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Union-shop authorization elections

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Division and State	Total number of elections	Number of elections — A. F. of L. authorized	Number of elections — C. I. O. authorized	Number of elections — Unaffiliated unions authorized	Number of elections — No union authorized	Eligible voters	Total valid votes cast	Valid votes cast for union shop by affiliation of petitioners — A. F. of L. affiliates	Valid votes cast for union shop by affiliation of petitioners — C. I. O. affiliates	Valid votes cast for union shop by affiliation of petitioners — Unaffiliated unions	Valid votes cast against union shop
New England — total	1,022	794	101	99	28	104,758	90,439	50,562	13,016	19,829	7,032
New England — Maine	89	71	9	6	3	10,542	8,712	5,955	963	1,235	559
New England — New Hampshire	45	33	5	5	2	8,632	7,389	2,917	613	1,388	955
New England — Vermont	55	43	5	6	1	2,140	1,930	423	62	1,141	300
New England — Massachusetts	645	541	40	45	19	63,455	53,253	32,489	8,512	8,023	4,229
New England — Rhode Island	79	40	17	19	3	6,053	5,243	1,401	2,159	1,160	523
New England — Connecticut	109	66	25	18	0	13,972	12,019	6,743	1,343	5,443
Middle Atlantic — total	3,138	2,267	423	443	63	412,486	355,736	117,898	78,734	70,489	20,773
Mid-Atlantic — New York	1,576	1,156	181	218	21	199,348	175,490	115,755	27,707	31,651	6,743
Mid-Atlantic — New Jersey	464	327	63	67	7	73,140	60,460	8,375	27,953	8,019	4,113
Mid-Atlantic — Pennsylvania	1,098	801	112	143	35	139,998	120,205	63,775	23,074	13,953	9,153
East North Central — total	4,330	3,137	523	726	108	750,829	633,238	211,617	311,917	67,142	37,303
ENC — Ohio	940	654	108	153	33	122,432	108,073	49,711	28,490	13,672	8,067
ENC — Indiana	525	351	53	31	10	73,902	60,774	19,701	31,966	5,420	3,687
ENC — Illinois	1,063	658	103	180	29	191,168	157,096	121,613	66,103	19,294	10,706
ENC — Michigan	1,121	861	188	246	29	322,026	277,701	39,477	211,124	14,520	13,902
ENC — Wisconsin	678	493	70	108	7	39,403	29,494	10,915	11,214	13,932
West North Central — total	1,963	1,438	151	313	61	92,306	78,964	45,477	15,627	10,956	6,904
WNC — Iowa	455	320	22	92	21	19,930	16,939	10,005	1,318	4,034	1,582
WNC — Minnesota	1,387	961	123	208	41	63,193	54,308	32,531	12,634	5,236	4,907
WNC — Missouri	12	9	0	3	0
South Atlantic — total	515	420	39	29	24	68,016	53,503	26,438	16,752	5,724	3,668

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Source page 199 of NLRB FY1949 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1949, p. 199.

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