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Union-shop authorization elections — by State

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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
South Atlantic — Virginia
South Atlantic — West Virginia	72	60	7	3	2	17,712	14,944	13,261	818	254	611
South Atlantic — North Carolina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Atlantic — South Carolina	24	19	3	0	2	5,333	4,230	912	2,968	228	162
South Atlantic — Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Atlantic — Florida	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
East South Central — total	290	218	30	33	9	50,322	41,059	23,656	11,350	2,303	2,191
ESC — Kentucky	165	134	13	13	5	23,928	22,801	16,334	4,187	1,338	1,072
ESC — Tennessee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ESC — Alabama	99	58	10	19	2	19,075	14,172	7,250	5,479	1,533	619
ESC — Mississippi	26	16	7	1	2	5,319	4,322	3,032	1,744	32	509
West South Central — total	265	187	29	31	19	24,374	20,895	13,997	3,178	2,378	1,353
WSC — Arkansas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WSC — Louisiana	146	105	17	20	4	17,508	14,955	11,260	1,975	1,087	633
WSC — Oklahoma	119	82	11	11	15	6,866	5,888	2,737	1,156	1,291	694
WSC — Texas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	0	0	37
Mountain — total	483	397	35	39	14	17,169	15,304	11,544	2,016	861	920
Mtn — Montana	190	155	4	23	8	4,489	4,024	3,280	188	349	207
Pacific — total	2,857	2,144	237	357	419	186,142	159,422	112,229	23,367	13,604	10,222
Pacific — Washington	629	499	46	69	15	45,708	40,659	29,087	7,314	1,209	3,049
Pacific — Oregon	599	417	104	46	32	27,475	23,054	15,838	4,383	896	1,943
Pacific — California	1,629	1,228	87	242	82	111,168	95,295	66,304	11,670	11,201	6,118
Outlying areas — total	103	32	0	68	3	13,303	9,952	5,033	0	4,108	811
Outlying — Hawaii	12	12	0	0	0	62	51	49	0	0	0
Outlying — Puerto Rico	90	19	0	68	3	13,041	9,718	4,827	0	4,108	783

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Source page 200 of NLRB FY1949 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1949, p. 200.

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