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Results of union-shop deauthorization polls in cases closed

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Affiliation of union holding union-shop contract	Number of polls	Number of polls	Number of polls	Number of polls	Number of polls	Employees involved (number eligible to vote)	Employees involved (number eligible to vote)	Employees involved (number eligible to vote)	Employees involved (number eligible to vote)	Employees involved (number eligible to vote)	Valid votes cast	Valid votes cast	Valid votes cast	Valid votes cast
Affiliation of union holding union-shop contract	Total	Resulting in deauthorization	Resulting in deauthorization	Resulting in continued authorization	Resulting in continued authorization	Total eligible	In polls	In polls	In polls	In polls	Total	Percent of total eligible	Cast for deauthorization	Cast for deauthorization
Affiliation of union holding union-shop contract	Total	Number	Percent of total	Number	Percent of total	Total eligible	Resulting in deauthorization	Resulting in deauthorization	Resulting in continued authorization	Resulting in continued authorization	Total	Percent of total eligible	Number	Percent of total eligible
Affiliation of union holding union-shop contract	Total	Number	Percent of total	Number	Percent of total	Total eligible	Number	Percent of total	Number	Percent of total	Total	Percent of total eligible	Number	Percent of total eligible
Total	97	56	57.7	41	42.3	6,158	2,799	45.5	3,359	54.5	4,536	73.7	1,602	35.3
AFL-CIO unions	70	38	54.3	32	45.7	4,571	1,945	42.6	2,626	57.4	3,423	74.9	1,091	31.9
Teamsters	21	12	57.1	9	42.9	1,113	380	34.1	733	65.9	774	68.5	223	28.8
Other local unions	6	6	100	0		474	474	100	0		339	71.5	288

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