NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1981 › Final Outcome of Representation Elections in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1981
Stitched from pp. 216–219.
| Participating unions | Total elections | Elections won by unions | Elections in which no representative chosen | Employees eligible to vote | In elections where no representative chosen | ||||||||||
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| Participating unions | Total elections | Percent won | Total won | AFL-CIO unions | Teamsters | Other national unions | Other local unions | Elections in which no representative chosen | Total | In elections won | In units won by | In elections where no representative chosen | |||
| Participating unions | Total elections | Percent won | Total won | AFL-CIO unions | Teamsters | Other national unions | Other local unions | Elections in which no representative chosen | Total | In elections won | AFL-CIO unions | Teamsters | Other national unions | Other local unions | In elections where no representative chosen |
| A. All representation elections | |||||||||||||||
| AFL-CIO | 4,485 | 42.0 | 1,883 | 1,883 | 2,602 | 287,951 | 92,200 | 92,200 | 195,751 | ||||||
| Teamsters | 2,166 | 37.6 | 815 | 815 | 1,351 | 78,714 | 20,938 | 20,938 | 57,776 | ||||||
| Other national unions | 213 | 52.6 | 112 | 112 | 101 | 12,797 | 5,794 | 5,794 | 7,003 | ||||||
| Other local unions | 280 | 51.1 | 143 | 143 | 137 | 14,954 | 6,332 | 6,332 | 8,622 | ||||||
| 1-union elections | 7,144 | 41.3 | 2,953 | 1,883 | 815 | 112 | 143 | 4,191 | 394,416 | 125,264 | 92,200 | 20,938 | 5,794 | 6,332 | 269,152 |
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO | 96 | 66.7 | 64 | 64 | 32 | 12,693 | 7,981 | 7,981 | 4,712 | ||||||
| AFL-CIO v. Teamsters | 72 | 65.3 | 47 | 17 | 30 | 25 | 10,753 | 6,593 | 3,050 | 3,543 | 4,160 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. national | 22 | 86.4 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 6,570 | 5,978 | 490 | 5,488 | 592 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. local | 114 | 87.7 | 100 | 52 | 48 | 14 | 16,975 | 13,502 | 9,311 | 4,191 | 3,473 | ||||
| Teamsters v. national | 5 | 80.0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 263 | 100 | 56 | 44 | 163 | ||||
| Teamsters v. local | 27 | 77.8 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3,258 | 2,254 | 1,941 | 313 | 1,004 | ||||
| Teamsters v. Teamsters | 3 | 100.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 161 | 161 | 161 | 0 | ||||||
| National v. local | 6 | 83.3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 882 | 819 | 238 | 581 | 63 | ||||
| National v. national | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Local v. local | 12 | 83.3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2,372 | 2,232 | 2,232 | 140 | ||||||
| 2-union elections | 358 | 76.3 | 273 | 138 | 47 | 18 | 70 | 85 | 53,945 | 39,620 | 20,832 | 5,701 | 5,770 | 7,317 | 14,325 |
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 152 | 152 | 0 | ||||||
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. Teamsters | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 527 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 512 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. local | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. Teamsters v. local | 3 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 86 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFL-CIO v. national v. local | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 75 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Local v. local v. local | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| 3 (or more)-union elections | 10 | 80.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 882 | 348 | 187 | 86 | 75 | 0 | 534 |
| Total representation elections | 7,512 | 43.1 | 3,234 | 2,025 | 865 | 131 | 213 | 4,278 | 449,243 | 165,232 | 113,219 | 26,725 | 11,639 | 13,649 | 284,011 |
| 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 | 7,648 | ||||||
| 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 |
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO | 88 | 65.9 | 58 | 58 | 30 | 12,169 | 7,469 | 7,469 | 4,700 | ||||||
| AFL-CIO v. Teamsters | 63 | 66.7 | 42 | 15 | 27 | 21 | 10,502 | 6,449 | 2,979 | 3,470 | 4,053 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. national | 19 | 89.5 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 5,696 | 5,339 | 490 | 4,849 | 357 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. local | 105 | 86.7 | 91 | 50 | 41 | 14 | 16,421 | 12,948 | 9,127 | 3,821 | 3,473 | ||||
| Teamsters v. national | 5 | 80.0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 263 | 100 | 56 | 44 | 163 | ||||
| Teamsters v. local | 26 | 76.9 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2,946 | 1,942 | 1,629 | 313 | 1,004 | ||||
| Teamsters v. Teamsters | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 0 | ||||||
| National v. local | 5 | 80.0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 644 | 581 | 0 | 581 | 63 | ||||
| National v. national | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Local v. local | 9 | 88.9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1,683 | 1,662 | 1,662 | 21 | ||||||
| 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 |
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 152 | 152 | 0 | ||||||
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. Teamsters | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 527 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 512 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. local | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. Teamsters v. local | 3 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 86 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFL-CIO v. national v. local | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 75 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Local v. local v. local | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| 3 (or more)-union elections | 10 | 80.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 882 | 348 | 187 | 86 | 75 | 0 | 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 |
| C. Elections in RM cases | |||||||||||||||
| AFL-CIO | 120 | 15.8 | 19 | 19 | 101 | 5,036 | 1,353 | 1,353 | 3,683 | ||||||
| Teamsters | 77 | 19.5 | 15 | 15 | 62 | 1,280 | 415 | 415 | 865 | ||||||
| Other national unions | 4 | 50.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1,036 | 976 | 976 | 60 | ||||||
| Other local unions | 4 | 50.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 108 | 76 | 76 | 32 | ||||||
| 1-union elections | 205 | 18.5 | 38 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 167 | 7,460 | 2,820 | 1,353 | 415 | 976 | 76 | 4,640 |
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO | 6 | 66.7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 217 | 205 | 205 | 12 | ||||||
| AFL-CIO v. Teamsters | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. local | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 153 | 153 | 0 | 153 | 0 | ||||
| Teamsters v. Teamsters | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 0 | ||||||
| National v. local | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 238 | 238 | 238 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Local v. local | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 119 | ||||||
| 2-union elections | 12 | 75.0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 804 | 673 | 205 | 77 | 238 | 153 | 131 |
| Total RM elections | 217 | 21.7 | 47 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 170 | 8,264 | 3,493 | 1,558 | 492 | 1,214 | 229 | 4,771 |
| D Elections in RD cases | |||||||||||||||
| AFL-CIO | 577 | 26.5 | 153 | 153 | 424 | 31,725 | 13,060 | 13,060 | 18,665 | ||||||
| Teamsters | 210 | 15.7 | 33 | 33 | 177 | 8,782 | 1,660 | 1,660 | 7,122 | ||||||
| Other national unions | 19 | 31.6 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 1,096 | 640 | 640 | 456 | ||||||
| Other local unions | 27 | 18.5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 1,093 | 151 | 151 | 942 | ||||||
| 1-union elections | 833 | 23.6 | 197 | 153 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 636 | 42,696 | 15,511 | 13,060 | 1,660 | 640 | 151 | 27,185 |
| AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 307 | 307 | 307 | 0 | ||||||
| AFL-CIO v Teamsters | 8 | 50.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 246 | 139 | 71 | 68 | 107 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v national | 3 | 66.7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 874 | 639 | 0 | 639 | 235 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v local | 7 | 100.0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 401 | 401 | 184 | 217 | 0 | ||||
| Teamsters v local | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 312 | 312 | 312 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Local v local | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 570 | 570 | 570 | 0 | ||||||
| 2-union elections | 23 | 78.3 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2,710 | 2,368 | 562 | 380 | 639 | 787 | 342 |
| Total RD elections | 856 | 25.1 | 215 | 159 | 36 | 8 | 12 | 641 | 45,406 | 17,879 | 13,622 | 2,040 | 1,279 | 938 | 27,527 |
642 of 642 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.
p. 216. 16 columns: stub, "Total elections^2", six under "Elections won by unions", "Elections in which no representative chosen", six under "Employees eligible to vote" (Total, In elections won, and four under "In units won by"), and a final free-standing "In elections where no representative chosen". The rule under "Employees eligible to vote" stops short of that last column, so it is treated as a top-level heading of its own rather than part of the span. Scan quality: periods print very faintly throughout this page. In the "Percent won" column the decimal point is mostly invisible (the image shows "42 0", "37 6", "66 7", etc.); only the "80.0" on the "3 (or more)-union elections" row shows it clearly. These are percentages and have been transcribed with the decimal point ("42.0", "37.6", ...). Likewise the period after "v" in the versus-style row labels is legible only in "National v. national"; it has been written as "v." in every such label. The section line reads "A All representation elections" in the scan; the period after "A" is assumed on the same grounds. Ambiguous cell: "National v. national", employees "In units won by" — a printed 0 sits between the Teamsters and Other national unions columns and I could not fix its column from the alignment alone. It is placed under "Other national unions" to mirror the 0 in the elections-won half of the same row (whose placement is confirmed by the 2-union subtotal, 14+3+1+0 = 18). Being a zero, the choice does not affect any subtotal. Row-label leader dots and stray typesetting dots inside data cells (e.g. the single dots in the "AFL-CIO unions" cells of "Teamsters v. local", "Local v. local" and "Local v. local v. local") are transcribed as empty. A stray dash-like mark precedes "83.3" in the "Local v. local" percent cell; only the number is transcribed. No misprints found: every column of the 1-union, 2-union and 3-or-more-union blocks sums to its printed subtotal, the three subtotals sum to the printed "Total representation elections" line, and within each row the won/no-representative split reconciles with the row total. Percentages also match the won/total ratios. The crop covers only panel "A. All representation elections"; any further panels (B, C, ...) and the footnote text for the superscript 2 on "Total elections" fall outside this image. No footnotes are printed on the crop.
p. 217. Crop is the "—Continued" page of Table 13 and contains only panel "B. Elections in RC cases"; panel A is on the preceding page. The table is a single 16-column panel, not side-by-side panels. Scan quality: this is a coarse 1-bit scan in which thin periods frequently drop out. Two systematic repairs were made. (1) In the "Percent won" column the decimal point is invisible in most rows (printed as "45 2", "40 8", "100 0", "0 0"); it is clearly present in a few rows ("100.0" in the AFL-CIO v. Teamsters v. local row), so every value in that column is transcribed with the decimal point: 45.2, 40.8, 54.7, 54.6, 44.5, 65.9, 66.7, 89.5, 86.7, 80.0, 76.9, 100.0, 80.0, 0.0, 88.9, 76.2, 100.0, 50.0, 100.0, 100.0, 100.0, 0.0, 80.0, 46.2. (2) In the row labels the period after "v" is visible in some rows ("AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. Teamsters", "AFL-CIO v. national v local") and missing in others; "v." is written uniformly. The section label likewise reads "B Elections in RC cases" with the period lost, transcribed as "B. Elections in RC cases". Blank cells: many empty cells carry a single stray dot or a short run of dots (e.g. ".", "..", "...") left over from leader rules, for instance in the Teamsters, Teamsters v. Teamsters, National v. local and Local v. local v. local rows. All such cells are transcribed as "". The last column, "In elections where no representative chosen", is printed outside the span rule of "Employees eligible to vote" and is treated as its own top-level heading, as the rules show. Footnote markers 1 (in the caption) and 2 (on the "Total elections" heading) appear, but no footnote text is printed on this page, so footnotes is empty. All cross-footings verify as printed: each of the three subtotal rows equals the sum of its component rows, and "Total RC elections" equals the sum of the three subtotals, in all 15 numeric columns. No misprints detected.
p. 218. 16 columns: stub, "Total elections", six under "Elections won by unions", "Elections in which no representative chosen", six under "Employees eligible to vote" (Total, In elections won, and four under "In units won by"), and the final "In elections where no representative chosen" set off by a heavy rule. Periods are systematically lost in this 1-bit scan. The "Percent won" column prints as "15 8", "19 5", "50 0", "100 0", "0 0", etc.; these are decimals and I have restored the decimal point (every one checks out against Total won / Total elections, e.g. 19/120 = 15.8, 47/217 = 21.7). Likewise the period is not visible after the panel letter ("C Elections in RM cases") or after "v" in the six 2-union row labels ("AFL-CIO v local"); I have written "C." and "v." as they are set in the original. No other character was supplied. The "Total won" cell of the "AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO" row carries a small ink tick immediately before the 4 ("ˈ4"). It is a speck, not a footnote marker or a digit — the value is 4 (4 + 2 no-representative = 6 total elections, and the 2-union subtotal of 9 requires it). The "In units won by — Other local unions" value 153 in the "AFL-CIO v. local" row sits a few points left of the other figures in that column, but it is in that column and not in "Other national unions": the 2-union subtotals require Other national = 238 and Other local = 153 + 0 + 0. No footnotes are printed under the table on this crop. The caption's superscript 1 and the superscript 2 on the "Total elections" heading refer to notes printed elsewhere in the table. Every additive relation in the panel cross-checks: the four 1-union rows sum to the "1-union elections" line, the six 2-union rows sum to the "2-union elections" line, those two sum to "Total RM elections" in all 15 numeric columns, and in each row Total won + Elections in which no representative chosen = Total elections. Nothing appears misprinted. Minor stray specks sit in the right margin beside the "AFL-CIO", "Other national unions" and "AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO" rows and after "no rep-" in the last column heading; they are not footnote markers and are not transcribed.
p. 219. 16 columns. Periods are systematically faint/lost in this 1-bit scan: the percent-won values print as "26 5", "100 0", etc., and I have transcribed them with the decimal point ("26.5", "100.0"). This is confirmed arithmetically — 153/577 = 26.5%, 33/210 = 15.7%, 6/19 = 31.6%, 5/27 = 18.5%, 197/833 = 23.6%, 4/8 = 50.0%, 2/3 = 66.7%, 18/23 = 78.3%, 215/856 = 25.1% — so the values are one-decimal percentages, not whole numbers. The same lost-period effect affects text: the section line reads "D Elections in RD cases" with a gap after the D (almost certainly "D." in print; transcribed literally as "D Elections in RD cases"), the "v" in the two-union row labels shows no period (likely "v." in print), and both footnotes show no closing period (I supplied them, as they are standard and the scan drops terminal periods elsewhere too). Column assignment was checked against every subtotal and total, and all reconcile exactly: the four 1-union rows sum to the "1-union elections" line in all 15 value columns, the six 2-union rows sum to "2-union elections" in all 15, and 1-union + 2-union = "Total RD elections" in all 15. No printed total appears to be in error. Blank cells are genuinely blank in the source (e.g. the AFL-CIO row has no entry under Teamsters / Other national / Other local in either the elections-won or units-won blocks); note the distinction from printed zeros, which do appear in this table (e.g. "AFL-CIO v national" has 0 under AFL-CIO unions won and 0 under AFL-CIO units, and several rows carry 0 in the no-representative-chosen columns). There is a small stray mark below the word "chosen" in the "Elections in which no representative chosen" heading and a faint tick in the body near the "Total won"/"Total RD elections" area; both read as scan specks, not footnote markers or values. The caption carries footnote marker 1 and has been omitted per instructions; marker 2 is attached to the "Total elections" column heading.
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Read by claude-opus-5 (effort max, prompt extract_v1) from the 300-dpi scan; stitched by page. Updated October 2026.