NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1979 › Valid votes cast in representation elections, by final results (cases closed)
Valid votes cast in representation elections, by final results (cases closed)
| Total valid votes cast | Won — Total | Won — Votes for unions — Total | Won — Votes for unions — AFL-CIO | Won — Votes for unions — Teamsters | Won — Votes for unions — Other national | Won — Votes for unions — Other local | Won — Total votes for no union | Lost — Total | Lost — Votes for unions — Total | Lost — Votes for unions — AFL-CIO | Lost — Votes for unions — Teamsters | Lost — Votes for unions — Other national | Lost — Votes for unions — Other local | Lost — Total votes for no union | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFL-CIO unions (single) | 286,961 | 58,109 | 53,109 | 53,109 | 5,000 | 27,486 | 71,094 | 71,094 | 135,304 | ||||||
| Teamsters | 79,462 | 13,506 | 13,506 | 13,506 | 7,233 | 18,707 | 39,022 | ||||||||
| Other national unions | 52,616 | 11,366 | 11,366 | 11,366 | 5,906 | 13,412 | 13,412 | 21,882 | |||||||
| Other local unions | 19,377 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 2,630 | 3,163 | 3,163 | 7,584 | |||||||
| 1-union elections (subtotal) | 438,448 | 85,975 | 53,109 | 53,109 | 13,506 | 11,366 | 6,000 | 43,305 | 106,376 | 71,094 | 71,094 | 18,707 | 13,412 | 3,163 | 202,792 |
| 2-union elections (subtotal) | 45,795 | 27,523 | 13,636 | 3,234 | 1,646 | 9,007 | 3,523 | 5,503 | 2,680 | 1,058 | 1,360 | 405 | 9,246 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.