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Collective bargaining elections

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Industrial group	Number of elections Total	In which representation rights were won by AFL-CIO affiliates	In which representation rights were won by Unaffiliated unions	In which no representative was chosen	Eligible voters	Valid votes cast
Total	6,571	2,665	1,487	2,419	489,365	441,909
Manufacturing	4,002	1,561	720	1,721	364,449	333,649
Food and kindred products	692	165	179	268	35,479	30,279
Textile Mill products	66	22	11	33	10,382	9,421
Apparel and finished products from fabrics and similar materials	72	25	7	40	8,437	7,729
Lumber and wood products (except furniture)	173	57	32	84	12,317	11,094
Furniture and fixtures	143	59	12	72	13,478	12,184
Paper and allied products	172	79	34	62	12,760	11,696
Printing, publishing, and allied industries	201	98	68	95	6,523	6,005
Chemicals and allied products	399	130	63	116	30,258	27,030
Primary metal industries	246	102	55	109	28,525	21,844
Fabricated metal products (except machinery and transportation equipment)	470	197	62	211	30,928	28,287
Machinery (except electrical)	369	169	65	172	28,468	25,164
Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies	295	116	36	143	64,261	58,588
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries	1	1	0	0	43	43
Mining	24	20	1	3	5,329	4,620
Construction	130	65	15	50	6,055	4,169
Wholesale trade	555	137	253	165	15,491	14,003
Retail trade	825	425	132	287	34,717	30,191
Finance, insurance, and real estate	34	13	5	17	1,463	1,290
Transportation, communication, and other public utilities	685	206	258	221	39,034	35,014
Motor freight, warehousing, and transportation services	425	63	217	145	16,718	14,941
Communications	74	44	7	23	8,049	7,293
Services	385	157	89	139	21,204	16,950

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