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Union-shop authorization elections

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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	15,074	100	10,448	69.3	1,979	13.1	2,154	14.3	493	3.3	1,733,922	100	1,471,092	100
Manufacturing — total	9,330	62	6,170	66.1	1,771	19	1,156	12.4	233	2.5	1,397,115	80	1,192,055	81
Manufacturing — Food and kindred products	2,425	16.1	1,897	78.2	295	12.2	100	4.1	133	5.5	204,771	11.8	182,069	12.4
Manufacturing — Tobacco manufactures	25	0.2	22	88	1	4	1	4	1	4	5,002	0.3	4,902	0.3
Manufacturing — Textile-mill products	303	2	129	42.6	118	38.9	55	18.2	1	0.3	72,345	4.2	61,989	4.2
Manufacturing — Apparel and other finished products	234	1.6	103	44	63	26.9	62	26.5	6	2.6	79,608	4.6	61,718	4.2
Manufacturing — Lumber and wood products	569	3.8	471	82.8	29	5.1	61	10.7	8	1.4	37,610	2.2	32,251	2.2
Manufacturing — Furniture and fixtures	224	1.5	75	33.5	67	29.9	78	34.8	4	1.8	24,894	1.4	20,896	1.4
Manufacturing — Paper and allied products	292	1.9	210	71.9	67	22.9	10	3.4	5	1.7	68,463	3.9	56,734	3.9
Manufacturing — Printing, publishing, and allied industries	326	2.2	210	64.4	11	3.4	94	28.8	11	3.4	30,718	1.8	26,724	1.8
Manufacturing — Chemicals and allied products	375	2.5	203	54.1	70	18.7	85	22.7	17	4.5	31,259	1.8	26,015	1.8
Manufacturing — Products of petroleum and coal	126	0.8	59	46.8	20	15.9	33	26.2	14	11.1	10,393	0.6	12,989
Manufacturing — Rubber products	70	0.5	13	18.6	53	75.7	4	5.7	0	0	16,255	0.9	13,989	1
Manufacturing — Leather and leather products	241	1.6	148	61.4	50	20.7	31	12.9	12	5	47,016	2.7	41,725	2.8
Manufacturing — Stone, clay, and glass products	393	2.6	281	71.5	59	15	47	12	6	1.5			59,565
Manufacturing — Primary metal industries	702	4.7	442	63	144	20.5	104	14.8	12	1.7
Manufacturing — Fabricated metal industries	893	5.9	584	65.4	188	21	98	11	23	2.6
Manufacturing — Machinery (except electrical)	242	1.6	152	62.8	44	18.2	34	14	11	4.5
Transportation equipment	238	1.6	122	51.3	55	23.1	55	23.1	6	2.5
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing	5	(2)	4	80	0	0	1	20	0	0

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Source page 193 of NLRB FY1949 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1949, p. 193.

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