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Valid votes cast in representation elections

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	Participating unions	Total valid votes cast	Valid votes cast in elections won	Valid votes cast in elections won	Valid votes cast in elections won	Valid votes cast in elections won	Valid votes cast in elections won	Valid votes cast in elections won	Valid votes cast in elections lost	Valid votes cast in elections lost	Valid votes cast in elections lost	Valid votes cast in elections lost	Valid votes cast in elections lost	Valid votes cast in elections lost
	Participating unions	Total valid votes cast	Total	Votes for unions	Votes for unions	Votes for unions	Votes for unions	Total votes for no union	Total	Votes for unions	Votes for unions	Votes for unions	Votes for unions	Total votes for no union
	Participating unions	Total valid votes cast	Total	AFL-CIO unions	Team-sters	Other national unions	Other local unions	Total votes for no union	Total	AFL-CIO unions	Team-sters	Other national unions	Other local unions	Total votes for no union
A All representation elections
AFL-CIO	253,758	52,153	52,153	52,153				26,905	59,225	59,225			115,475
Teamsters	70,558	12,758	12,758		12,758			5,927	16,207		16,207		30,666
Other national unions	11,205	3,433	3,433			3,433		1,514	2,002			2,002	4,256
Other local unions	12,118	3,419	3,419				3,419	1,560	1,957			1,957	5,182
1-union elections	347,737	71,763	52,153	52,153	12,758	3,433	3,419	35,906	79,431	59,225	16,207	2,002	1,957	160,647
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO	8,923	4,482	4,482	4,482				482	1,603	1,603				2,356
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters	6,374	4,290	1,639		2,651			750	1,283	387	896			2,480
AFL-CIO v. national	5,483	4,826	1,916			2,910		95	195	51		144		367
AFL-CIO v. local	14,318	10,679	6,068	4,002			642	659	894	12		14	658	2,747
Teamsters v. Teamsters	240	75			75			12	140		140			139
Teamsters v. national	2,670	1,629			789			709	140		416			246
Teamsters v. local	142	142			142
National v. national	775	746				287		459	7					14
National v. local	15												5	10
Local v. local	1,741	1,508					1,508	54						179
2-union elections	43,620	28,918	14,605	3,735	3,250	7,328	2,092	4,435	2,242	1,240	162	791	8,175
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO	146	101	101	101					45
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. Teamsters	484	15	14		1				127					342
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. national	19	19	15					4
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. local	81	81	25				56
AFL-CIO v. local v. local	53	48	3				45							5
Local v. local v. local	17
3 (or more)-union elections	800	264	159					9	172					347
Total representation elections	392,157	100,945	66,917	16,548	6,706	10,754	38,048	83,988	61,594	17,447	2,194	2,753	169,176

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Source page 219 of NLRB FY1981 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1981, p. 219.

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