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Size of units in representation cases closed
| Size of unit (number of employees) | Number eligible to vote | Total elections | Percent of total | Cumulative percent of total | Elections in which representation rights were won by | Elections in which representation rights were won by | Elections in which representation rights were won by | Elections in which representation rights were won by | Elections in which representation rights were won by | Elections in which representation rights were won by | Elections in which representation rights were won by | Elections in which representation rights were won by | Elections in which no representative was chosen | Elections in which no representative was chosen |
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| Size of unit (number of employees) | Number eligible to vote | Total elec-tions | Percent of total | Cumu-lative percent of total | AFL-CIO unions | AFL-CIO unions | Teamsters | Teamsters | Other national unions | Other national unions | Other local unions | Other local unions | Elections in which no representative was chosen | Elections in which no representative was chosen |
| Size of unit (number of employees) | Number eligible to vote | Total elec-tions | Percent of total | Cumu-lative percent of total | Number | Percent by size class | Number | Percent by size class | Number | Percent by size class | Number | Percent by size class | Number | Percent by size class |
| B. Decertification Elections (RD) | ||||||||||||||
| Total RD elections | 45,406 | 856 | 100 | 159 | 100 | 36 | 100 | 8 | 100 | 12 | 100 | 641 | 100 | |
| Under 10 | 1,222 | 223 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 10.7 | 1 | 2.8 | 12.5 | 203 | 31.7 | |||
| 10 to 19 | 2,744 | 193 | 22.5 | 48.5 | 26 | 16.3 | 11 | 30.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 153 | 23 | ||
| 500 to 799 | 5,112 | 9 | 1 | 99.6 | ||||||||||
| 800 and over | 3,348 | 4 | 0.4 | 100 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.