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Union-shop authorization polls, outcome, eligible voters, and valid votes cast

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Division and State	Total number of polls	AFL affiliates authorized — Number	CIO affiliates authorized — Number	Unaffiliated unions authorized — Number	No union shop authorized — Number	Employees eligible to vote	Total valid votes cast	Valid votes cast for union shop by affiliation: AFL affiliates	Valid votes cast for union shop by affiliation: CIO affiliates	Valid votes cast for union shop by affiliation: Unaffiliated unions	Valid votes against union shop	Employees in units authorizing union shop
New England — total	516	317	141	28	30	50,410	41,880	15,214	17,752	3,334	5,580	49,925
Middle Atlantic — total	1,181	576	340	230	35	265,254	235,331	60,931	93,743	55,477	25,180	262,640
East North Central — total	1,684	1,055	409	219	51	476,430	401,001	64,015	266,148	35,643	45,195	455,547
West North Central — total	564	349	76	117	22	57,269	47,224	20,912	16,585	6,113	3,614	56,771

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