NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1959 › Decertification (RD) elections — by union affiliation
Decertification (RD) elections — by union affiliation
| Union affiliation | Elections participated in | Elections participated in | Elections participated in | Elections participated in | Elections participated in | Employees involved in elections (number eligible to vote) | Employees involved in elections (number eligible to vote) | Employees involved in elections (number eligible to vote) | Employees involved in elections (number eligible to vote) | Employees involved in elections (number eligible to vote) | Valid votes cast | Valid votes cast | Valid votes cast | Valid votes cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Resulting in certification | Resulting in certification | Resulting in decertification | Resulting in decertification | Total eligible | Resulting in certification | Resulting in certification | Resulting in decertification | Resulting in decertification | Total | Percent of total eligible | Cast for the union | Cast for the union | |
| Number | Percent of total | Number | Percent of total | Number | Percent of total eligible | Number | Percent of total eligible | Number | Percent of total cast | |||||
| Total | 216 | 74 | 34.3 | 142 | 65.7 | 16,231 | 8,526 | 52.5 | 7,705 | 47.5 | 14,656 | 90.3 | 7,672 | 52.3 |
| AFL-CIO | 167 | 60 | 35.9 | 107 | 64.1 | 14,800 | 8,003 | 54.1 | 6,797 | 45.9 | 13,326 | 90 | 7,132 | 53.5 |
| Unaffiliated | 49 | 14 | 28.6 | 35 | 71.4 | 1,431 | 523 | 36.5 | 908 | 63.5 | 1,330 | 92.9 | 540 | 40.6 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.