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Union-shop authorization elections, outcome, eligible voters, and valid votes cast

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Division and State	Total number of elections	Number of elections — A.F. of L. affiliates authorized	Number of elections — C.I.O. affiliates authorized	Number of elections — Unaffiliated authorized	Number of elections — No union authorized	Eligible voters	Total valid votes cast	Valid votes cast for union shop — A.F. of L. affiliates	Valid votes cast for union shop — C.I.O. affiliates	Valid votes cast for union shop — Unaffiliated unions	Valid votes cast against union shop
New England	1,744	1,055	377	288	24	284,581	250,841	89,012	120,219	26,823	14,787
New England — Massachusetts	1,140	707	230	184	19	160,177	141,797	60,964	67,178	9,855	3,799
Middle Atlantic	4,670	2,888	779	472	31	500,025	446,914	225,918	137,934	61,199	21,800
Middle Atlantic — New York	3,036	2,403	343	269	21	301,040	269,906	124,758	47,597	26,837	10,096
Middle Atlantic — New Jersey	671	281	248	84	8	196,229	158,376	39,124	67,041	27,966	5,152
Middle Atlantic — Pennsylvania	965	681	158	119	7	158,379	159,486	62,038	21,296	6,397	6,560
East North Central	2,951	2,488	656	729	78	559,985	484,001	226,237	151,200	71,876	34,650
East North Central — Illinois	1,278	943	63	274	28	192,886	165,279	74,545	13,209	21,675	8,475
West North Central	2,565	1,696	94	343	78	156,540	132,049	77,026	18,540	14,016	5,159
West North Central — Minnesota	1,704	1,481	7	175	18	70,061	60,003	41,329	6,030	6,484	1,956
South Atlantic	449	352	42	48	7	53,283	46,910	19,253	11,337	5,373	2,061

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