NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1947 › Results of elections and cross checks conducted during the fiscal year 1947, by union affiliation
| Affiliation of union | Elections and cross checks in which union participated | Elections and cross checks won by union | Valid votes cast for union | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation of union | Number | Number of eligible voters | Number of valid votes cast | Number | Percent of elections in which union participated | Number | Percent of total votes in elections in which union participated |
| A. F. of L. | 3,581 | 506,357 | 432,644 | 2,196 | 61.3 | 208,524 | 48.2 |
| C. I. O. | 3,410 | 622,407 | 539,768 | 2,138 | 62.7 | 288,381 | 53.4 |
| Unaffiliated | 1,317 | 261,557 | 226,055 | 860 | 65.3 | 124,827 | 55.2 |
0 of 15 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.
p. 81. The scan is a coarse 1-bit image in which the digits 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9 are easily confused; several cells were read against the printed percentages to settle the glyph. Doubtful cells: (1) "Unaffiliated", column "Elections and cross checks in which union participated / Number" — the glyph after "1," could be 3 or 8; transcribed 1,317 because 860/1,317 = 65.3, the percent printed in the next-but-one column, while 1,817 would give 47.3. (2) "A. F. of L.", same column, reads as either 3,581 or 8,581; transcribed 3,581 (2,196/3,581 = 61.3, as printed). (3) "C. I. O.", "Number of valid votes cast" (539,768) and "Valid votes cast for union / Number" (288,381) are blurred but match the printed 53.4 percent. (4) "Unaffiliated", "Number of valid votes cast" (226,055) matches the printed 55.2 percent. The percent cells are printed with a space before the decimal digit ("61. 3"); transcribed without the space. The trailing period of "C. I. O." runs into the leader dots and is restored. No footnotes are printed beneath the table.
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Read by claude-opus-5 (effort max, prompt extract_v1) from the 300-dpi scan; stitched by page. Updated October 2026.