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Collective-bargaining elections — by union affiliation

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Union affiliation	Elections participated in — Total	Elections participated in — Won	Elections participated in — Percent won	Employees involved — Total eligible	Employees involved — Employees in units selecting bargaining agent — Number	Employees involved — Percent of total eligible	Valid votes cast — Total	Valid votes cast — Percent of total eligible	Valid votes cast — Cast for the union — Number	Valid votes cast — Percent of total cast
Total	4,215	2,849	67.6	515,995	378,962	73.4	453,442	87.9	335,393	74
A.F. of L.	2,946	1,721	58.4	318,812	140,017	43.9	260,271	87.9	138,636	49.5
C.I.O.	1,456	804	55.2	268,325	147,614	55	230,283	88.1	123,320	52.2
Unaffiliated	528	324	61.4	180,449	91,341	50.6	153,651	85.1	73,437	47.8

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