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Representation elections held in cases closed, by industry

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	Total elections	Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions	Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions	Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions	Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions	Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions	Number of elections in which no representative was chosen	Number employees eligible to vote	Total valid votes cast	Valid votes cast for unions	Valid votes cast for unions	Valid votes cast for unions	Valid votes cast for unions	Valid votes cast for unions	Total votes for no union	Eligible employees in elections in which no representative chosen
	Total elections	Total	AFL-CIO unions	Teamsters	Other national unions	Other local unions	Number of elections in which no representative was chosen	Number employees eligible to vote	Total valid votes cast	Total	AFL-CIO unions	Teamsters	Other national unions	Other local unions	Total votes for no union	Eligible employees in elections in which no representative chosen
Food and kindred products	425	202	111	74	6	11	223	27,297	24,353	11,041	5,774	4,768	71	428	13,312	10,035
Tobacco manufactures	1	1		1				38	36	19		19			17
Textile mill products	78	29	22	1			49	10,758	9,647	4,356	3,879	228	6		5,291	3,189
Apparel and other finished products made from fabrics and similar materials	96	28	24	3		1	68	12,540	11,101	4,420	4,420	217		64	6,700	3,865
Lumber and wood products (except furniture)	210	95	28	13	2	1	129	14,734	12,718	4,738	1,733	529	404	6	7,171	4,184
Furniture and fixtures	127	51	34	12	3	1	76	11,766	10,184	4,151	1,943	904	211		5,374	3,229
Paper and allied products	138	75	32	15	4	3	75	12,731	10,786	5,084	2,538	1,031	317	189	5,038	3,128
Printing, publishing, and allied industries	262	123	97	22	1	1	139	11,738	10,202	4,310	3,574	1,425	884	13	5,807	3,002
Chemicals and allied products	193	90	47	33	5	5	103	12,768	11,337	5,238	2,873	1,556	421	381	6,099	5,987
Petroleum refining and related industries	28	12	8	1	1	2	16	2,614	2,375	1,066	692	23	83	221	1,259	915
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products	198	84	47	22	8	7	114	15,571	14,092	6,207	4,046	1,054	908	199	7,885	4,179
Leather and leather products	37	11	9	2			26	2,940	2,694	1,201	1,009	121			2,026	1,776
Stone, clay, glass, and concrete products	180	79	36	31	5	7	101	10,002	9,160	4,357	2,193	1,538	94	1,102	4,803	4,704
Primary metal industries	227	112	70	27	11	4	115	21,789	18,757	9,217	5,538	1,040	1,082	1,517	9,540	9,840
Fabricated metal products (except machinery and transportation equipment)	389	158	96	38	22	2	229	21,172	18,461	8,287	5,635	1,344	1,008	1,102	8,393	8,250
Machinery (except electrical)	319	147	100	29	9	8	172	23,140	20,170	8,883	5,613	1,452	779	1,032	11,287	9,278
Electrical and electronic machinery, equipment, and supplies	210	80	54	16	6	5	130	23,371	20,200	8,588	6,032	902	1,801	96	12,087	5,879
Transportation equipment	142	61	39	13	7	1	81	17,297	16,226	9,845	1,727	799	6,633	686	6,381	5,705
Ship and boat building and repairing	23	10	8	1	1		13	4,967	4,539	1,618	1,427	191			2,961	440
Automobiles and other transportation equipment	61	27	16	7	4		34
Measuring, analyzing, and controlling instruments, photographic, medical, and optical goods, watches and clocks	80	27	19	8			53	5,455	5,007	2,701	1,859	536	10	304	2,304	2,562
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	136	44	28	13	3		92	10,152	9,196	4,620	2,167	1,299	478	337	4,576	4,400
Manufacturing (subtotal)	3,565	1,539	958	354	140	87	2,026	285,372	258,886	125,367	73,806	21,819	18,575	9,275	135,127	104,343

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Source page 288 of NLRB FY1978 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1978, p. 288.

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