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Voting in collective-bargaining elections in which a representative was not chosen

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Affiliation of participating unions	Employees eligible to vote	Total valid votes cast	Percent casting valid votes	Valid votes cast for losing unions	Valid votes cast for losing unions	Valid votes cast for losing unions	Valid votes cast for no union
Affiliation of participating unions	Employees eligible to vote	Total valid votes cast	Percent casting valid votes	AFL affiliates	CIO affiliates	Unaffiliated unions	Valid votes cast for no union
Total	153,548	139,621	90.9	23,719	23,358	1,522	91,022
1-union elections, AFL	68,123	61,833	90.8	19,549			42,284
1-union elections, CIO	61,141	55,924	91.5		20,227		35,697
1-union elections, Unaffiliated	3,825	3,433	89.8			1,140	2,293
2-union elections, AFL-CIO	13,202	12,230	92.6	2,592	2,260		7,378
2-union elections, AFL-Unaffiliated	1,330	1,163	87.4	234		271	658
2-union elections, A.F.L.-A.F.L.	2,157	1,825	84.7	520			1,306
2-union elections, CIO-Unaffiliated	867	783	90.3		262	90	431
2-union elections, C.I.O.-C.I.O.	13	12	92.3		4		8
2-union elections, Unaffiliated-Unaffiliated	4	2	50			2
3-union elections, AFL-CIO-Unaffiliated	289	272	94.1	31	57	19	165
3-union elections, AFL-AFL-AFL	324	296	91.4	110			186
3-union elections, AFL-AFL-CIO	2,273	1,847	81.3	683	548		616

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