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Number of collective bargaining elections and number of votes cast for participating unions

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Participating unions	Number of elections	Elections won by — A. F. of L. affiliates — Number	Elections won by — A. F. of L. affiliates — Percent	Elections won by — C. I. O. affiliates — Number	Elections won by — C. I. O. affiliates — Percent	Elections won by — Unaffiliated unions — Number	Elections won by — Unaffiliated unions — Percent	Elections won by — No union — Number	Elections won by — No union — Percent	Eligible voters — Total	Eligible voters — Percent of valid votes	Valid votes cast for — Total	Valid votes cast for — A. F. of L. — Number	Valid votes cast for — A. F. of L. — Percent	Valid votes cast for — C. I. O. — Number	Valid votes cast for — C. I. O. — Percent	Valid votes cast for — Unaffiliated — Number	Valid votes cast for — Unaffiliated — Percent	Valid votes cast for — No union — Number	Valid votes cast for — No union — Percent
Total	5,514	2,092	37.9	858	15.6	939	17	1,625	29.5	588,761	87.7	516,248	131,343	25.4	155,482	30.1	90,533	17.5	138,888	26.9
A. F. L. affiliates (alone on ballot)	2,736	1,789	65.4					947	34.6	205,345	87.7	180,098	140,434	78					39,664	22
C. I. O. affiliates (alone on ballot)	1,090			697	63.9			395	36.1	165,803	87.7	145,409			112,876	77.6			32,533	22.4
Unaffiliated unions (alone on ballot)	942					725	76.9	217	23	55,818	85.8	47,894					38,158	79.7	9,736	20.3
A. F. L. affiliates–C. I. O. affiliates (joint ballot)	1,272	688	54.1	115	70.9			227	55.7	92,629	87.6	81,142	48,460	59.7	12,302	15.1			20,380	25.1
A. F. L. affiliates-unaffiliated unions (joint ballot)	126	12	9.5			68	54	46	36.5	9,366	85	8,021	1,945	24.2			4,034	50.3	2,042	25.5
C. I. O. affiliates-unaffiliated unions (joint ballot)	175			39	22.3	100	57.1	33	18.9	10,917	85	9,283			2,335	25.2	5,184	55.8	1,762	19
A. F. L.-C. I. O.-unaffiliated unions (3-party joint ballot)	133

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Source page 186 of NLRB FY1949 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1949, p. 186.

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