NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1983 › Valid votes cast in representation elections
| Participating unions | Total valid votes cast | Valid votes cast in elections won — Total | Valid votes cast in elections won — Votes for unions — AFL-CIO unions | Valid votes cast in elections won — Votes for unions — Teamsters | Valid votes cast in elections won — Votes for unions — Other national unions | Valid votes cast in elections won — Votes for unions — Other local unions | Valid votes cast in elections won — Total votes for no union | Valid votes cast in elections lost — Total | Valid votes cast in elections lost — Votes for unions — AFL-CIO unions | Valid votes cast in elections lost — Votes for unions — Teamsters | Valid votes cast in elections lost — Votes for unions — Other national unions | Valid votes cast in elections lost — Votes for unions — Other local unions | Valid votes cast in elections lost — Total votes for no union | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFL-CIO [1-union, all-rep] | 111,676 | 27,711 | 27,711 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13,032 | 23,261 | 23,261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47,472 | |
| Teamsters [1-union, all-rep] | 30,968 | 7,205 | 0 | 7,206 | 0 | 0 | 3,140 | 6,310 | 0 | 6,310 | 0 | 0 | 14,250 | |
| Other national unions [1-union, all-rep] | 4,673 | 1,479 | 0 | 0 | 1,479 | 0 | 752 | 980 | 0 | 0 | 980 | 0 | 1,338 | |
| Other local unions [1-union, all-rep] | 14,846 | 5,324 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,324 | 2,550 | 2,113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,113 | 4,869 | |
| 1-union elections (subtotal, all-rep) | 162,300 | 41,719 | 27,711 | 7,206 | 1,479 | 5,324 | 19,655 | 32,614 | 23,261 | 6,310 | 980 | 2,113 | 68,212 | |
| 2-union elections (subtotal, all-rep) | 16,837 | 12,677 | 5,213 | 1,540 | 1,914 | 4,070 | 792 | 1,205 | 624 | 103 | 70 | 388 | 2,165 | |
| 3 (or more)-union elections (subtotal, all-rep) | 2,171 | 2,155 | 922 | 43 | 67 | 1,123 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.