NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1949 › Decertification elections, winners, eligible voters, and valid votes cast
Decertification elections, winners, eligible voters, and valid votes cast
| 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 | 133 | 100 | 22 | 16.7 | 25 | 18.9 | 3 | 2.3 | 82 | 62.1 | 18,773 | 100 | 17,078 | 100 |
| Manufacturing — total | 95 | 72 | 16 | 13.6 | 23 | 30 | 3 | 2.2 | 53 | 55.7 | 16,299 | 86.8 | 14,860 | 87 |
| Manufacturing — Food and kindred products | 18 | 13.6 | 1 | 5.5 | 5 | 27.7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 66.6 | 799 | 4.3 | 2,008 | |
| Manufacturing — Textile-mill products | 10 | 7.5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 90 | 330 | 1.8 | 59 | |
| Manufacturing — Apparel and other finished products made from fabrics and similar materials | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | ||||
| Manufacturing — Lumber and wood products | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 60 | ||||
| Manufacturing — Furniture and fixtures | 3 | 2.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.3 | ||||
| Manufacturing — Paper and allied products | 4 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | ||||
| Manufacturing — Chemicals and allied products | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 40 | ||||
| Manufacturing — Primary metal industries | 3 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.3 | 284 | |||
| Manufacturing — Fabricated metal industries | 10 | 7.6 | 4 | 40 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 50 | ||||
| Manufacturing — Machinery (except electrical) | 9 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.1 | 1 | 11.1 | 7 | 77.8 | ||||
| Manufacturing — Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80 | ||||
| Manufacturing — Automotive and other transportation equipment | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Manufacturing — Miscellaneous manufacturing | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75 | ||||
| Mining — total | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wholesale trade | 16 | 12.1 | 2 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 50 | 359 | 326 | ||
| Retail trade | 5 | 3.8 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 126 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.