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Valid Votes Cast in Representation Elections, by Final Results of Election, in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1984

printed as Table 14 · source pages 222–225 · nlrb1984_p0222_t0

Stitched from pp. 222–225.

Participating unionsTotal valid votes castValid votes cast in elections wonValid votes cast in elections lost
Participating unionsTotal valid votes castVotes for unionsTotal votes for no unionVotes for unionsTotal votes for no union
Participating unionsTotal valid votes castTotalAFL-CIO unionsTeamstersOther national unionsOther local unionsTotal votes for no unionTotalAFL-CIO unionsTeamstersOther national unionsOther local unionsTotal votes for no union
A All representation elections
AFL-CIO124,98527,55327,55313,75027,65527,65556,027
Teamsters36,8727,0447,0443,5167,9637,96318,349
Other national unions5,3779429423881,2801,2802,767
Other local unions13,2774,4634,4631,4662,5712,5714,777
1-union elections180,51140,00227,5537,0449424,46319,12039,46927,6557,9631,2802,57181,920
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO2,0651,0631,06392211211699
AFL-CIO v Teamsters2,0091,126422704152289126163442
AFL-CIO v National1,5927684742944936330333412
AFL-CIO v Local7,4795,9272,4683,45960339529897554
Teamsters v National81443212991819
Teamsters v Local3,627808426382436565441122,120
Teamsters v Teamsters3,9823,9203,92062000
National v Local502466226240284404
National v National49248248210000
Local v Local1,06994394369262631
2-union elections22,89815,5474,4275,0821,0145,0241,1171,9536657083452354,281
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO7575750000
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v Local2922882414740000
AFL-CIO v Teamsters v Local29028917118100100000
AFL-CIO v Local v Local16,68916,43013,5902,8402590000
Teamsters v Local v Local170170116900000
Local v Local v Local9898980000
3 (or more)-union elections17,61417,35014,0771903,254264000000
Total representation elections221,02372,89946,05712,1451,95612,74120,50141,42228,3208,6711,6252,80686,201
B. Elections in RC cases
AFL-CIO97,14921,41121,41110,51122,04622,04643,181
Teamsters30,1225,4325,4322,6846,8416,84115,165
Other national unions4,9097847843131,2161,2162,596
Other local unions11,0813,9593,9591,2112,0812,0813,830
1-union elections143,26131,58621,4115,4327843,95914,71932,18422,0466,8411,2162,08164,772
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO1,76480880887198198671
AFL-CIO v Teamsters1,9311,049391658151289126163442
AFL-CIO v National1,3095133012124035929330397
AFL-CIO v Local7,0605,5382,2483,29057339529897554
Teamsters v National81443212991819
Teamsters v Local3,435623375248366565441122,120
Teamsters v Teamsters3,9823,9203,92062000
National v Local502466226240284404
National v National49248248210000
Local v Local1,01990690669202024
2-union elections21,57514,3493,7484,9859324,6841,0651,9306517083422294,231
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO6969690000
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v Local2922882414740000
AFL-CIO v Teamsters v Local29028917118100100000
AFL-CIO v Local v Local16,68916,43013,5902,8402590000
Teamsters v Local v Local170170116900000
Local v Local v Local9898980000
3 (or more)-union elections17,60817,34414,0711903,254264000000
Total RC elections182,44463,27939,23010,4361,71611,89716,04834,11422,6977,5491,5582,31069,003
C. Elections in RM cases
AFL-CIO3,0713573571596476471,908
Teamsters1,1283953951561471471,430
Other national unions9770002
Other local unions4329090346464244
1-union elections4,6408493573957903498586471470642,584
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO2602552555000
AFL-CIO v Teamsters171741300000
AFL-CIO v National220200000
AFL-CIO v Local30027119675290000
2-union elections5795454551327534000000
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO6660000
3 (or more)-union elections6660000000000
Total RM elections5,2251,40081840891653838586471470642,584
D. Elections in RD cases
AFL-CIO24,7655,7855,7853,0804,9624,96210,938
Teamsters5,6221,2171,2176769759752,754
Other national unions459151151756464169
Other local unions1,764414414221426426703
1-union elections32,6107,5675,7851,2171514144,0526,4274,9629756442614,564
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO41000131328
AFL-CIO v Teamsters6160273310000
AFL-CIO v National28125317380941315
AFL-CIO v Local119118249410000
Teamsters v Local1921855113470000
Local v Local5037370667
2-union elections744653224848026518231403650
Total RD elections33,3548,2206,0091,3012316794,0706,4504,9769756743214,614

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525 of 526 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out. 2 cells break a sum: 'Teamsters', column 2: prints 1,128, the subtotals in columns 3 to 14 add to 2,128; '1-union elections', column 14: prints 2,584, rows 'AFL-CIO' to 'Other local unions' add to 3,584.

Reader’s notes

p. 222. Grid is 14 columns: stub, "Total valid votes cast", then two six-column blocks ("elections won" and "elections lost"), each made of five "Votes for unions" columns plus a "Total votes for no union" column. Section line: the panel label printed across the table above the body reads "A" followed by a gap and "All representation elections". A period after the "A" is not legible in this 1-bit scan (it would be consistent with the spacing); I transcribed only the characters I can see. Dash rules: many cells hold a short em-dash rule ("——") meaning not applicable; these are transcribed as "". Printed zeros ("0") are distinct from those rules and are kept — e.g. in "National v Local" the "Other local unions" cell under "elections lost" is a printed 0 while the two cells to its left are dash rules, and the whole "elections lost" block of the 3-or-more-union rows is printed as 0s. The caption carries footnote marker 1 ("Fiscal Year 1984^1"), but the footnote text is not inside this crop, so `footnotes` is empty. The crop ends at the "Total representation elections" line; a panel B (and the footnote block) presumably continues below/on the following page. Internal arithmetic checks: every subtotal and the grand total reconcile with the detail rows, both down the columns and across the "won + no union + lost" components of "Total valid votes cast". No misprints detected.

p. 223. The crop is a continuation page (caption reads "—Continued") and contains only panel B of the table; panel A and any footnote text (the caption carries a raised "1" marker) are on earlier/later pages, so `footnotes` is empty. Column structure: 13 numeric columns. "Valid votes cast in elections won" spans six columns (Votes for unions: Total, AFL-CIO unions, Teamsters, Other national unions, Other local unions; plus Total votes for no union); the same six repeat under "Valid votes cast in elections lost". "Total valid votes cast" and the stub heading are tall single headings repeated down all three levels. Section line: printed as "B" followed by "Elections in RC cases"; the period after the "B" is faint/not clearly visible in the scan but is transcribed as "B. Elections in RC cases" by analogy with the table's A/B panel labelling. Em-dash rules ("——") denoting not-applicable cells are transcribed as empty strings; explicitly printed zeros are kept as "0". In several rows (e.g. National v Local, Teamsters v Local v Local) a printed 0 and a dash rule sit side by side; these were distinguished carefully and each kept under its own column. In the "AFL-CIO v Teamsters" row the "Total votes for no union" (won) value is printed with a damaged leading digit that reads like a lowercase "l"; it is 151 (confirmed: 1,049 + 151 + 289 + 442 = 1,931). All internal arithmetic checks out as printed: the four 1-union rows sum to the "1-union elections" line, the ten 2-union rows to "2-union elections", the six 3-union rows to "3 (or more)-union elections", and those three subtotals to "Total RC elections"; row-wise, won-union + won-no-union + lost-union + lost-no-union equals the "Total valid votes cast" column in every data row. No misprints detected.

p. 224. The crop is a continuation page: it carries the column headings but cuts off mid-table. Section D (Elections in RD cases) is incomplete — the last fully printed row on the image is "AFL-CIO v National"; its values are legible, but the table continues below the crop edge. Suspected misprint, section C, row "Teamsters", last column ("Valid votes cast in elections lost" / "Total votes for no union"): printed as 1,430, transcribed as printed. It is arithmetically inconsistent two ways — the row would sum to 2,128 rather than the printed total valid votes of 1,128, and the column would sum to 3,584 rather than the printed "1-union elections" subtotal of 2,584. Both checks are satisfied by 430, so the leading "1," is likely a typesetting/scan error, but the characters "1,430" are what appear on the page. Every other row and column in sections C and D cross-foots exactly. Section headings "C. Elections in RM cases" and "D. Elections in RD cases": the period after the letter is very faint in the scan (only a wide gap is clearly visible); I have transcribed it as a period in line with the standard formatting of these section lines. Two stray ink marks in section D, row "1-union elections": a short dash-like mark sits immediately left of 4,962 in the "elections lost / AFL-CIO unions" column (not a minus sign — the value is 4,962), and a similar mark precedes the row label "1-union elections". Both are read as scan artifacts and omitted. All em-dash rules used as "not applicable" fillers are rendered as empty cells; printed zeros are kept as 0. "AFL-CIO" is printed with an en dash in the original and is normalized to a hyphen here.

p. 225. This image is a "—Continued" page: the body begins mid-table, so the rows preceding "AFL-CIO v Local" (the earlier 2-union election pairings) are on the previous page. Column headings are printed on this page and are transcribed. Empty cells in the first three data rows are printed as em-dash rules ("——"), rendered here as "". Printed zeros are kept as 0. The label of the fourth row is printed "2-union elections"; the scan renders the "ni" of "union" indistinctly (it reads almost as "2-umon"), but the word is certainly "union". The row is a subtotal, set off by a horizontal rule and indented; "Total RD elections" is likewise indented and set off by a double rule. The stub-adjacent heading "Total valid votes cast" carries stray scan marks (a comma-like speck before "Total", a short dash after "valid", and a small tick at the foot of the column); none are footnote markers, and the heading reads "Total valid votes cast". Arithmetic check (not used to alter any cell): every row is internally consistent as printed — e.g. 224+84+80+265 = 653 and 653+18+23+50 = 744 for "2-union elections"; 6,009+1,301+231+679 = 8,220, 4,976+975+67+432 = 6,450, and 8,220+4,070+6,450+14,614 = 33,354 for "Total RD elections". No suspected misprints. The footnote under the table is printed without a terminal period.

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Source page 222 of NLRB FY1984 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1984, p. 222.
Source page 223 of NLRB FY1984 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1984, p. 223.
Source page 224 of NLRB FY1984 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1984, p. 224.
Source page 225 of NLRB FY1984 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1984, p. 225.

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.