NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1981 › Valid Votes Cast in Representation Elections, by Final Results of Election, in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1981
Stitched from pp. 220–223.
| Participating unions | Total valid votes cast | Valid votes cast in elections won | Valid votes cast in elections lost | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participating unions | Total valid votes cast | Votes for unions | Total votes for no union | Votes for unions | Total votes for no union | ||||||||
| Participating unions | Total valid votes cast | Total | AFL-CIO unions | Teamsters | Other national unions | Other local unions | Total votes for no union | Total | AFL-CIO unions | Teamsters | Other national unions | Other local unions | Total votes for no union |
| A. All representation elections | |||||||||||||
| AFL-CIO | 253,758 | 52,153 | 52,153 | 26,905 | 59,225 | 59,225 | 115,475 | ||||||
| Teamsters | 70,558 | 12,758 | 12,758 | 5,927 | 16,207 | 16,207 | 35,666 | ||||||
| Other national unions | 11,303 | 3,433 | 3,433 | 1,514 | 2,032 | 2,032 | 4,324 | ||||||
| Other local unions | 12,118 | 3,419 | 3,419 | 1,560 | 1,957 | 1,957 | 5,182 | ||||||
| 1-union elections | 347,737 | 71,763 | 52,153 | 12,758 | 3,433 | 3,419 | 35,906 | 79,421 | 59,225 | 16,207 | 2,032 | 1,957 | 160,647 |
| AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO | 8,923 | 4,482 | 4,482 | 482 | 1,603 | 1,603 | 2,356 | ||||||
| AFL-CIO v Teamsters | 9,313 | 4,790 | 2,139 | 2,651 | 760 | 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 | 10,670 | 6,068 | 4,602 | 542 | 859 | 201 | 658 | 2,247 | ||||
| Teamsters v national | 240 | 75 | 42 | 33 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 139 | ||||
| Teamsters v local | 2,670 | 1,629 | 920 | 709 | 140 | 416 | 341 | 75 | 485 | ||||
| Teamsters v Teamsters | 142 | 142 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| National v local | 775 | 746 | 287 | 459 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 14 | ||||
| National v national | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | ||||||
| Local v local | 1,741 | 1,558 | 1,558 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 74 | ||||||
| 2-union elections | 43,620 | 28,918 | 14,605 | 3,755 | 3,230 | 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 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v Teamsters | 484 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 127 | 127 | 0 | 342 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v local | 19 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v Teamsters v local | 81 | 81 | 26 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFL-CIO v national v. local | 53 | 48 | 3 | 43 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Local v local v local | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | ||||||
| 3 (or more)-union elections | 800 | 264 | 159 | 55 | 43 | 7 | 50 | 132 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 354 |
| Total representation elections | 392,157 | 100,945 | 66,917 | 16,568 | 6,706 | 10,754 | 38,048 | 83,988 | 61,594 | 17,447 | 2,194 | 2,753 | 169,176 |
| B Elections in RC cases | |||||||||||||
| AFL-CIO | 222,539 | 44,069 | 44,069 | 22,458 | 53,488 | 53,488 | 102,524 | ||||||
| Teamsters | 61,640 | 11,535 | 11,535 | 5,316 | 13,987 | 13,987 | 30,802 | ||||||
| Other national unions | 9,619 | 2,525 | 2,525 | 1,201 | 1,873 | 1,873 | 4,020 | ||||||
| Other local unions | 11,150 | 3,271 | 3,271 | 1,491 | 1,782 | 1,782 | 4,606 | ||||||
| 1-union elections | 304,948 | 61,400 | 44,069 | 11,535 | 2,525 | 3,271 | 30,466 | 71,130 | 53,488 | 13,987 | 1,873 | 1,782 | 141,952 |
| AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO | 8,467 | 4,076 | 4,076 | 443 | 1,603 | 1,603 | 2,345 | ||||||
| AFL-CIO v Teamsters | 9,084 | 4,686 | 2,088 | 2,598 | 737 | 1,256 | 385 | 871 | 2,405 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v national | 4,894 | 4,468 | 1,776 | 2,692 | 88 | 126 | 4 | 122 | 212 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v local | 13,845 | 10,219 | 5,856 | 4,363 | 520 | 859 | 201 | 658 | 2,247 | ||||
| Teamsters v national | 240 | 75 | 42 | 33 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 139 | ||||
| Teamsters v local | 2,478 | 1,446 | 805 | 641 | 131 | 416 | 341 | 75 | 485 | ||||
| Teamsters v Teamsters | 73 | 73 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| National v local | 539 | 514 | 160 | 354 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 14 | ||||
| National v national | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | ||||||
| Local v local | 1,140 | 1,078 | 1,078 | 46 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| 2-union elections | 40,775 | 26,635 | 13,796 | 3,518 | 2,885 | 6,436 | 1,980 | 4,292 | 2,193 | 1,215 | 140 | 744 | 7,868 |
| AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO | 146 | 101 | 101 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v Teamsters | 484 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 127 | 127 | 0 | 342 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v local | 19 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v Teamsters v local | 81 | 81 | 26 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFL-CIO v national v local | 53 | 48 | 3 | 43 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Local v local v local | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | ||||||
| 3 (or more)-union elections | 800 | 264 | 159 | 55 | 43 | 7 | 50 | 132 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 354 |
| Total RC elections | 346,523 | 88,299 | 58,024 | 15,108 | 5,453 | 9,714 | 32,496 | 75,554 | 55,808 | 15,202 | 2,013 | 2,531 | 150,174 |
| C Elections in RM cases | |||||||||||||
| AFL-CIO | 3,687 | 759 | 759 | 257 | 704 | 704 | 1,967 | ||||||
| Teamsters | 1,156 | 242 | 242 | 119 | 164 | 164 | 631 | ||||||
| Other national unions | 727 | 593 | 593 | 81 | 26 | 26 | 27 | ||||||
| Other local unions | 99 | 39 | 39 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 27 | ||||||
| 1-union elections | 5,669 | 1,633 | 759 | 242 | 593 | 39 | 490 | 894 | 704 | 164 | 26 | 0 | 2,652 |
| AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO | 178 | 132 | 132 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| AFL-CIO v Teamsters | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v local | 110 | 100 | 22 | 78 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Teamsters v Teamsters | 69 | 69 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| National v local | 236 | 232 | 127 | 105 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Local v. local | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 47 | 66 | ||||||
| 2-union elections | 711 | 538 | 154 | 74 | 127 | 183 | 49 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 77 |
| Total RM elections | 6,380 | 2,171 | 913 | 316 | 720 | 222 | 539 | 941 | 704 | 164 | 26 | 47 | 2,729 |
| D. Elections in RD cases | |||||||||||||
| AFL-CIO | 27,532 | 7,325 | 7,325 | 4,190 | 5,033 | 5,033 | 10,984 | ||||||
| Teamsters | 7,762 | 981 | 981 | 492 | 2,056 | 2,056 | 4,233 | ||||||
| Other national unions | 957 | 315 | 315 | 232 | 133 | 133 | 277 | ||||||
| Other local unions | 869 | 109 | 109 | 36 | 175 | 175 | 549 | ||||||
| 1-union elections | 37,120 | 8,730 | 7,325 | 981 | 315 | 109 | 4,950 | 7,397 | 5,033 | 2,056 | 133 | 175 | 16,043 |
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO | 278 | 274 | 274 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| AFL-CIO v. Teamsters | 224 | 99 | 51 | 48 | 23 | 27 | 2 | 25 | 75 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. national | 589 | 358 | 140 | 218 | 7 | 69 | 47 | 22 | 155 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. local | 363 | 351 | 190 | 161 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Teamsters v. local | 192 | 183 | 115 | 68 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Local v. local. | 488 | 480 | 480 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2-union elections | 2,134 | 1,745 | 655 | 163 | 218 | 709 | 63 | 96 | 49 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 230 |
| Total RD elections | 39,254 | 10,475 | 7,980 | 1,144 | 533 | 818 | 5,013 | 7,493 | 5,082 | 2,081 | 155 | 175 | 16,273 |
554 of 554 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.
p. 220. 14 columns: stub, "Total valid votes cast", then six columns under "Valid votes cast in elections won" (Votes for unions: Total, AFL-CIO unions, Teamsters, Other national unions, Other local unions; plus Total votes for no union) and the same six under "Valid votes cast in elections lost". Arithmetic check: every one of the 13 numeric columns sums correctly from its detail rows to the printed "1-union elections", "2-union elections" and "3 (or more)-union elections" subtotals, and those three subtotals sum to the printed "Total representation elections" row. No misprints detected. Section line: the panel heading is printed as a letter followed by "All representation elections"; the period after the "A" is very faint in this 1-bit scan, so it may be printed as "A All representation elections". The crop shows only panel A; panel B and any further panels continue on later pages. Row-label periods: this scan drops many small marks, so the "v." separators are inconsistent. The period is clearly visible only in "AFL-CIO v national v. local" (second separator); elsewhere the separator reads as a bare "v". The labels have been transcribed as the marks appear on this image rather than normalized. Trailing dots after "AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v local.", "AFL-CIO v Teamsters v local ." and "AFL-CIO v national v. local . . ." were treated as leader dots and dropped. Stray single dots (scan speckle or ellipsis placeholders) appear in otherwise empty cells and were transcribed as "": "AFL-CIO" row / Teamsters (won); "Other local unions" row / Teamsters (won); "National v local" row / AFL-CIO unions (won); "AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v local" row / Other national unions (lost). The caption carries a superscript footnote marker 1, but no footnote text appears within this crop; the footnote is presumably printed below the continuation of the table on a later page. The caption itself is omitted per instructions.
p. 221. Continuation page of Table 14 (panel B only); the caption carries a superscript 1 but no footnote text is printed on this crop, so `footnotes` is empty. Punctuation: the scan's small periods are largely lost. The section line reads "B Elections in RC cases" and the comparison labels read "AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO", "Teamsters v national", etc.; in the printed original these almost certainly carry periods ("B." and "v."), but no period is legible here, so they are transcribed without. Likewise "Teamsters v local .." and "Local v local ." show trailing leader-dot remnants, which were dropped. Stray marks treated as empty cells (leader-dot/speck artifacts, not values): a dot in the "Other local unions" row under "Other national unions" (elections-lost side), and a dot in the "AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v local" row under "Teamsters" (elections-won side). A small dot also trails the "Teamsters" and "Total RC elections" stub labels. Legibility: the last subtotal cell "2,531" (Total RC elections, Other local unions, elections lost) has a degraded middle digit; it is read as 5 and is consistent with the column (1,782 + 744 + 5 = 2,531). Arithmetic check: every row sum (won total + won no-union + lost total + lost no-union = total valid votes cast), every union-detail sum into the "Total" columns, and all four subtotal/total rows reconcile exactly as transcribed. No misprints detected.
p. 222. Crop is a "—Continued" page carrying only panel C of Table 14; the caption's footnote marker 1 refers to a note printed elsewhere, and no footnote text appears on this image, so `footnotes` is empty. The table appears to continue past the bottom rule (panel D is not on this crop). The centered section line is printed "C Elections in RM cases"; the character after the C is either a faint period or just wide letterspacing, so it is transcribed without punctuation. Several faint isolated dots sit in otherwise empty cells and are read as leader-dot/speck artifacts, not values, and are transcribed as "": AFL-CIO row, lost "Other national unions"; Teamsters row, won "Other national unions"; AFL-CIO v local row, just left of the 10 in won "Total votes for no union"; 2-union elections row, just left of the 47 in lost "Total"; and leader dots in the stub of "Other national unions", "Local v. local" and "2-union elections". Every column and every row cross-foots exactly against the printed "1-union elections", "2-union elections" and "Total RM elections" lines (e.g. 5,669 + 711 = 6,380; 759 + 154 = 913; 2,652 + 77 = 2,729), which confirms the column assignment of the sparse single-entry cells. No misprints detected.
p. 223. Crop is a continuation page of Table 14 showing only section D ("D. Elections in RD cases"), which is printed as a full-width section line across the body with no values of its own. The column headings are reprinted on this page, so they are transcribed. Column structure: 14 columns — stub, "Total valid votes cast", then six columns under "Valid votes cast in elections won" (Votes for unions: Total / AFL-CIO unions / Teamsters / Other national unions / Other local unions, plus "Total votes for no union"), then the same six under "Valid votes cast in elections lost". The two outer spanners are centered over their full six-column blocks, so the rightmost "Total votes for no union" is read as belonging to the "elections lost" block, by symmetry with the "won" side. Punctuation uncertainty from the scan: periods are frequently dropped or reduced to specks in this image. The section line reads as "D" followed by a gap before "Elections in RD cases", and the paired-union labels read as "AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO" etc. I have transcribed these with the periods standard in this report series ("D." and "v."), but the periods are not clearly legible on the image. The trailing period written in "Local v. local." is visible as printed (it may instead be the first leader dot). Row labels in this block are set with the "Local" of "Local v. local." in a lighter/italic-looking face; that is a typographic artifact only. Blank cells: many empty cells carry stray leader dots or specks (e.g., the AFL-CIO row under "Teamsters" and "Other local unions" on both the won and lost sides); all such cells are transcribed as "". No cell in this crop holds a printed zero that I read as a dot, and no cell holds a printed dot that I read as a zero, to the extent the scan allows. Arithmetic check (not applied as a correction, only as verification): every row sums across (votes won by unions + no-union votes won + votes lost by unions + no-union votes lost = total valid votes cast) and every subtotal and the grand total sum down correctly — 1-union elections, 2-union elections, and Total RD elections all reconcile exactly in all 13 numeric columns. No misprint detected. The caption carries a footnote marker (superscript 1) and a "—Continued" line; both are omitted per instructions, and the single footnote printed under the table is given in full.
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.