NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1949 › Collective bargaining elections — by industrial group
Collective bargaining elections — by industrial group
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mining — total | 83 | 1.5 | 36 | 43.4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13.3 | 26 | 31.3 | 10,820 | 1.8 | 8,308 | 1.6 |
| Mining — Metal mining | 19 | 0.4 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 52.6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26.4 | 5,604 | 1 | 4,494 | 0.9 |
| Mining — Coal mining | 21 | 0.4 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 52.4 | 6 | 28.6 | ||||
| Mining — Crude petroleum and natural gas production | 17 | 0.3 | 4 | 23.5 | 5 | 29.4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 47.1 | 767 | |||
| Mining — Nonmetallic mining and quarrying | 26 | 0.5 | 5 | 19.2 | 12 | 46.2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 46.2 | 3,623 | |||
| Construction — total | 86 | 1.5 | 64 | 74.4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10.5 | 13 | 15.1 | 5,608 | 1 | 5,758 | 1.1 |
| Wholesale trade | 498 | 9 | 270 | 54.2 | 53 | 10.6 | 8 | 1.6 | 169 | 33.9 | 20,376 | 3.5 | 16,855 | 3.3 |
| Retail trade | 565 | 10.2 | 192 | 34 | 33 | 5.8 | 157 | 27.8 | 180 | 31.9 | 22,396 | 3.8 | 20,378 | 3.9 |
| Finance, insurance, and real estate | 60 | 1.1 | 20 | 33.3 | 4 | 6.7 | 5 | 8.3 | 31 | 51.7 | 9,094 | 1.5 | 8,109 | 1.6 |
| Transportation, communication, and other public utilities — total | 499 | 9 | 275 | 55.1 | 44 | 8.8 | 32 | 6.4 | 148 | 29.7 | 58,286 | 9.9 | 60,303 | |
| Transp/comm — Highway passenger transportation | 84 | 1.2 | 37 | 57.8 | 7 | 10.9 | 20 | 31.3 | 9,898 | 1.7 | 1,876 | |||
| Transp/comm — Highway freight transportation | 99 | 1.8 | 65 | 65.7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.1 | 23 | 23.2 | 1,876 | |||
| Transp/comm — Water transportation | 78 | 1.4 | 39 | 50 | 9 | 11.5 | 13 | 16.7 | 17 | 21.8 | ||||
| Transp/comm — Warehousing and storage | 76 | 1.4 | 44 | 57.9 | 9 | 11.8 | 23 | 30.3 | ||||||
| Transp/comm — Other transportation | 22 | 0.4 | 13 | 59.1 | 9 | 40.9 | ||||||||
| Transp/comm — Communications | 30 | 0.5 | 16 | 53.3 | 5 | 16.7 | 9 | 30 | 24,758 | |||||
| Transp/comm — Heat, light, power, water, and sanitary services | 84 | 1.5 | 48 | 57.1 | 10 | 11.9 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 31 | ||||
| Services | 138 | 2.5 | 52 | 37.7 | 30 | 21.7 | 24 | 17.4 | 32 | 23.2 | 7,168 | 1.2 | 6,202 | 1.2 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.