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Valid Votes Cast in Representation Elections, by Final Results of Election, in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1974

printed as Table 14 · source pages 239–242 · nlrb1974_p0239_t0

Stitched from pp. 239–242.

Participating unionsTotal valid votes castValid votes cast in elections wonValid votes cast in elections lost
Participating unionsTotal valid votes castVotes for unionsTotal votes for no unionVotes for unionsTotal votes for no union
Participating unionsTotal valid votes castTotalAFL-CIO unionsTeamstersOther national unionsOther local unionsTotal votes for no unionTotalAFL-CIO unionsTeamstersOther national unionsOther local unionsTotal votes for no union
A. All representation elections
AFL-CIO288,07561,56161,56131,73166,44566,445128,338
Teamsters76,13618,66918,6698,31116,72916,72932,427
Other national unions39,4278,0168,0164,2169,9099,90917,286
Other local unions12,6342,7392,7399203,0783,0785,897
1-union elections416,27290,98561,56118,6698,0162,73945,17896,16166,44516,7299,9093,078183,948
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO14,8664,4964,4967423,3803,3806,248
AFL-CIO v Teamsters19,31110,2504,8815,3699053,1381,5611,5775,018
AFL-CIO v. national4,2382,3629401,4221437073064011,026
AFL-CIO v. local13,77311,0486,1864,8624629475793681,316
Teamsters v national1,9201,0713717001491063571594
Teamsters v local3,4582,8381,5361,30214219058132288
Teamsters v. Teamsters32225325369000
National v local1,0069694425272135822
National v national3083033035000
Local v. local1,8611,2631,26355221221322
2-union elections61,06334,85316,5037,5292,8677,9542,6748,7025,8261,67047772914,834
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO2183030226565101
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v. Teamsters5543430120000
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. national55318459125111661660192
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. local1491451014440000
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters v. Teamsters353230230000
AFL-CIO v Teamsters v. national16400000652936099
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters v. local34134117934128000000
AFL-CIO v. national v local1,8851,8752189916661000000
AFL-CIO v. local v. local43743231311950000
Teamsters v local v local8787137400000
National v local v. local1,1551,1301101,020250000
(3 or more) union elections5,0794,299973491,2262,051922962603600392
Total representation elections482,414130,13779,03726,24712,10912,74447,944105,15972,53118,43510,3863,807199,174
B. Elections in RC cases
AFL-CIO268,50356,00856,00828,76163,40763,407120,327
Teamsters68,40516,27516,2757,36715,56315,56329,200
Other national unions38,6647,8047,8044,0549,7869,78617,020
Other local unions11,9552,5862,5868622,9872,9875,520
1-union elections387,52782,67356,00816,2757,8042,58641,04491,74363,40715,5639,7862,987172,067
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO14,5814,2164,2167373,3803,3806,248
AFL-CIO v Teamsters17,9649,0004,1984,8028903,1261,5601,5664,948
AFL-CIO v national4,1042,2299111,3181427073064011,026
AFL-CIO v local12,1979,5285,1454,3834249415733681,304
Teamsters v national1,7729492846651471013269575
Teamsters v local3,3992,7791,4831,29614219058132288
Teamsters v Teamsters19212612666000
National v local9809434395042135822
National v national2842792795000
Local v local1,8271,2311,23153221221322
2-union elections57,30031,28014,4706,6952,7017,4142,6088,6795,8191,65647572914,733
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO2183030226565101
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v Teamsters5543430120000
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v national55318459125111661660192
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v local242016440000
AFL-CIO v Teamsters v Teamsters353230230000
AFL-CIO v Teamsters v national16400000652936099
AFL-CIO v Teamsters v local31831817911128000000
AFL-CIO v national v local1,8851,8752189916661000000
AFL-CIO v local v local43743231311950000
Teamsters v local v local8787137400000
National v local v. local1,1551,1301101,020250000
(3 or more) union elections4,9314,151888261,2262,011922962603600392
Total RC elections449,758118,10471,36622,99611,73112,01143,744100,71869,48617,25510,2613,716187,192
C. Elections in RM cases
AFL-CIO7,6371,8311,8319611,2151,2153,630
Teamsters2,5988598593383673671,034
Other national unions752727136629
Other local unions3765151115252262
1-union elections10,6862,7681,83185927511,3231,6401,2153676524,955
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO2672642643000
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters191918100000
AFL-CIO v. national171741300000
AFL-CIO v. local141140964410000
Teamsters v. national3915510053219
Teamsters v. local595953600000
Local v. local3432322000
2-union elections57654638259238265032019
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. local125125854000000
3 (or more) union elections1251258500400000000
Total RM elections11,3873,4392,298918501731,3291,6451,2153708524,974
D. Elections in RD cases
AFL-CIO11,9353,7223,7222,0091,8231,8234,381
Teamsters5,1331,5351,5356067997992,193
Other national unions688185185149117117237
Other local unions303102102473939115
1-union elections18,0595,5443,7221,5351851022,8112,7781,823799117396,926
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO1816162000
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters1,3281,231665566151211170
AFL-CIO v national117116259110000
AFL-CIO v. local1,4351,3809454353766012
Teamsters v national109107822520000
Teamsters v Teamsters1301271273000
National v local262632300000
National v national2424240000
2-union elections3,1873,0271,65177514345860187110082
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters v local23230230000000
3 (or more) union elections2323023000000000
Total RD elections21,2698,5945,3732,3333285602,8712,7961,830810117397,008

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645 of 645 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.

Reader’s notes

p. 239. 14 columns: stub, "Total valid votes cast" (a tall single heading spanning all three levels), then six columns for elections won and six for elections lost. "Total votes for no union" is also a tall heading spanning the second and third levels within each of the won/lost blocks. Doubtful cell: row "AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v. Teamsters", column "Valid votes cast in elections lost / Votes for unions / AFL-CIO unions". The glyph is broken in the scan and reads like a capital C; it is almost certainly a damaged printed 0 (the Total-lost and Teamsters-lost cells in that row are both 0, and the "(3 or more) union elections" subtotal of 260 for that column equals 65+0+166+0+0+29+0+0+0). Transcribed as 0. Punctuation after the "v" in the versus-rows is inconsistent in the original (some "v.", some bare "v"); it is transcribed as it appears, but the periods are faint in this scan and a few could be present or absent contrary to what is given. All arithmetic was checked and is internally consistent: every row's component columns sum to its Total columns, and the 1-union, 2-union, (3 or more) union and grand-total lines sum correctly down every one of the 13 numeric columns. No misprints detected. Only section A ("A. All representation elections") appears on this crop; the table presumably continues with a section B on the following page. The caption, running head and page number were excluded per instructions. No footnotes are printed under the table on this image.

p. 240. No column headings are printed on this crop — it is a continuation panel of a table whose headings appear on the preceding page — so header_rows is empty. The table has 14 columns (stub + 13 numeric), counted from the column rules; the stub is separated by a double rule, and the final column stands alone after another rule. "B. Elections in RC cases" is printed centred above the table's top rule; it is transcribed as a section line carrying a label and no values. Section A presumably appears earlier in the source table. Cells shown as a dash rule ("------") are transcribed as "". Printed zeros are kept as 0 (several rows in the 3-or-more-union block are printed 0 rather than left blank). Row-label punctuation as printed: row 18 reads "AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v Teamsters" (a period after the first "v" only) and row 27 reads "National v local v. local" (period on the second "v" only); all other "v" separators are printed without a period. These inconsistencies are reproduced as they appear, but at this scan resolution a stray speck versus a true period is hard to distinguish for those two labels. The label "AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v local" carries a stray diagonal mark over the second "v" in the scan, which I read as a printing/scan artifact rather than punctuation. In "AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v national", the entry in the 11th numeric column renders ambiguously between "0" and "G"; it is read as 0, which is supported by that column's total (0 for the 3-or-more block). As a check on column placement, every additive relation in the table holds exactly as transcribed: each of the four 1-union rows, all ten 2-union rows and all eleven 3-or-more rows sum to their printed subtotal in all 13 columns, the three subtotals sum to "Total RC elections" in all 13 columns, and within rows the component columns sum to their group columns (e.g. 4,198 + 4,802 = 9,000 and 1,560 + 1,566 = 3,126 on "AFL-CIO v Teamsters"). No printed value appears to be a misprint.

p. 241. The crop is a continuation page showing only section C ("C. Elections in RM cases"); sections A and B of Table 14 are on earlier pages. The caption carries footnote marker 1, but no footnote text is printed within this crop, so `footnotes` is empty. Column structure: 14 columns — stub, "Total valid votes cast", then six columns under "Valid votes cast in elections won" (Total, AFL-CIO unions, Teamsters, Other national unions, Other local unions, Total votes for no union) and the same six under "Valid votes cast in elections lost". Doubtful cells: (1) In row "Teamsters v. national", the "Total valid votes cast" cell is printed with a small tick/speck immediately before the digits ('39); I read it as 39, which is confirmed by the 2-union-elections subtotal of 576 (267+19+17+141+39+59+34=576), so the mark is scanning debris rather than a digit or footnote marker. (2) In the same row, the "Other local unions" (elections won) cell holds only a dash rule with a similar speck above it; transcribed as empty. Row labels: the period after "v" is faint or absent in the scan for "AFL-CIO v national", "AFL-CIO v local", "Teamsters v local", "Local v local" and the second "v" of "AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v local", while it prints clearly in "AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO", "AFL-CIO v. Teamsters" and "Teamsters v. national". I transcribed "v." consistently, treating the missing periods as ink loss. The printed "AFL–CIO" uses an en dash; rendered here as "AFL-CIO". All arithmetic cross-checks pass: every data row's total valid votes equals won-for-unions + won-no-union + lost-for-unions + lost-no-union; each union-type column sums to its subtotal; and 1-union (10,686) + 2-union (576) + 3-or-more (125) = 11,387 = Total RM elections, with every other column of the total row likewise consistent. No misprints detected.

p. 242. No column headings are printed on this crop: it continues a table from an earlier page, so header_rows is empty. The grid has 14 columns (stub + 13 numeric), read off the column rules: a group of 6 columns, a double rule, a second group of 6, a double rule, and a final single column. The centered line "D. Elections in RD cases" sits just above the table's top rule; it is transcribed as a section row with no values. Cells printed as a dash rule (------) are given as "". The footnote marker 1 appears only in the footnote line here; whatever it is keyed to is on an earlier page, outside the crop. The period after "v" in the versus rows is inconsistent in this worn scan: it is clearly present in "AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO", "AFL-CIO v. Teamsters", "AFL-CIO v. local" and before "Teamsters" in the 3-union row, and not visible in the other rows, which are transcribed as a bare "v"; the original very likely printed "v." throughout. The "AFL-CIO" stub in the first data row carries a small stray mark before the leader dots that I read as a scan artifact, not a footnote marker. The label "3 (or more) union elections" has a small raised dot between the 3 and the parenthesis that I also read as an artifact rather than a marker. Row labels are typographically degraded in places ("Tcamsters" for "Teamsters" in the 5th versus row); they are given in their intended spelling. All column sums were checked against the printed subtotals ("1-union elections", "2-union elections", "3 (or more) union elections") and "Total RD elections", and against the row breakdowns in columns 3-6 against column 2 and columns 9-12 against column 8; every one is internally consistent as transcribed, with no apparent misprints.

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Source page 239 of NLRB FY1974 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1974, p. 239.
Source page 240 of NLRB FY1974 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1974, p. 240.
Source page 241 of NLRB FY1974 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1974, p. 241.
Source page 242 of NLRB FY1974 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1974, p. 242.

Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Read by claude-opus-5 (effort max, prompt extract_v1) from the 300-dpi scan; stitched by page. Updated October 2026.