |||||||||||||||
| Total (all participating-union combinations) — 10 row types: AFL only / CIO only / National unaffiliated only / Local unaffiliated only / AFL+CIO / AFL+National-unaff / AFL+Local-unaff / AFL+CIO+National-unaff / CIO+National-unaff / CIO+Local-unaff | 2,568 | 925 | 36 | 901 | 35.1 | 53 | 2.1 | 152 | 5.9 | 181,069 | 24.8 | 335,409 | 46 | 22,444 | 3.1 | 53,892 | 7 | 140,012 | 729,915 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.