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Collective bargaining elections, winner, eligible voters, and valid votes cast — by industry

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Industrial group	Number of elections	Winner — A.F. of L. affiliates	Winner — C.I.O. affiliates	Winner — Unaffiliated unions	Winner — No union	Eligible voters	Valid votes cast
Total	6,432	2,650	1,373	733	1,674	666,556	587,595
Manufacturing	4,479	1,696	1,160	516	1,107	549,658	487,384
Ordnance and accessories	7	5	2	0	0	1,903	1,695
Food and kindred products	633	335	86	55	187	49,882	41,710
Tobacco manufactures	24	9	5	4	6	8,787	7,770
Textile-mill products	171	24	54	6	87	43,656	39,827
Apparel and other finished products made from fabrics and similar materials	132	45	32	6	49	17,168	15,896
Lumber and wood products	229	94	73	4	58	19,210	16,570
Furniture and fixtures	180	69	48	10	53	19,110	17,492
Paper and allied products	148	84	27	5	32	20,411	18,334
Printing, publishing, and allied industries	205	95	55	15	39	7,210	6,284
Chemicals and allied products	353	123	63	19	134	29,184	26,786
Products of petroleum and coal	110	40	29	17	23	9,033	8,202
Rubber products	69	18	30	8	13	10,846	9,482
Leather and leather products	70	22	15	9	24	4,931	3,807
Stone, clay, and glass products	170	71	25	23	41	13,750	12,160
Primary metal industries	283	86	88	46	60	50,245	45,342
Fabricated metal products except transportation equipment	454	162	114	43	128	40,206	36,332
Machinery (except electrical)	528	137	172	111	108	69,974	63,164
Electrical machinery, equipment and supplies	274	101	72	37	64	54,884	47,204
Transportation equipment	237	75	71	30	60	36,259	32,315
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mining	57	17	10	18	12	3,460	4,911
Construction	42	19	5	3	16	3,675	2,808
Wholesale trade	340	202	66	28	144	19,672	16,322
Retail trade	626	262	60	44	271	27,094	23,902
Finance, insurance, and real estate	37	16	8	1	13	11,323	10,402
Transportation, communication, and other public utilities	509	273	41	86	109	44,561	37,615
Services	142	65	9	9	33	5,033	4,341

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Source page 319 of NLRB FY1951 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1951, p. 319.

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