NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1986 › Final outcome of representation elections in cases closed
| AFL-CIO | 2,649 | 426 | 1,129 | 1,129 | 1,520 | 175,230 | 57,380 | 57,380 | 117.85 | ||||||
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| Teamsters | 1,322 | 372 | 492 | 492 | 830 | 42,462 | 12,843 | 12,843 | 29,619 | ||||||
| Other national unions Other local unions | 122 237 | 459 515 | 56 122 | 56 -- | - 122 | 66 115 | 7,919 12,472 | 2,250 4,733 | 2,250 | - 4,733 | 5,669 7,739 | ||||
| 1-union elections | 4,330 | 41 6 | 1,799 | 1,129 | 492 | 56 | 122 | 2,531 | 238,083 | 77,206 | 57,380 | 12 843 | 2 250 | 4,733 | 160,877 |
| AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO | 30 | 567 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 5,858 | 3,050 | 3,050 | 2,808 | ||||||
| AFL-CIO v Teamsters | 50 | 820 | 41 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 3,045 | 2,062 | 717 | 1,345 | 983 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v National | 15 | 467 | 7 | 8 | 1,922 | 197 | 77 | 120 | 1,725 | ||||||
| AFL-CIO v Local | 60 | 967 | 58 | 35 | 23 | 2 | 7,144 | 6,912 | 4,583 | 2,329 | 232 | ||||
| Teamsters v National | 2 | 500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 506 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 490 | ||||
| Teamsters v Local | 9 | 100 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 347 | 347 | 138 | 209 | 0 | |||||
| Teamsters v Teamsters | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 74 | ||||||
| National v Local | 5 | 800 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 152 | 134 | 9 | 125 | 18 | |||||
| Local v Local | 13 | 846 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1.074 | 1,041 | 1,041 | 33 | ||||||
| 2-union elections | 186 | 796 | 148 | 75 | 29 | 4 | 40 | 38 | 20,122 | 13,759 | 8,427 | 1,499 | 129 | 3,704 | 6,363 |
| AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v Teamsters | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 257 | 257 | 0 | 257 | 0 | |||||
| AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v National | 1 | 100 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 710 | 710 | 0 | 710 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v Teamsters v Teamsters | 1 | 1,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 (or more)-union elections | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1,034 | 1,034 | 0 | 324 | 710 | 0 | 0 |
| Total representation elections | 4,520 | 432 | 1,951 | 1,204 | 524 | 61 | 162 | 2,569 | 259,239 | 91,999 | 65,807 | 14,666 | 3,089 | 8,437 | 167,240 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.