NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1950 › Number of union-shop authorization polls and number of votes cast for participating unions during fiscal year 1950
| Participating unions | Number of polls | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participating unions | Number of polls | A. F. of L. affiliates authorized | C. I. O. affiliates authorized | Unaffiliated unions authorized | No union shop authorized | |||||||
| Participating unions | Number of polls | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |||
| Participating unions | Employees eligible to vote | Percent casting valid votes | Valid votes cast for union shop by affiliation of petitioner | Valid votes cast for union shop by affiliation of petitioner | Valid votes cast for union shop by affiliation of petitioner | Valid votes cast for union shop by affiliation of petitioner | Valid votes cast for union shop by affiliation of petitioner | Valid votes cast for union shop by affiliation of petitioner | Valid votes cast for union shop by affiliation of petitioner | Valid votes cast against union shop | Employees in units authorizing union shop | |
| Participating unions | Employees eligible to vote | Percent casting valid votes | Total valid votes cast | A. F. of L. affiliates | C. I. O. affiliates | Unaffiliated unions | Valid votes cast against union shop | Employees in units authorizing union shop | ||||
| Participating unions | Employees eligible to vote | Percent casting valid votes | Total valid votes cast | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Employees in units authorizing union shop |
| A POLLS | ||||||||||||
| Total | 5,591 | 3,231 | 57.8 | 1,192 | 21.3 | 954 | 17.1 | 214 | 3.8 | |||
| A. F. of L. affiliates | 3,384 | 3,231 | 95.5 | 153 | 4.5 | |||||||
| C. I. O. affiliates | 1,223 | 1,192 | 97.4 | 31 | 2.6 | |||||||
| Unaffiliated unions | 984 | 954 | 97.0 | 30 | 3.0 | |||||||
| B ELIGIBLE VOTERS AND VALID VOTES CAST | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1,072,917 | 84.0 | 900,866 | 251,606 | 27.9 | 434,131 | 48.2 | 119,452 | 13.3 | 95,677 | 10.6 | 1,045,162 |
| A. F. of L. affiliates | 312,049 | 87.2 | 272,101 | 251,606 | 92.5 | 20,495 | 7.5 | 307,823 | ||||
| C. I. O. affiliates | 594,932 | 82.5 | 490,849 | 434,131 | 88.4 | 56,718 | 11.6 | 575,187 | ||||
| Unaffiliated unions | 165,936 | 83.1 | 137,916 | 119,452 | 86.6 | 18,464 | 13.4 | 162,152 | ||||
30 of 30 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.
p. 248. STRUCTURE: the crop holds one table printed as two stacked sections with DIFFERENT column structures — "A POLLS" (stub + 9 columns) and "B ELIGIBLE VOTERS AND VALID VOTES CAST" (stub + 12 columns). To keep the grid rectangular I used 13 columns (section B's width). header_rows 1-3 are section A's three heading levels and apply ONLY to the four rows between the "A POLLS" section line and the "B ELIGIBLE VOTERS AND VALID VOTES CAST" section line; header_rows 4-6 are section B's three heading levels and apply ONLY to the four rows after the "B ELIGIBLE VOTERS AND VALID VOTES CAST" section line. The two sections' column rules do not line up on the page, so column k of a section-A row is not the same printed column as column k of a section-B row. Section A rows carry "" in the last three columns, section A having only 10 columns. In section A, "Number of polls" is printed both as the standalone column immediately right of the stub and as the top-level spanner over the remaining eight columns. DECIMAL POINTS: the scan drops the decimal point in nearly every percent figure (printed as "57 8", "21 3", "95 5", "84 0", "27 9", etc.; only "4.5" shows its point clearly). I transcribed them with the decimal point. This is supported throughout: every percent group sums to 100.0 (57.8+21.3+17.1+3.8; 95.5+4.5; 97.4+2.6; 97.0+3.0; 27.9+48.2+13.3+10.6) and each percent matches its own counts (e.g. 251,606/900,866 = 27.9; 20,495/272,101 = 7.5). PERIODS: full stops in "A. F. of L." and "C. I. O." render inconsistently across the page — the section-B column heading shows "A F of L affiliates" and "C I O affiliates" with no visible points, while the row labels directly beneath them show "A. F. of L. affiliates". I transcribed the standard full-stop form throughout. The section lines "A POLLS" and "B ELIGIBLE VOTERS AND VALID VOTES CAST" are letterspaced display lines with no period visible after the letter, so I left them without one. CELLS: cells printed as dash rules ("------") are "". MARKS: a small stray ink mark sits immediately left of "88.4" (C. I. O. affiliates row, section B, C. I. O. affiliates Percent column) and immediately left of "Total" in section B; both read as dirt rather than characters or footnote markers. A speck also sits in the top margin above the section A heading. ARITHMETIC: all printed totals are internally consistent — 3,231+1,192+954+214 = 5,591; 3,384+1,223+984 = 5,591; 153+31+30 = 214; 312,049+594,932+165,936 = 1,072,917; 272,101+490,849+137,916 = 900,866; 251,606+434,131+119,452+95,677 = 900,866; 20,495+56,718+18,464 = 95,677; 307,823+575,187+162,152 = 1,045,162. No misprints detected. CROP: no footnotes are printed under the table; the table caption above the "A POLLS" section line is outside the crop.
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Read by claude-opus-5 (effort max, prompt extract_v1) from the 300-dpi scan; stitched by page. Updated October 2026.