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Union-shop authorization polls — by division and State

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Division and State	Total number of polls	Polls authorized — A.F. of L. affiliates	Polls authorized — C.I.O. affiliates	Polls authorized — Unaffiliated unions	Polls authorized — No union	Employees eligible to vote	Total valid votes cast	Valid votes cast for union-shop — A.F. of L. affiliates	C.I.O. affiliates	Unaffiliated unions	Valid votes cast against union-shop	Employees in units authorizing union shop
West Virginia	32	24	28	0	0	23,239	19,396	600	17,413	0	1,323	23,259
North Carolina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
East South Central	117	76	28	7	6	32,422	27,277	3,622	19,118	1,283	3,248	32,361
Kentucky	58	44	12	7	0	8,763	7,402	2,520	3,166	330	856
Tennessee	30	17	11	0	2	21,220	18,572	1,500	9,800	70	2,118	22,131
Alabama	24	12	11	0	4	1,088	750	560	2,090	0	429	3,477
West South Central	103	71	17	7	6	6,331	5,308	2,380	1,705	692	531	3,915
Mountain	201	146	30	16	9	33,100	27,825	4,805	12,325	6,835	3,800	28,042
Pacific	948	609	154	145	40	112,429	92,915	48,679	27,706	5,586	10,952	103,802
Washington	138	88	26	12	9	26,447	20,516	13,558	4,830	186	1,642	23,000
Oregon	113	78	21	7	8	10,549	8,066	6,121	881	359	1,656	8,569
California	697	455	99	118	27	81,431	66,700	31,261	25,243	5,572	7,075	76,233
Outlying areas	52	17	8	25	2	6,675	3,704	1,283	917	2,193	962	5,668
Outlying — Puerto Rico	47	13	8	25	0	6,500	3,400

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Source page 327 of NLRB FY1951 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1951, p. 327.

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