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Final outcome of representation elections in cases closed, RC cases
| Participating unions | Total elections | Percent won | Elections won by unions - Total won | Elections won by unions - AFL-CIO unions | Elections won by unions - Teamsters | Elections won by unions - Other national unions | Elections won by unions - Other local unions | Elections in which no representative chosen | Employees eligible to vote - Total | Employees eligible to vote - In elections won | Employees eligible to vote - In units won by AFL-CIO unions | Employees eligible to vote - In units won by Teamsters | Employees eligible to vote - In units won by other national unions | Employees eligible to vote - In units won by other local unions | In elections in which no representative chosen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Elections in RC cases — AFL-CIO | 3,788 | 45.2 | 1,711 | 1,711 | 2,077 | 251,190 | 77,787 | 77,787 | 173,403 | ||||||
| Teamsters | 1,879 | 40.8 | 767 | 767 | 1,112 | 68,652 | 18,863 | 18,863 | 49,789 | ||||||
| Other national unions | 190 | 54.7 | 104 | 104 | 86 | 10,665 | 4,178 | 4,178 | 6,487 | ||||||
| Other local unions | 249 | 54.6 | 136 | 136 | 113 | 13,753 | 6,105 | 6,105 | 7,724 | ||||||
| 1-union elections | 6,106 | 44.5 | 2,718 | 1,711 | 767 | 104 | 136 | 3,388 | 344,260 | 106,933 | 77,787 | 18,863 | 4,178 | 6,105 | 237,327 |
| 2-union elections | 323 | 76.2 | 246 | 128 | 42 | 15 | 61 | 77 | 50,431 | 36,579 | 20,065 | 5,244 | 4,893 | 6,377 | 13,852 |
| 3 (or more)-union elections | 10 | 80 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 882 | 348 | 187 | 86 | 75 | 534 | ||
| Total RC elections | 6,439 | 46.2 | 2,972 | 1,843 | 812 | 120 | 197 | 3,467 | 395,573 | 143,860 | 98,039 | 24,193 | 9,146 | 12,482 | 251,713 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.