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Final Outcome of Representation Elections in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1984

printed as Table 13 · source pages 218–221 · nlrb1984_p0218_t0

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Participating unionsTotal electionsElections won by unionsElections in which no representative chosenEmployees eligible to voteIn elections where no representative chosen
Participating unionsTotal electionsPercent wonTotal wonAFL-CIO unionsTeamstersOther national unionsOther local unionsElections in which no representative chosenTotalIn elections wonAFL-CIO unionsIn units won byIn elections where no representative chosen
Participating unionsTotal electionsPercent wonTotal wonAFL-CIO unionsTeamstersOther national unionsOther local unionsElections in which no representative chosenTotalIn elections wonAFL-CIO unionsTeamstersOther national unionsOther local unionsIn elections where no representative chosen
A All representation elections
AFL-CIO2,58341.11,0611,0611,522140,69946,59046,59094,109
Teamsters1,25235.144044081241,30911,84011,84029,469
Other national unions11351.35858556,3331,7181,7184,615
Other local unions31151.416016015115,4797,2067,2068,273
1-union elections4,25940.41,7191,061440581602,540203,82067,35446,59011,8401,7187,206136,446
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO2673.1191972,4411,4001,4001,041
AFL-CIO v Teamsters2969.02041692,2521,4143741,040838
AFL-CIO v National1566.7105551,714888575313826
AFL-CIO v Local5188.245242168,5397,5212,6874,8341,018
Teamsters v National366.721118857352231
Teamsters v Local1782.4148634,2389574624953,281
Teamsters v Teamsters1100.01104,4584,4584,4580
National v Local785.762416476392483918
National v National3100.03305475475470
Local v Local1681.3131331,3131,2291,22984
2-union elections16879.2133522611443526,23719,1105,0365,9951,1306,9497,127
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO2100.02207777770
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v Local2100.0220051651651600
AFL-CIO v Teamsters v Local2100.022000341341341000
AFL-CIO v Local v Local1100.0110018,20018,20018,20000
Teamsters v Local v Local1100.0101019719701970
Local v Local v Local1100.01101241241240
3(or more)-union elections9100.097002019,45519,45519,134003210
Total representation elections4,43642.01,8611,120466692062,575249,512105,91970,76017,8352,84814,476143,593
B. Elections in RC cases
AFL-CIO1,89747.3898898999108,98636,14236,14272,844
Teamsters93641.038438455233,6889,1359,13524,553
Other national unions9456.45353415,7771,4301,4304,347
Other local unions25354.913913911413,1006,3596,3596,741
1-union elections3,18046.41,474898384531391,706161,55153,06636,1429,1351,4306,359108,485
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO2373.9171762,1161,1201,120996
AFL-CIO v Teamsters2665.41731492,1661,3283201,008838
AFL-CIO v National1163.674341,403599363236804
AFL-CIO v Local4687.040202068,0337,0152,3094,7061,018
Teamsters v National366.721118857352231
Teamsters v Local1580.0127534,0037224272953,281
Teamsters v Teamsters1100.01104,4584,4584,4580
National v Local785.762416476392483918
National v National3100.03305475475470
Local v Local1384.6111121,2561,1861,18670
2-union elections14878.411644239403224,71717,5714,1125,9281,0536,5787,046
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO1100.01107171710
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v Local2100.0220051651651600
AFL-CIO v Teamsters v Local2100.022000341341341000
AFL-CIO v Local v Local1100.0110018,20018,20018,20000
Teamsters v Local v Local1100.0101019719701970
Local v Local v Local1100.01101241241240
3 (or more)-union elections8100.086002019,44919,44919,128003210
Total RC elections3,33647.91,598948407621811,738205,71790,18659,38215,0632,48313,258115,531
C Elections in RM cases
AFL-CIO13820.328281103,5496136132,936
Teamsters6723.91616511,256594594662
Other national unions250.01119772
Other local unions933.3336482148148334
1-union elections21622.2482816131685,2961,36261359471483,934
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO2100.02202802802800
AFL-CIO v Teamsters1100.0101017170170
AFL-CIO v National1100.0101022020
AFL-CIO v Local4100.0440037837837800
2-union elections8100.086110067767765817200
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO1100.01106660
3 (or more) union elections1100.01100006660000
Total RM elections22525.3573517231685,9792,0451,27761191483,934
D Elections in RD cases
AFL-CIO54824.613513541328,1649,8359,83518,329
Teamsters24916.140402096,3652,1112,1114,254
Other national unions1723.54413547281281266
Other local unions4936.71818311,8976996991,198
1-union elections86322.81971354041866636,97312,9269,8352,11128169924,047
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO10.0001450045
AFL-CIO v Teamsters2100.02110696954150
AFL-CIO v National366.721113092872127522
AFL-CIO v Local1100.0101012812801280
Teamsters v Local2100.02110235235352000
Local v Local366.722157434314
2-union elections1275.0922143843762266507537181
Total RD elections87523.52061374252266937,81613,68810,1012,1613561,07024,128

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  1. 1 See Glossary for definitions of terms
  2. 2 Includes each unit in which a choice as to collective-bargaining agent was made, for example, there may have been more than one election in a single case, or several cases may have been involved in one election unit

634 of 636 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out. 7 cells break a sum: '2-union elections', column 11: prints 17,571, columns 12 to 15 add to 17,671; '1-union elections', column 10: prints 203,820, the subtotals in columns 11 to 16 add to 203,800; '2-union elections', column 10: prints 24,717, the subtotals in columns 11 to 16 add to 24,617; '1-union elections', column 16: prints 136,446, rows 'AFL-CIO' to 'Other local unions' add to 136,466; '2-union elections', column 11: prints 17,571, rows 'AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO' to 'Local v Local' add to 17,671; 'Total representation elections', column 16: prints 143,593, the subtotals in rows '1-union elections' to '3(or more)-union ele' add to 143,573; 'Total RC elections', column 11: prints 90,186, the subtotals in rows '1-union elections' to '3 (or more)-union el' add to 90,086.

Reader’s notes

p. 218. 16 columns. Dash rules ("----") in the body are transcribed as empty cells; printed zeros are kept as 0. Suspected misprint: in the "1-union elections" row, the last column ("In elections where no representative chosen") is printed as 136,446, but the four member rows above it sum to 136,466 (94,109 + 29,469 + 4,615 + 8,273) and the grand total 143,593 minus the 2-union subtotal 7,127 also gives 136,466. Transcribed as printed. Every other cell in the table cross-foots exactly. "Percent won" column: this is a 1-bit scan in which the decimal points of that column did not reproduce (values render as "41 1", "100 0", etc.). They are transcribed with the decimal point ("41.1", "100.0"); each value is consistent with Total won / Total elections, so the reading is not in doubt, only the ink. Header grouping caveat: the rule printed under "In units won by" in the "Employees eligible to vote" block covers only the Teamsters, Other national unions and Other local unions columns, so the employees-block "AFL-CIO unions" column is transcribed as a level-2 heading standing beside "Total" and "In elections won". Arithmetically, though, that AFL-CIO column belongs to the same group (70,760 + 17,835 + 2,848 + 14,476 = 105,919 = "In elections won"), so a reader may wish to treat "In units won by" as spanning all four union columns. The exact left end of that short rule is the one layout feature I could not resolve with certainty at this resolution. Section line: the label reads "A All representation elections"; a period after the "A" is probable but is not legible in the scan, so none was added. The crop ends just below the "Total representation elections" rule, so any Part B of the table and the text of footnote markers ^1 (on the caption) and ^2 (on "Total elections") fall outside this image. Minor scan artifacts not carried into the cells: dotless "i" in several headings and labels ("elec-tıons", "1-unıon"), and a stray mark before the "Local v Local v Local" label.

p. 219. 16 columns (stub + 15). No footnote text is printed on this crop; the markers (caption "1", column "Total elections 2") refer to notes printed elsewhere. DECIMAL POINTS: this scan does not resolve small dots — lowercase i's render dotless throughout ("unıons", "electıons"). The "Percent won" column consequently prints as "47 3", "100 0", "66 7" etc. with a narrow gap where the decimal point belongs. These are one-decimal percentages (each equals Total won / Total elections), so they are transcribed with the point restored ("47.3"). The section line is transcribed "B. Elections in RC cases" for the same reason, though no period is legible after the "B". Row labels show "v" between union names with no visible period; left as "v" since "v." cannot be confirmed. SUSPECT CELL — "2-union elections" row, "Employees eligible to vote / In elections won" column: I read this as 17,571 and have transcribed it as read, but it is almost certainly 17,671. Two checks fail at 17,571 and both pass at 17,671: (a) the row's four "in units won by" components 4,112 + 5,928 + 1,053 + 6,578 = 17,671, and 17,671 + 7,046 (no representative chosen) = 24,717, the printed row total; (b) the column total requires 53,066 + 17,671 + 19,449 = 90,186, the printed "Total RC elections" figure. So this is either a 6 that I have misread as 5 at this resolution, or a genuine misprint in the subtotal. Every other cell in the table reconciles both across rows and down columns. "Total RC elections" row, "Elections won by unions / Other national unions" column: printed with a stray speck before the figure ("· 62"); transcribed as 62, which is what the column sum (53 + 9 + 0) requires. HEADER STRUCTURE: the "In units won by" sub-band rule covers only the last three columns of the "Employees eligible to vote" group (Teamsters, Other national unions, Other local unions); the "AFL-CIO unions" column immediately to its left is set as a tall heading reaching up to the group rule, so it is repeated across levels 2 and 3 rather than placed under "In units won by". This is a typographic oddity — that column's values (e.g. 36,142 for AFL-CIO, 19,128 in the 3-union subtotal) are clearly employees in units won by AFL-CIO unions — but the grid follows the printed rules. Likewise, "In elections where no representative chosen" (last column) is printed as a separate tall column outside the "Employees eligible to vote" box, although arithmetically it belongs to that group (205,717 = 90,186 + 115,531). Dash rules ("——") and blank cells are both rendered as ""; printed zeros are kept as 0. The caption "Table 13.—Final Outcome of Representation Elections in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1984 1—Continued" is omitted as instructed.

p. 220. Crop scope: this is a continuation page. It contains the end of panel "C Elections in RM cases" (complete, through "Total RM elections") and the beginning of panel "D Elections in RD cases", which is cut off by the bottom of the crop: "Teamsters v Local" is the last row printed here (its baseline sits right at the trimmed edge but all its figures are legible), and section D's remaining rows, its subtotals and its total continue on the following page. No footnote block is printed on this crop; the superscript 1 on the caption and any numbered footnotes appear elsewhere, so `footnotes` is empty. The only footnote marker inside the grid is the superscript 2 on the "Total elections" heading, recorded as "Total elections^2". Decimal points in the "Percent won" column: the 1-bit scan has dropped the printed period in every value of this column, so the image literally shows "20 3", "100 0", "66 7", "0 0", etc. These are one-decimal percentages (confirmed by context: e.g. 28 of 138 = 20.3), so they are transcribed with the point restored ("20.3", "100.0", "66.7", "0.0"). No digits were altered. "In units won by": this second-level heading sits over the four breakdown columns of the "Employees eligible to vote" block. The printed heading text looks slightly right of centre over that span, which could be read as covering only Teamsters / Other national / Other local, but the rule beneath it starts at the divider after "In elections won" and the arithmetic settles it — the four columns AFL-CIO unions + Teamsters + Other national unions + Other local unions sum exactly to "In elections won" in every row (e.g. section C "2-union elections": 658+17+2+0 = 677; section D "1-union elections": 9,835+2,111+281+699 = 12,926). It is therefore placed as spanning all four. Section lines: the panel labels are transcribed as "C Elections in RM cases" and "D Elections in RD cases". A period after the letter is the house style in this report and the inter-word gap is wide enough to hold one, but no dot is resolvable in this scan, so none was added. Dash rules ("——") marking no data are rendered as empty cells throughout; printed zeros are kept as "0". Note the deliberate mix in section C "AFL-CIO v Local", which prints "0" (not a dash) under both "Other local unions" columns, consistent with the "2-union elections" subtotal above it. Scan artefacts that do not affect values: a stray tick beside "48" in section C "1-union elections" (Total won), and a stray mark before "6" in section C "AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO" (employees, AFL-CIO unions). Many lowercase "i" glyphs lost their dots ("electıons"); spelling is normalised. Every total and subtotal printed on this crop reconciles with its components, including the cross-check that elections won + elections with no representative chosen = total elections, and employees in elections won + employees where no representative chosen = total employees. No misprint was found.

p. 221. This is a "—Continued" page: the column headings are reprinted in full, but the body is only the tail of the table (the rows above "Local v Local" are on the preceding page), so "Total RD elections" sums rows not shown here. 16 columns. Column-span reading of the heading: "Employees eligible to vote" spans six columns (Total, In elections won, AFL-CIO unions, Teamsters, Other national unions, Other local unions); the sub-heading "In units won by" sits above only the last three of those (Teamsters, Other national unions, Other local unions), while "AFL-CIO unions" is a tall heading occupying that level and the one below it — this was judged from the vertical centring of the stacked heading lines and the position of the rule, and is the main structural uncertainty in the transcription. The final column, "In elections where no representative chosen", is ruled off from the "Employees eligible to vote" group and spans all heading levels. Punctuation lost to the 1-bit scan: the decimal point in the "Percent won" column does not reproduce, so the cells print as "66 7", "75 0" and "23 5"; they are transcribed as 66.7, 75.0 and 23.5, which is what the arithmetic requires (2/3, 9/12, 206/875). Likewise the stub label prints as "Local v Local" and is almost certainly "Local v. Local"; it is transcribed as it appears. Terminal periods on both footnotes are not visible in the scan and have been omitted. Em-dash rules ("——") appear in the AFL-CIO unions, Teamsters and Other national unions columns of the "Local v Local" row (both the elections block and the employees block) and are rendered as empty cells. The heading of the last column shows a small stray mark after the word "elections" (around the top-right of the heading block); it appears to be scanner dirt or the ruling, not a footnote marker, and has not been transcribed. A faint speck sits in the stub just above the "Local v Local" label; it is not text. All internal totals cross-check: 137+42+5+22=206 and 206+669=875; 10,101+2,161+356+1,070=13,688 and 13,688+24,128=37,816; 2+2+1+4=9 and 9+3=12; 266+50+75+371=762 and 762+81=843; 43+14=57. No printed value appears to be a misprint.

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Source page 218 of NLRB FY1984 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1984, p. 218.
Source page 219 of NLRB FY1984 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1984, p. 219.
Source page 220 of NLRB FY1984 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1984, p. 220.
Source page 221 of NLRB FY1984 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1984, p. 221.

Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Read by claude-opus-5 (effort max, prompt extract_v1) from the 300-dpi scan; stitched by page. Updated October 2026.