NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1981 › Representation elections in cases closed
Representation elections in cases closed
| Industrial group | 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 representation |
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| Industrial group | 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 rep-resent-ation |
| Food and kindred products | 375 | 144 | 77 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 231 | 27,520 | 24,164 | 10,720 | 5,730 | 3,348 | 32 | 1,609 | 13,444 | 7,558 |
| Tobacco manufactures | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 813 | 729 | 255 | 212 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 474 | 134 | ||
| Textile mill products | 64 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 9,236 | 8,521 | 3,128 | 2,604 | 171 | 238 | 55 | 4,996 | 1,693 |
| Apparel and other finished products made from fabric and similar materials | 72 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 9,888 | 8,942 | 3,598 | 3,347 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 5,344 | 2,220 |
| Lumber and wood products (except furniture) | 130 | 29 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 91 | 6,933 | 6,322 | 2,851 | 2,297 | 461 | 15 | 78 | 2,179 | 1,167 |
| Furniture and fixtures | 83 | 34 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 6,308 | 5,490 | 2,297 | 1,621 | 224 | 101 | 155 | 3,343 | 2,503 |
| Paper and allied products | 74 | 33 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 8,062 | 7,402 | 3,402 | 1,755 | 1,327 | 224 | 3,148 | 1,547 | |
| Printing, publishing, and allied products | 209 | 89 | 72 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 120 | 12,008 | 10,374 | 4,499 | 3,610 | 270 | 0 | 611 | 5,875 | 3,225 |
| Chemicals and allied products | 170 | 72 | 42 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 98 | 8,654 | 7,420 | 3,433 | 2,363 | 677 | 106 | 287 | 3,988 | 2,570 |
| Manufacturing | 3,074 | 1,200 | 798 | 306 | 30 | 66 | 1,874 | 236,003 | 212,725 | 97,491 | 70,140 | 17,656 | 3,121 | 6,564 | 115,234 | 73,382 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.