NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1973 › Valid votes cast in representation elections, in cases closed
Valid votes cast in representation elections, in cases closed
| Participating unions | Total valid votes cast | Valid votes cast in elections won — Total | Valid votes cast in elections won — Votes for unions — AFL-CIO unions | Valid votes cast in elections won — Votes for unions — Teamsters | Valid votes cast in elections won — Votes for unions — Other national unions | Valid votes cast in elections won — Votes for unions — Other local unions | Valid votes cast in elections won — Total votes for no union | Valid votes cast in elections lost — Total | Valid votes cast in elections lost — Votes for unions — AFL-CIO unions | Valid votes cast in elections lost — Votes for unions — Teamsters | Valid votes cast in elections lost — Votes for unions — Other national unions | Valid votes cast in elections lost — Votes for unions — Other local unions | Valid votes cast in elections lost — Total votes for no union |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teamsters v. Teamsters v. Teamsters (3-or-more) | 25 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 3 (or more)-union elections | 6,459 | 4,926 | 1,927 | 1,774 | 288 | 387 | 550 | 845 | 329 | 198 | 18 | 0 | 682 |
| Total representation elections (A. All R cases) | 480,303 | 148,580 | 91,062 | 29,720 | 13,514 | 10,177 | 55,446 | 95,352 | 68,220 | 19,026 | 9,847 | 3,259 | 180,625 |
| B. Elections in RC cases — AFL-CIO (1-union) | 259,604 | 65,383 | 65,383 | 33,661 | 56,081 | 56,081 | 104,479 | ||||||
| Teamsters (1-union) | 77,651 | 19,899 | 19,899 | 9,159 | 15,886 | 15,886 | 32,687 | ||||||
| Other national unions (1-union) | 37,222 | 8,746 | 8,746 | 4,233 | 8,789 | 8,789 | 13,330 | ||||||
| Other local unions (1-union) | 14,893 | 5,171 | 5,171 | 1,770 | 2,643 | 2,643 | 5,309 | ||||||
| 1-union elections (RC) — Total | 389,600 | 99,199 | 65,383 | 19,899 | 8,746 | 5,171 | 53,499 | 83,499 | 56,081 | 15,886 | 8,789 | 2,643 | 157,650 |
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO (2-union) | 12,558 | 4,500 | 4,509 | 4,400 | 4,400 | 3,649 | |||||||
| AFL-CIO v. Teamsters (2-union) | 17,830 | 9,663 | 6,054 | 4,509 | 983 | 1,769 | 972 | 554 | 446 | 4,400 | |||
| 2-union elections (RC) — Total | 54,542 | 38,492 | 16,253 | 5,952 | 4,461 | 6,756 | 2,984 | 8,535 | 3,836 | 1,839 | 592 | 572 | 11,228 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.