NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1981 › Union-shop deauthorization polls in cases closed
Union-shop deauthorization polls in cases closed
| Affiliation of union holding union-shop contract | Number of polls - Total | Number of polls - Resulting in deauthorization - Number | Number of polls - Resulting in deauthorization - Percent of total | Number of polls - Resulting in continued authorization - Number | Number of polls - Resulting in continued authorization - Percent of total | Employees involved - Total eligible | Employees involved - In polls resulting in deauthorization - Number | Employees involved - In polls resulting in deauthorization - Percent of total | Employees involved - In polls resulting in continued authorization - Number | Employees involved - In polls resulting in continued authorization - Percent of total | Valid votes cast - Total | Valid votes cast - Percent of total eligible | Valid votes cast - Cast for deauthorization - Number | Valid votes cast - Cast for deauthorization - Percent of total eligible |
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| Total | 147 | 98 | 66.7 | 49 | 33.3 | 6,435 | 3,121 | 48.5 | 3,314 | 51.5 | 4,394 | 68.3 | 2,355 | 36.6 |
| AFL-CIO unions | 92 | 59 | 64.1 | 33 | 35.9 | 4,258 | 1,856 | 43.6 | 2,397 | 56.4 | 2,825 | 66.4 | 1,555 | 36.5 |
| Teamsters | 41 | 29 | 73.2 | 11 | 26.8 | 1,525 | 1,150 | 75.4 | 375 | 24.6 | 1,052 | 69 | 708 | 46.4 |
| Other national unions | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 | 107 | 9 | 19.3 | 98 | 91.6 | 75 | 70.1 | 9 | 8.4 |
| Other local unions | 11 | 8 | 72.7 | 3 | 27.3 | 550 | 106 | 19.3 | 444 | 80.7 | 442 | 80.4 | 83 | 15.1 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.