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Collective bargaining elections — by industrial group

source page 189 · nlrb1949_p0189_t0

Industrial group	Elections — Number	Elections — Percent	Winner — A. F. of L. — Number	Winner — A. F. of L. — Percent	Winner — C. I. O. — Number	Winner — C. I. O. — Percent	Winner — Unaffiliated — Number	Winner — Unaffiliated — Percent	Winner — No union — Number	Winner — No union — Percent	Eligible voters — Number	Eligible voters — Percent	Valid votes cast — Number	Valid votes cast — Percent
Total	5,514	100	2,092	37.9	858	15.6	939	17	1,625	29.5	588,761	100	516,248	100
Manufacturing — total	3,687	65.9	1,251	34.2	692	18.8	677	18.4	1,007	27.3	454,419	77.2	400,738	77.6
Manufacturing — Food and kindred products	595	10.8	201	33.8	94	15.8	142	23.9	158	26.5	39,238	6.7	39,234
Manufacturing — Tobacco manufactures	7	0.1	5	71.4	1	14.3	0	0	1	14.3	3,623	0.6	2,981	0.6
Manufacturing — Textile-mill products	149	2.7	27	18.1	31	20.8	10	6.7	62	41.6	32,985	5.6	27,888	5.4
Manufacturing — Apparel and other finished products made from fabrics and similar materials	96	1.8	35	36.5	26	27	29	30.2	6	6.2	12,308	2.1	11,267	2.2
Manufacturing — Lumber and wood products	230	4.2	100	43.5	33	14.3	27	11.7	70	30.4	17,758	3	16,433	3.2
Manufacturing — Furniture and fixtures	121	2.2	53	43.8	21	17.4	9	7.4	37	30.6	11,234	1.9	10,962	2.1
Manufacturing — Paper and allied products	163	3	67	41.1	33	20.2	23	14.1	40	24.5	31,206	5.3	8,478
Manufacturing — Printing, publishing, and allied industries	152	2.8	70	46.1	12	7.9	37	24.3	33	21.7	11,825	2	8,540
Manufacturing — Chemicals and allied products	243	4.4	89	36.6	32	13.2	37	15.2	85	35	21,878	3.7	20,061	3.9
Manufacturing — Products of petroleum and coal	98	1.8	33	33.7	13	13.3	12	12.2	40	40.8	31,725	5.4	4,063
Manufacturing — Rubber products	79	1.4	29	36.7	28	35.4	9	11.4	13	16.5	20,361	3.5	18,612	3.6
Manufacturing — Leather and leather products	143	2.6	69	48.3	26	18.2	16	11.2	32	22.4	16,967	2.9	16,283	3.2
Manufacturing — Stone, clay, and glass products	173	3.1	66	38.2	30	17.3	21	12.1	56	32.4	14,732	2.5	14,121	2.7
Manufacturing — Primary metal industries	334	6.1	115	34.4	63	18.9	47	14.1	109	32.6	26,054	4.4	24,732	4.8
Manufacturing — Fabricated metal industries (except machinery and transportation equipment)	286	5.2	94	32.9	53	18.5	61	21.3	78	27.3	32,902	5.6	47,854
Manufacturing — Machinery (except electrical)	401	7.3
Manufacturing — Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies	202	3.7
Manufacturing — Transportation equipment — total	208	3.8

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Source page 189 of NLRB FY1949 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1949, p. 189.

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