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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
B Elections in RC cases
AFL-CIO	222,539	44,069	44,069	44,069				22,458	53,888	53,488			102,524
Teamsters	59,990	11,535	11,535		11,535			5,316	13,987		13,987		29,162
Other national unions	9,619	2,525	2,525			2,525		1,201	1,873			1,873	3,847
Other local unions	11,150	3,271	3,271				3,271	1,491	1,782			1,782	4,606
1-union elections	304,968	61,400	44,069	11,535	2,525	3,271	30,466	71,130	53,488	13,987	1,873	1,782	140,142
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO	8,467	4,076	4,076	4,076				443	1,603	1,603			2,345
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters	5,898	4,886	2,688	2,598				737	1,266	385	871		2,405
AFL-CIO v. national	4,894	4,469	1,776			2,692		88	126	4		122	212
AFL-CIO v. local	13,845	10,219	5,856	4,363			520	839	201			201	2,247
Teamsters v. Teamsters	240	75			75			12	11		11		139
Teamsters v. national	2,478	1,449	800		800			131	416		341	75	485
Teamsters v. local	73	73
National v. national	529	514				160		354					15
National v. local	15												10
Local v. local	1,140	1,078					1,078	46					62
2-union elections	40,775	26,675	13,796	3,518	2,885	6,438	1,980	4,292	2,193	1,215	140	744	7,868
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		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					7	132		127		347
Total RC elections	346,523	88,299	58,024	15,118	5,453	9,714	32,496	75,554	55,808	15,202	2,013	2,531	150,174

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Source page 220 of NLRB FY1981 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1981, p. 220.

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