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Collective bargaining elections

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Industrial group	Number of elections	Number of elections	Number of elections	Number of elections	Number of elections	Eligible voters	Valid votes cast
Industrial group	Total	In which representation rights won by — A F L affiliates	In which representation rights won by — C I O affiliates	In which representation rights won by — Unaffiliated unions	In which no representative was won	Eligible voters	Valid votes cast
Total	6,765	3,073	1,394	464	1,832	771,346	667,878
Manufacturing	4,562	1,890	1,117	349	1,206	588,368	517,193
Ordnance and accessories	60	43	4	4	9	21,867	17,348
Food and kindred products	610	321	85	34	170	35,674	30,611
Tobacco manufactures	8	3	2	1	2	2,068	1,679
Textile-mill products	139	48	31	10	50	30,358	26,234
Apparel and other finished products made from fabrics and similar material	129	49	32	5	43	16,026	14,462
Lumber and wood products	262	102	75	6	79	17,438	15,382
Furniture and fixtures	145	49	56	4	36	12,311	11,097
Paper and allied products	207	118	28	14	47	20,717	17,599
Printing, publishing, and allied industries	217	109	41	20	50	7,637	6,852
Chemicals and allied products	303	112	77	29	85	32,585	29,281
Products of petroleum and coal	114	30	11	4	19	10,647	9,712
Rubber products	43	7	16	1	19	3,988	3,625
Leather and leather products	65	17	10	14	24	11,456	10,460
Stone, clay, and glass products	178	75	47	13	41	25,237	20,482
Primary metal industries	291	104	101	27	59	37,788	33,723
Fabricated metal products (except machinery and transportation equipment)	442	165	126	30	121	32,890	33,393
Machinery (except electrical)	514	211	116	44	143	80,496	78,975
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies	283	107	65	49	61	99,723	87,300
Transportation equipment	305	106	106	22	74	54,149	46,141
Aircraft and parts	112	42	36	8	27	24,100	21,353
Ship and boat building and repairing	47	25	10	3	9	7,510	5,776
Automotive and other transportation equipment	146	39	61	11	35	22,610	19,012
Professional, scientific, and controlling instruments	73	27	17	4	25	9,104	7,869
Miscellaneous manufacturing	174	74	43	13	44	17,059	14,985
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries	4	4	0	0	0	188	173
Mining	116	57	24	14	21	13,996	13,046
Metal mining	57	27	12	11	7	10,673	10,091
Coal mining	6	3	1	1	1	204	216
Crude petroleum and natural gas production	9	1	4	0	4	459	388
Nonmetallic mining and quarrying	44	26	7	2	9	2,669	2,351
Construction	74	49	6	4	15	8,653	6,310
Wholesale trade	498	246	71	28	153	16,853	15,007
Retail trade	705	379	63	9	252	20,104	17,416
Finance, insurance, and real estate	45	19	4	4	18	11,978	11,317
Transportation, communication, and other public utilities	557	308	86	34	129	89,362	70,021
Highway passenger transportation	34	19	1	1	13	1,476	1,335
Highway freight transportation	127	81	7	5	34	5,059	4,393
Water transportation	27	16	7	0	4	1,587	768
Warehousing and storage	90	51	8	6	25	2,288	1,766
Other transportation	11	6	1	1	3	3,860	3,419
Communication	178	97	43	10	28	50,666	39,059
Heat, light, power, water, and sanitary services	80	46	13	2	19	25,026	20,463
Services	204	156	22	8	40	12,844	9,255

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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. Updated June 2026.