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Valid votes cast in representation elections, by participating unions (RC, RM, RD)

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Participating unions	Total valid votes cast	Valid votes cast in elections won — Total	Valid votes cast in elections won — Votes for unions — AFL-CIO	Valid votes cast in elections won — Votes for unions — Teamsters	Valid votes cast in elections won — Votes for unions — Other national	Valid votes cast in elections won — Votes for unions — Other local	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	Valid votes cast in elections lost — Votes for unions — Teamsters	Valid votes cast in elections lost — Votes for unions — Other national	Valid votes cast in elections lost — Votes for unions — Other local	Valid votes cast in elections lost — Total votes for no union
Total RC elections	450,032	137,138	83,353	27,636	13,515	12,634	52,459	90,879	60,246	18,019	9,399	3,215	169,556
C. Elections in RM cases — AFL-CIO (1-union)	6,204	2,036	2,036				745	999	999				2,424
Teamsters (RM 1-union)	3,000	612		612			230	621		621			1,537
Other national unions (RM 1-union)	1,017	41			41		25						743
Other local unions (RM 1-union)	227	94				94	24	70				70	39
1-union elections (RM) — Total	10,448	2,783	2,036	612	41	94	1,007	1,874	999	621	225	70	4,784
2-union elections (RM) — Total	2,441	2,066	1,413	47	11	615	34	71	14	6	0	51	250
3-or-more-union elections (RM)	270	188	170			18	75	3				3	4
Total RM elections	13,159	5,037	3,619	659	52	727	1,116	1,948	1,013	630	276	29	5,038
D. Elections in RD cases — AFL-CIO (1-union)	10,421	2,808	2,808				1,312	1,919	1,919				4,379
Teamsters (RD 1-union)	2,274	489		489			229	377		377			1,138
Other national unions (RD 1-union)	927	229			229		129	172			172		395
Other local unions (RD 1-union)	133	24				24	14	15				15	56
1-union elections (RD) — Total	13,755	3,550	2,808	489	229	24	1,724	2,483	1,919	377	172	15	5,968

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Source page 249 of NLRB FY1973 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1973, p. 249.

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