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Industrial distribution of collective bargaining elections, winner, eligible voters and valid votes cast

source page 119 · nlrb1948_p0119_t0

Industrial group	Elections	Elections	Winner — A.F. of L.	Winner — A.F. of L.	Winner — C.I.O.	Winner — C.I.O.	Winner — Unaffiliated	Winner — Unaffiliated	Winner — No union	Winner — No union	Eligible voters	Eligible voters	Valid votes cast	Valid votes cast
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	3,222	100	1,188	36.9	552	17.1	617	19.1	885	26.9	384,565	100	333,900	100
Manufacturing	2,341	72.7	809	34.6	467	19.9	430	18.4	615	26.3	305,235	79.4	266,728	79.9
Manufacturing — Food and kindred products	265	8.9	178	52	30	11	30	11.1	32	11.9	21,807	5.7	18,396	5.6
Manufacturing — Textile-mill products	129	4	6	4.7	56	43.4	14	10.9	53	41.1	40,381	10.5	34,829	10.4
Manufacturing — Apparel and other finished products from fabrics and similar materials	55	1.7	13	23.6	6	10.9	26	47.3	10	18.2	6,711	1.7	6,211	1.9
Manufacturing — Primary metal industries	123	3.8	31	25.2	79	64.2	5	4.1	8	6.5	26,107	6.8	23,159	6.9
Manufacturing — Machinery (except electrical)	345	10.7	60	17.4	117	33.9	14	4.1	154	44.6	24,358	6.4	21,193	6.3
Manufacturing — Electrical machinery, equipment and supplies	167	5.2	12	7.2	121	72.5	15	9	19	11.4	28,063	7.3	25,032	7.5
Manufacturing — Transportation equipment	125	3.9	21	16.8	41	32.8	32	25.6	31	24.8	25,317	6.6	23,851	7.1

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Source page 119 of NLRB FY1948 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1948, p. 119.

Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.