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Representation elections, 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
Metal mining	19	7	5	1	2		12	1,201	1,093	464	441	9	46		569	507
Coal mining	79	42	3	5	1	9	37	2,071	1,857	1,358	255	72	6	932	499	479
Crude petroleum and natural gas production	9	4	1	1	2			138	126	72	53	13	6
Mining and quarrying of nonmetallic minerals (except fuels)	105	53	23	7	19	3	33	4,647	4,100	2,529	1,167	867	972	223	1,631	2,624
Construction	265	80	73	12	6	4	110	4,563	3,873	1,860	1,807	179	166	938	2,011	1,841
Wholesale trade	844	333	98	269	16	17	411	37,006	32,402	12,895	7,565	2,303	4,276	1,452	9,110	17,005
Retail trade	1,070	442	299	115	13	15	578	70,205	57,953	21,925	12,001	6,032	1,492	2,300	18,945	27,225
Finance, insurance, and real estate	155	76	61	8	4	9	79	4,572	3,912	1,613	1,218	227	29	144	2,294	1,387
U.S. Postal Service	10	5	2	3			5									58
Local and suburban transit and interurban highway passenger transportation	55	29	14	11		4	26	3,933	3,243	1,636	1,069	293		274	1,607
Motor freight transportation and warehousing	415	213	32	171	5	5	202	12,101	10,663	4,558	797	2,874	52	1,235	5,702	3,985
Water transportation	128	47	12	25	1	9	81	1,599	1,444	1,116	452	263	30	371	338	248
Other transportation	33	9	8	1			24	1,712	1,541	770	569	13	26	162	771	543
Communication	215	118	105	7	1	5	97	8,932	7,714	4,011	3,531	131	36	142	3,690	3,609
Electric, gas, and sanitary services	126	68	50	14	4		58	4,757	4,331	2,513	1,825	400	33	139	1,818	2,482
Transportation, communication, and other utilities (subtotal)	892	473	218	222	10	23	419	33,066	29,032	14,906	8,130	4,283	200	2,161	14,126
Hotels, rooming houses, camps, and other lodging places	98	34	27	2	4	1	64	6,441	4,099	2,069	1,464	246	216	143	2,922	2,054
Personal services	55	24	14	11	1		31	1,110	962	565	344	246	21	16	412	415
Automotive repair, services, and garages	114	67	21	32	5	9	47	1,996	1,706	915	354	414	37	110	791	1,005
Motion pictures	20	5	3	1	1		15	243	219	115	23	53	27	12	104	199
Amusement and recreation services (except motion pictures)	36	12	8	1	1	2	24	977	830	298	215	33	10	40	532	599
Health services	806	291	229	13	19	30	515	31,275	26,440	10,853	8,070	813	373	271	940	909
Educational services	166	67	33	8	10	16	94	11,376	9,884	5,067	2,683	117	1,367	896	4,817	5,140
Membership organizations	40	23	13	6	2	2	17	1,118	1,015	519	320	127	25	47	496	414
Business services	274	138	90	36	5	7	136	13,261	9,970	4,994	2,277	1,243	967	507	4,976	6,440
Miscellaneous repair services	31	15	12	2	1		16	697	638	284	162	26	96		350	222
Legal services	11	1	1				10	651	458	175	168			9	283	161
Public administration	32	9	3	2	3	1	23	627	538	262	16	32	208	6	246	75
Services (subtotal)	1,383	713	454	126	29	105	672	84,802	69,438	33,389	16,888	5,567	3,886	1,776	35,932	34,478
Total, all industrial groups	8,240	3,791	2,178	1,105	256	252	4,449	471,919	417,563	199,283	118,811	36,710	22,302	19,170	218,280	177,256

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Source page 289 of NLRB FY1978 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1978, p. 289.

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