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Representation elections held in cases closed

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Division and State	Total elections	Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions	Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions	Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions	Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions	Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions	Number of elections in which no representative was chosen	Number employees eligible to vote	Total valid votes cast	Valid votes cast for unions	Valid votes cast for unions	Valid votes cast for unions	Valid votes cast for unions	Valid votes cast for unions	Total votes for no union	Eligible employees in units choosing unions
Division and State	Total elec-tions	Total	AFL-CIO unions	Team-sters	Other national unions	Other local unions	Number of elec-tions in which no rep-resent-ative was chosen	Number employ-ees eligible to vote	Total valid votes cast	Total	AFL-CIO unions	Team-sters	Other national unions	Other local unions	Total votes for no union	Eligible employ-ees in units choosing unions
Maine	32	8	4	3		1	23	2,437	2,269	1,002	865	105	5	32	1,267	930
New Hampshire	18	5		5			13	652	585	313	258	55			428	428
Vermont	6	2	2				4	499	456	199	133	66		0	256	256
Massachusetts	245	93	56	29	4	4	152	15,326	13,247	5,981	3,729	941	1,038	273	7,266	4,361
Rhode Island	23	8	6	1	1		15	1,007	966	428	271	51	0	106	537	526
Connecticut	104	45	27	12	2	4	59	6,273	5,423	2,273	1,556	298	29	390	3,152	1,694
New England	433	175	110	49	7	9	258	26,311	23,008	10,196	6,912	1,516	1,072	696	12,810	7,945
New York	602	305	196	56	10	43	297	42,376	32,465	18,572	13,323	1,687	973	2,589	13,893	13,427
New Jersey	306	139	90	33	1	15	167	15,707	13,613	6,156	4,089	1,533	181	292	7,458	5,083
Pennsylvania	463	206	105	60	13	20	259	25,196	22,778	11,121	6,527	2,623	551	1,420	11,657	9,455
Middle Atlantic	1,371	648	391	155	24	78	723	83,179	68,856	35,848	23,939	5,903	1,705	4,301	33,008	27,965
Ohio	442	190	127	47	8	8	252	20,491	18,244	8,220	6,512	1,034	268	406	10,024	6,925
Indiana	187	78	49	27	1	1	109	10,368	9,465	3,645	2,230	934	588	26	5,255	2,886
Illinois	376	150	77	54	14	5	226	17,569	15,491	6,930	1,985	1,861	1,832	1,251	8,562	5,532
Michigan	296	172	117	35	11	11	124	20,696	17,433	8,526	6,977	722	327	500	8,907	9,019
Wisconsin	265	85	55	23	3	4	180	10,210	9,317	4,374	2,294	1,210	81	208	4,943	3,944
East North Central	1,606	675	425	186	35	29	931	79,945	69,918	33,229	24,422	4,962	2,476	1,737	36,681	29,876
Iowa	68	34	19	13	1	1	34	3,238	2,943	1,415	945	281	70	94	1,527	1,559
Minnesota	216	91	47	30	11	3	125	9,033	7,275	3,361	1,899	828	262	232	3,914	2,538
Missouri	227	114	67	35	7	5	123	9,495	8,387	3,949	2,584	790	70	34	4,438	2,724
North Dakota	26	13	7	6			13	837	722	313	139	174	0	0	460	115
South Dakota	20	8	5		3		12	487	443	200	143	32	8	57	243	320
Nebraska	53	14	10	4			39	1,963	1,815	844	524	304	0	32	971	535
Kansas	54	16	10	6			20	2,150	1,866	947	725	20	111		3,077	1,096
West North Central	664	288	165	95	14	14	366	29,169	25,995	11,233	7,033	3,147	459	594	14,762	8,880
Delaware	7	3	1	1		1	4	139	159	129	109	10	0	10	30	132
Maryland	133	45	29	13	2	1	78	5,635	4,924	2,162	1,506	564	78	14	2,492	1,855
District of Columbia	32	19	15	1	1	2	13	1,931	1,536	748	548	97	32	90	788	892
Virginia	82	20	7	10	1		62	5,225	4,302	1,506	748	458	97	32	2,796	892
West Virginia	69	38	20	14	3	1	31	3,313	2,963	1,499	929	374	89	107	1,464	1,335
North Carolina	76	25	21	4			51	11,642	9,853	4,084	3,752	284	48	0	5,931	8,015
South Carolina	29	15	8	4	2	1	14	5,222	5,021	1,091	1,019	58	0	14	1,422	1,422
Georgia	147	54	38	15	1		98	9,205	8,257	3,256	2,322	881	47	6	8,431	2,761
Florida	187	70	52	14	1	3	117	12,757	11,303	4,873	3,604	1,194	47	29	6,432	3,515

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Source page 223 of NLRB FY1981 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1981, p. 223.

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