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Size of unit in collective bargaining and decertification elections conducted during fiscal year 1952

printed as Table 12 · source page 305 · nlrb1952_p0305_t0

Size of unit (number of employees)Number of electionsPercent of totalElections in which representation rights were won by—Elections in which no representative was chosen
Size of unit (number of employees)Number of electionsPercent of totalA. F. L. affiliatesC. I. O. affiliatesUnaffiliated unionsElections in which no representative was chosen
Size of unit (number of employees)Number of electionsPercent of totalNumberPercentNumberPercentNumberPercentNumberPercent
A. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ELECTIONS
Total6,765100.03,075100.01,394100.0464100.01,832100.0
1-91,48622.093330.316411.86113.132817.9
10-191,19617.762320.318813.57616.430916.9
20-2981212.036011.717512.65311.422412.2
30-395458.02377.71208.6378.01518.2
40-493955.81524.91007.2214.51226.7
50-592934.31224.0836.0153.2734.0
60-692323.4852.8624.5153.2703.8
70-791712.5521.7503.6173.7522.8
80-891412.1441.4412.9102.2462.5
90-991332.0411.3423.0122.6382.1
100-1494456.61484.81178.4398.41417.7
150-1992113.1712.3594.2163.5653.6
200-2992633.9732.4745.3296.3874.7
300-3991221.8381.2292.1122.6432.3
400-499951.429.9261.9153.2251.4
500-59939.67.213.94.915.8
600-79947.714.5161.171.510.5
800-99938.614.56.481.710.5
1,000-1,99953.818.6161.171.512.7
2,000-2,99926.48.35.44.99.5
3,000-3,9996.113.21.21.1
4,000-4,9997.13.12.12.40.0
5,000-9,99920.0001.21.1
10,000-14,9994.12.11.11.20.0
15,000-20,0003002.11.20.0
B. DECERTIFICATION ELECTIONS
Total101100.014100.010100.03100.074100.0
1-91110.9214.30.000912.2
10-192019.8428.6110.0001520.3
20-291413.800110.00.01317.5
30-391312.8428.6110.00.0810.8
40-491110.9321.4000.0810.8
50-5933.00.0110.00.022.7
60-6944.00.000133.434.1
70-7944.00.0220.00022.7
80-8954.917.10.0133.334.1
90-9922.000000022.7
100-14944.00000133.334.1
150-19944.00.0000045.4
200-29922.00.0220.00000
300-3991.90.0000011.3
400 and over33.00.0220.00.011.3

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  1. 1 Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.

173 of 173 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.

Reader’s notes

p. 305. Structure: one table with 11 columns and two stacked panels, "A. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ELECTIONS" (printed between the caption and the column headings) and "B. DECERTIFICATION ELECTIONS" (printed mid-page); both are transcribed as label-only section rows. The column headings are printed once, above panel A, and panel B reuses them. Decimal points: this is a 1-bit scan in which the period of most decimal fractions has dropped out, so the percent columns largely read as "100 0", "22 0", "30 3", "8" etc. I have restored the decimal points ("100.0", "22.0", "30.3", ".8"), since the percent columns are unambiguously one-decimal percentages and every restored value is confirmed by recomputation against the printed counts and totals. Cells where the scan shows a bare "0" with no visible point in a percent column are left as "0"; cells where the point is visible are written ".0". That "0" vs ".0" distinction in the zero-percent cells is the least reliable part of this transcription. Footnote-reference cells: three cells carry the footnote reference in place of a value, printed as a parenthesised raised 1. They are written "(^1)": panel A, row 3,000-3,999, column "A. F. L. affiliates / Number... Percent"; panel A, row 5,000-9,999, column "Percent of total"; panel A, row 15,000-20,000, column "Percent of total". In panel A rows 3,000-3,999, 4,000-4,999 and 10,000-14,999 the "Percent of total" cell shows a bare "1" with no parentheses and no visible point; I read these as ".1". For 10,000-14,999 that is arithmetically odd (4/6,765 = 0.06 percent, which should be the "(1)" reference like the 5,000-9,999 row), so that one cell may instead be a "(1)" whose parentheses were lost in the scan. Hand annotation: a heavy hand-drawn ink loop runs across the "Total" row and the "1-9" row of panel A, enclosing the "Number of elections" total and sweeping right to the "Elections in which no representative was chosen" column. It overstrikes parts of the 1-9 row's percent figures; those values are nevertheless legible and all check out against the counts. Arithmetic checks: all five numeric columns of panel A sum exactly to the printed totals (6,765 / 3,075 / 1,394 / 464 / 1,832), as do all five of panel B (101 / 14 / 10 / 3 / 74). Printed roundings transcribed as-is, not corrected: panel A row 30-39 "Percent of total" prints 8.0 where 545/6,765 gives 8.1. Panel B uses truncation rather than rounding in several rows (20-29 prints 13.8 and 17.5; 30-39 prints 12.8; 80-89 prints 4.9; 300-399 prints .9 and 1.3). Panel B "Unaffiliated unions / Percent" prints 33.4 for row 60-69 against 33.3 for rows 80-89 and 100-149; 33.4 is what is printed and makes the column total 100.0. Heading wording: "C. I. O. affiliates" is printed with the period after the "I" missing in the scan ("C. I O."); I have written the standard form. The footnote line at the foot of the page is clipped by the bottom edge of the crop — only the upper part of the letters is visible — so "1 Less than one-tenth of 1 percent." is read partly from letter shapes and from the standard wording used with this reference elsewhere in the report.

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Source page 305 of NLRB FY1952 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1952, p. 305.

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.