NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1985 › Representation elections in cases closed, by industry
Representation elections in cases closed, by industry
| Food and kindred products | 177 | 70 | 38 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 107 | 13,721 | 12,352 | 5,649 | 3,857 | 1,684 | 1 | 107 | 6,703 | 5,223 |
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| Tobacco manufacturers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Textile mill products | 43 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 6,474 | 5,873 | 2,407 | 2,272 | 103 | 0 | 32 | 3,466 | 1,408 |
| Apparel and other finished products made from fabnc and similar materials | 29 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 3,264 | 2,968 | 1,644 | 1,068 | 409 | 0 | 167 | 1,324 | 1,923 |
| Lumber and wood products (except furniture) | 96 | 31 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 5,714 | 5,192 | 2,128 | 1,771 | 290 | 17 | 50 | 3,064 | 1,458 |
| Furniture and fixtures | 58 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4,269 | 3,811 | 1,825 | 1,623 | 194 | 8 | 0 | 1,986 | 1,467 |
| Paper and allied products | 61 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 4,476 | 4,117 | 1,909 | 1,306 | 261 | 133 | 209 | 2,208 | 1,717 |
| Printing, publishing, and allied products | 124 | 51 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 73 | 4,965 | 4,462 | 2,043 | 1,020 | 548 | 8 | 4-67 | 2,419 | 1,934 |
| Chemicals and allied products | 81 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 4,313 | 3,839 | 1,622 | 1,218 | 281 | 22 | 101 0 | 2,217 558 | 1,311 |
| Petroleum refining and related industries | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | I | 0 | 10 | 1,085 | 997 | 439 | 386 | 42 | 11 | 4,025 | 241 | |
| Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products | 75 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 7,593 | 6,826 | 2,801 | 2,337 | 364 | 0 | 100 | 1,388 | |
| Leather and leather products Stone, clay, glass, and concrete products | 11 71 | 6 | 5 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2,071 | 1,837 | 1,041 | 840 | 0 | 0 19 | 201 22 | 796 2,072 | 1,499 |
| 33 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 3,979 | 3,592 | 1,520 | 1,260 | 219 | 1,411 | ||||||
| Primary metal industries | III | 45 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 66 | 6,572 | 5,855 | 2,447 | 1,889 | 382 | 64 | 112 | 3,408 | 2,138 |
| portation equipment) | 168 188 | 55 74 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 113 | 12,109 | 11,214 | 4,813 | 3,473 | 819 | 272 138 | 249 | 6,401 6,730 | 2,954 4,575 |
| Machinery (except electrical) Electrical and electronic machinery, equipment, and sup- | 54 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 114 | 13,478 | 12,345 | 5,615 | 4,091 | 896 | 490 | 1,714 | ||||
| plies parts | 81 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 54 | 8,787 | 7,808 | 3,195 | 2,405 | 449 | 243 | 98 | 4,613 | |
| Aircraft and | 105 | 42 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 10,679 | 9,557 | 4,277 | 3,874 | 229 | 6 | 168 | 5,280 | 2,453 |
| Ship and boat building and repairing | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1,785 | 1,661 | 708 | 622 | 29 | 13 | 44 | 953 | 641 |
| Automotive and other transportation equipment | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1,791 | 1,666 | 457 | 266 | 191 | . 0 | 0 | 1,209 | 15 |
| Measuring, analyzing, and controlling Instruments, photo- graphic, medical, and optical goods, watches and clocks Miscellaneous manufactunng industries | 26 178 | 12 69 | 9 34 | 2 22 | 1 1 | 0 12 | 14 109 | 1,681 9,269 | 1,493 8,275 | 707 3,932 | 454 2,401 | 143 782 | 27 32 | 83 717 | 786 4,343 | 432 3,920 |
| Manufacturing | 1,728 | 662 | 440 | 155 | II | 56 | 1,066 | 128,075 | 115,740 | 51,179 | 38,433 | 8,315 | 1,014 | 3,417 | 64,561 | 39,822 |
| Metal mining | 4 | 0 6 | 0 0 | 0 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 782 1,228 | 741 | 131 | 131 | 0 15 | 0 | 0 16 | 610 709 | 0 444 |
| Coal mining Dil and gas extraction | 17 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 0 | 0 0 | 11 5 | 681 | 1,148 601 | 439 499 | 7 227 | 272 | 401 0 | 0 | 102 | 565 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.