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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	AFL affiliates	CIO affiliates	Unaffiliated unions	In which no representative was chosen	Eligible voters	Valid votes cast
Total	6,050	2,750	1,114	486	1,700	737,966	639,729
Manufacturing	4,129	1,765	876	366	1,122	612,252	537,487
Ordnance and accessories	62	44	7	8	3	11,656	9,380
Food and kindred products	583	239	101	61	121	56,459	48,715
Tobacco manufactures	9	1	5	1	2	3,557	3,199
Textile mill products	165	65	32	17	51	28,600	24,754
Apparel and other finished products made from fabrics and similar materials	106	35	31	8	33	15,006	13,387
Lumber and wood products	210	88	39	6	57	22,545	18,830
Furniture and fixtures	144	82	36	4	11	11,826	10,683
Paper and allied products	158	84	27	9	33	19,438	16,482
Printing, publishing, and allied industries	164	87	28	16	33	6,387	5,791
Chemicals and allied products	293	122	57	29	85	39,023	35,317
Products of petroleum and coal	81	27	17	9	28	3,872	3,315
Rubber products	60	17	8	3	12	4,948	4,286
Leather and leather products	60	14	12	11	13	10,140	9,131
Stone, clay, and glass products	151	69	35	12	35	12,078	10,763
Primary metal industries	239	88	52	12	54	31,615	28,296
Fabricated metal products (except machinery and transportation equipment)	377	160	80	25	112	40,510	35,699
Machinery (except electrical)	462	191	89	55	127	60,041	54,573
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies	269	112	38	20	67	96,670	84,927
Transportation equipment	289	96	82	35	76	65,783	57,696
Aircraft and parts	126	30	36	17	43	36,322	32,377
Ship and boat building and repairing	40	26	5	5	4	7,991	6,538
Automotive and other transportation equipment	123	40	41	13	29	21,260	18,381
Professional, scientific, and controlling instruments	53	21	14	7	11	5,737	5,301
Miscellaneous manufacturing	184	83	36	13	53	15,817	14,070
Fisheries	1	1	0	0	0	1,350	936
Mining	99	40	23	9	27	11,309	9,832
Construction	108	74	6	6	22	6,494	4,686
Wholesale trade	446	230	46	30	123	20,230	15,393
Retail trade	583	295	57	17	214	32,014	26,145
Finance, insurance, and real estate	16	10	1	0	5	1,392	1,274
Transportation, communication, and other public utilities	507	221	67	41	148	43,048	30,928
Highway passenger transportation	30	15	2	1	12	2,550	2,281
Highway freight transportation	133	66	14	11	42	3,810	3,368
Water transportation	32	10	5	5	9	1,688	1,506
Warehousing and storage	71	32	8	3	20	3,047	2,623
Other transportation	14	7	3	0	4	881	773
Communication	113	58	27	1	27	23,194	16,736
Heat, light, power, water, and sanitary services	108	59	8	3	28	11,680	10,530
Services	161	86	16	10	39	6,909	5,686

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Source page 122 of NLRB FY1953 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1953, p. 122.

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