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Geographic distribution of collective bargaining elections, eligible voters, and votes cast

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Division and State	Number of elections	Elections won by — A.F. of L. affiliates	Elections won by — C.I.O. affiliates	Elections won by — Unaffiliated unions	Elections won by — No union	Employees eligible to vote	Total valid votes cast	Valid votes cast for — A.F. of L. affiliates	Valid votes cast for — C.I.O. affiliates	Valid votes cast for — Unaffiliated unions	Valid votes cast for — No union	Employees in units choosing union representation
New England	535	225	122	49	140	97,935	87,052	18,418	31,791	21,226	15,677	81,630
Maine	33	12	7	0	10	5,207	4,820	1,741	1,415	715	953	4,433
New Hampshire	39	23	8	0	9	9,000	7,701	1,981	1,985	879	2,229	7,034
Massachusetts	266	114	53	33	66	57,467	50,971	7,366	18,489	17,520	8,649	47,109
Rhode Island	63	32	11	3	17	8,803	7,743	2,398	2,069	528	1,772	6,553
Connecticut	118	48	29	12	31	20,358	18,104	5,070	7,256	1,322	4,456	16,408
Middle Atlantic	1,332	477	371	199	285	151,320	138,411	28,576	46,659	30,781	28,405	123,350
New York	651	267	178	94	132	61,402	57,059	10,886	16,710	16,069	9,104	47,990
New Jersey	279	102	61	44	60	41,953	37,609	5,442	16,710	5,898	9,917	37,029
Pennsylvania	402	108	132	61	93	47,984	43,510	10,007	13,248	9,232	9,612	37,038
East North Central	1,564	603	404	174	356	132,914	112,930	33,049	30,000	20,000	30,000
West North Central	605	326	80	49	150	34,167	29,771	10,487	7,815	3,552	7,917	25,133
South Atlantic	546	185	139	32	190	76,353	65,380	19,816	18,810	12,657	20,137	44,767

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