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Outcome of collective-bargaining elections, by affiliation of participating unions

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Affiliation of participating union	Number of elections	Number of elections	Number of elections	Number of elections	Number of employees involved (number eligible to vote)	Number of employees involved (number eligible to vote)	Number of employees involved (number eligible to vote)	Number of employees involved (number eligible to vote)	Number of employees involved (number eligible to vote)
Affiliation of participating union	Total	In which representation rights were won by	In which representation rights were won by	In which no representative was chosen	Total	In units representation rights were won by	In units representation rights were won by	In units where no representative was chosen	Total valid votes cast
Affiliation of participating union	Total	AFL-CIO affiliates	Unaffiliated unions	In which no representative was chosen	Total	AFL-CIO affiliates	Unaffiliated unions	In units where no representative was chosen	Total valid votes cast
Total	6,354	2,170	1,393	2,791	450,930	156,564	72,719	221,647	403,310
1 union elections	3,423	1,776	1,033	1,608	214,627	71,034	78,004	142,503	192,112
1 union elections: AFL-CIO	1,960				143,593			60,103	48,561
2-union elections	1,463	265	267	931	207,063	76,499	61,499	68,995	188,303
2-union elections: AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO	208	127		78	24,640	18,789		12,380	30,508
2-union elections: AFL-CIO v Unaffiliated	987	239	245	603	172,750	57,710	61,069	53,971	156,422
2-union elections: Unaffiliated v Unaffiliated	267		92	14	9,673		8,030	2,644	1,373
3-union elections	33	9	5	19	5,664	979	2,179	1,884	1,952
4-union elections	5	3		2	650	150		279	337

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