NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1974 › Results of union-shop deauthorization polls in cases closed
| 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 | 118 | 69 | 58 5 | 49 | 41 5 | 9,345 | 6,261 | 67 0 | 3,084 | 33 0 | 6,795 | 72 7 | 4,698 | 50 3 |
| AFL-CIO unions | 67 | 37 | 55 2 | 30 | 44 8 | 5,196 | 3,129 | 60 2 | 2,067 | 30 8 | 3,855 | 74 2 | 2,364 | 45 5 |
| Teamsters | 40 | 25 | 62 5 | 15 | 37 5 | 1,609 | 947 | 58 9 | 662 | 41 1 | 1,191 | 74 0 | 844 | 52 5 |
| Other national unions | 3 | 1 | 33 3 | 2 | 66 7 | 389 | 256 | 67 4 | 124 | 32 6 | 300 | 78 9 | 189 | 49 7 |
| Other local unions | 8 | 6 | 75 0 | 2 | 25 0 | 2,150 | 1,929 | 89 3 | 231 | 10 7 | 1,449 | 67 1 | 1,301 | 60 2 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.