NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1949 › Collective bargaining elections — by industry and winner
Collective bargaining elections — by industry and winner
| 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 | 92 | 0.6 | 44 | 47.8 | 12 | 13 | 32 | 34.8 | 4 | 4.4 | 9,577 | 0.6 | 6,932 | 0.5 |
| Mining — Metal mining | 2 | (2) | 1 | 50 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250 | |||
| Mining — Coal mining | 57 | 0.4 | 26 | 45.6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 50.9 | 2 | 3.5 | 4,892 | 3,323 | ||
| Mining — Crude petroleum and natural gas production | 14 | 0.1 | 5 | 35.7 | 8 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.1 | ||||
| Mining — Nonmetallic mining and quarrying | 19 | 0.1 | 12 | 63.2 | 3 | 15.8 | 3 | 15.8 | 1 | 5.2 | ||||
| Construction | 223 | 1.5 | 182 | 81.6 | 1 | 0.4 | 26 | 11.7 | 14 | 6.3 | 5,234 | 0.3 | 4,562 | 0.3 |
| Wholesale trade | 1,557 | 10.6 | 1,357 | 85.5 | 5 | 0.3 | 72 | 4.6 | 92 | 5.9 | 33,257 | 1.9 | 29,316 | 2 |
| Retail trade | 1,396 | 9.3 | 1,201 | 86 | 9 | 0.6 | 94 | 6.7 | 92 | 6.6 | 78,195 | 4.5 | 65,144 | 4.4 |
| Finance, insurance, and real estate | 59 | 0.4 | 32 | 54.2 | 10 | 16.9 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 6.8 | 1,978 | 0.1 | 1,600 | 0.1 |
| Transportation, communication, and other public utilities — total | 1,637 | 10.9 | 1,228 | 75 | 63 | 3.8 | 196 | 12 | 70 | 4.3 | 170,717 | 9.8 | 138,277 | 9.4 |
| Transp/comm — Highway passenger transportation | 136 | 0.9 | 111 | 81.6 | 5 | 3.7 | 16 | 11.8 | 4 | 2.9 | 49,822 | 2.9 | 42,510 | 2.9 |
| Transp/comm — Highway freight transportation | 780 | 5.2 | 682 | 87.4 | 5 | 0.6 | 62 | 7.9 | 31 | 4 | 13,067 | 0.7 | 9,973 | 0.7 |
| Transp/comm — Water transportation | 166 | 1.1 | 84 | 50.6 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 35.5 | 18 | 10.8 | 8,332 | 0.5 | 6,213 | 0.4 |
| Transp/comm — Warehousing and storage | 242 | 1.6 | 208 | 85.9 | 10 | 4.1 | 10 | 4.1 | 14 | 5.8 | 8,348 | 0.5 | 9,973 | |
| Transp/comm — Other transportation | 60 | 0.4 | 53 | 88.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8.3 | 2 | 3.3 | ||||
| Transp/comm — Communications | 12 | 0.1 | 8 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Transp/comm — Heat, light, power, water, and sanitary services | 241 | 1.6 | 82 | 34 | 43 | 17.8 | 112 | 46.5 | 4 | 1.7 | 26,011 | |||
| Services | 442 | 2.9 | 272 | 61.5 | 131 | 29.6 | 15 | 3.4 | 22 | 5 | 20,890 | 1.7 | 20,066 | 1.4 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.