NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1986 › Valid Votes Cast in Representation Elections, by Final Results of Election, in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1986
Stitched from pp. 260–263.
| Participating unions | Total valid votes cast | Valid votes cast in elections won | Valid votes cast in elections lost | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participating unions | Total valid votes cast | Votes for unions | Total votes for no union | Votes for unions | Total votes for no union | ||||||||
| Participating unions | Total valid votes cast | Total | AFL-CIO unions | Teamsters | Other national unions | Other local unions | Total votes for no union | Total | AFL-CIO unions | Teamsters | Other national unions | Other local unions | Total votes for no union |
| A All representation elections | |||||||||||||
| AFL-CIO | 155,522 | 32,918 | 32,918 | 16,815 | 35,438 | 35,438 | 70,351 | ||||||
| Teamsters | 37,974 | 7,804 | 7,804 | 3,433 | 7,913 | 7,913 | 18,824 | ||||||
| Other national unions | 6,808 | 1,370 | 1,370 | 581 | 1,737 | 1,737 | 3,120 | ||||||
| Other local unions | 10,875 | 3,010 | 3,010 | 1,054 | 2,244 | 2,244 | 4,567 | ||||||
| 1-union elections | 211,179 | 45,102 | 32,918 | 7,804 | 1,370 | 3,010 | 21,883 | 47,332 | 35,438 | 7,913 | 1,737 | 2,244 | 96,862 |
| AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO | 5,124 | 2,538 | 2,538 | 105 | 859 | 859 | 1,622 | ||||||
| AFL-CIO v Teamsters | 2,808 | 1,565 | 592 | 973 | 297 | 354 | 116 | 238 | 592 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v National | 1,722 | 133 | 51 | 82 | 22 | 547 | 348 | 199 | 1,020 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v Local | 6,097 | 5,648 | 3,157 | 2,491 | 251 | 79 | 42 | 37 | 119 | ||||
| Teamsters v National | 308 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 123 | 8 | 115 | 169 | ||||
| Teamsters v Local | 303 | 292 | 140 | 152 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Teamsters v Teamsters | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 33 | ||||||
| National v Local | 130 | 91 | 10 | 81 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Local v Local | 859 | 781 | 781 | 46 | 17 | 17 | 15 | ||||||
| 2-union elections | 17,409 | 11,061 | 6,338 | 1,126 | 92 | 3,505 | 757 | 2,006 | 1,365 | 271 | 315 | 55 | 3,585 |
| AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v Teamsters | 249 | 247 | 25 | 222 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v National | 671 | 667 | 204 | 463 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v Teamsters v Teamsters | 65 | 46 | 3 | 43 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 3 (or more)-union elections | 985 | 960 | 232 | 265 | 463 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total representation elections | 229,573 | 57,123 | 39,488 | 9,195 | 1,925 | 6,515 | 22,665 | 49,338 | 36,803 | 8,184 | 2,052 | 2,299 | 100,447 |
| B. Elections in RC cases | |||||||||||||
| AFL-CIO | 131,107 | 26,665 | 26,665 | 13,034 | 30,980 | 30,980 | 60,428 | ||||||
| Teamsters | 31,636 | 6,565 | 6,565 | 2,733 | 6,851 | 6,851 | 15,487 | ||||||
| Other national unions | 6,443 | 1,326 | 1,326 | 552 | 1,662 | 1,662 | 2,903 | ||||||
| Other local unions | 9,297 | 2,562 | 2,562 | 870 | 1,894 | 1,894 | 3,971 | ||||||
| 1-union elections | 178,483 | 37,118 | 26,665 | 6,565 | 1,326 | 2,562 | 17,189 | 41,387 | 30,980 | 6,851 | 1,662 | 1,894 | 82,789 |
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO | 3,698 | 1,112 | 1,112 | 105 | 859 | 859 | 1,622 | ||||||
| AFL-CIO v. Teamsters | 2,628 | 1,417 | 556 | 861 | 265 | 354 | 116 | 238 | 592 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. National | 1,634 | 133 | 51 | 82 | 22 | 510 | 311 | 199 | 969 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. Local | 4,765 | 4,351 | 2,407 | 1,944 | 216 | 79 | 42 | 37 | 119 | ||||
| Teamsters v. National | 16 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Teamsters v. Local | 303 | 292 | 140 | 152 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Teamsters v. Teamsters | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 33 | ||||||
| National v. Local | 130 | 91 | 10 | 81 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Local v. Local | 623 | 589 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 589 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2-union elections | 13,855 | 7,998 | 4,126 | 1,014 | 92 | 2,766 | 668 | 1,839 | 1,328 | 263 | 200 | 48 | 3,350 |
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. Teamsters | 249 | 247 | 25 | 222 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. National | 671 | 667 | 204 | 463 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. Teamsters v. Teamsters | 65 | 46 | 3 | 43 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 3 (or more)-union elections | 985 | 960 | 232 | 265 | 463 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total RC elections | 193,323 | 46,076 | 31,023 | 7,844 | 1,881 | 5,328 | 17,882 | 43,226 | 32,308 | 7,114 | 1,862 | 1,942 | 86,139 |
| C Elections in RM cases | |||||||||||||
| AFL-CIO | 2,546 | 439 | 439 | 177 | 449 | 449 | 1,481 | ||||||
| Teamsters | 1,062 | 200 | 200 | 76 | 189 | 189 | 597 | ||||||
| Other national unions | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| Other local unions | 149 | 106 | 106 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 16 | ||||||
| 1-union elections | 3,768 | 745 | 439 | 200 | 0 | 106 | 270 | 650 | 449 | 189 | 2 | 10 | 2,103 |
| AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO | 1,416 | 1,416 | 1,416 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| AFL-CIO v Teamsters | 16 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Local v Local | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 15 | ||||||
| 2-union elections | 1,454 | 1,431 | 1,425 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| Total RM elections | 5,222 | 2,176 | 1,864 | 206 | 0 | 106 | 271 | 657 | 449 | 189 | 2 | 17 | 2,118 |
| D Elections in RD cases | |||||||||||||
| AFL-CIO | 21,869 | 5,814 | 5,814 | 3,604 | 4,009 | 4,009 | 8,442 | ||||||
| Teamsters | 5,276 | 1,039 | 1,039 | 624 | 873 | 873 | 2,740 | ||||||
| Other national unions | 354 | 44 | 44 | 29 | 73 | 73 | 208 | ||||||
| Other local unions | 1,429 | 342 | 342 | 167 | 340 | 340 | 580 | ||||||
| 1-union elections | 28,928 | 7,239 | 5,814 | 1,039 | 44 | 342 | 4,424 | 5,295 | 4,009 | 873 | 73 | 340 | 11,970 |
| AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| AFL-CIO v Teamsters | 164 | 133 | 27 | 106 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v National | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 51 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v Local | 1,332 | 1,297 | 750 | 547 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Teamsters v National | 292 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 8 | 115 | 169 | ||||
| Local v Local | 214 | 192 | 192 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2-union elections | 2,100 | 1,632 | 787 | 106 | 0 | 739 | 88 | 160 | 37 | 8 | 115 | 0 | 220 |
| Total RD elections | 31,028 | 8,871 | 6,601 | 1,145 | 44 | 1,081 | 4,512 | 5,455 | 4,046 | 881 | 188 | 340 | 12,190 |
465 of 465 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.
p. 260. 14 columns: stub, "Total valid votes cast", then six columns for elections won (Total / AFL-CIO unions / Teamsters / Other national unions / Other local unions / Total votes for no union) and the same six for elections lost. The centered section line reads "A All representation elections"; the character after the "A" is indistinct in the scan (it may be a period or a light stop), so it is transcribed with no punctuation. Panel "B" of this table, if any, is not on this crop. The caption carries a superscript footnote marker 1 ("Fiscal Year 1986^1"), but no footnote text appears within the crop, so `footnotes` is empty; the caption itself is excluded per instructions. Dash rules ("——") in the body are transcribed as empty cells; printed zeros are kept as "0" (e.g. "Teamsters v National" has a printed 0 under elections-won "Other national unions", and the "Teamsters v Local" lost columns show printed zeros). Nothing appears misprinted: every subtotal ("1-union elections", "2-union elections", "3 (or more)-union elections") and the grand total "Total representation elections" reconcile exactly with the rows above them in all 13 numeric columns, and each row's four component totals (won-for-unions, won-no-union, lost-for-unions, lost-no-union) sum to its "Total valid votes cast". Union-component cells likewise sum to their "Total" columns. Row labels use a lowercase "v" for versus, as printed. The scan renders some "i" dots faintly (e.g. "1-union elections", "Local"), but the wording is unambiguous.
p. 261. Continuation page ("—Continued"): only panel B of the table appears on this crop; panel A and the table's footnotes (the caption carries a raised 1) are printed elsewhere and so `footnotes` is empty. 14 columns: stub, "Total valid votes cast", then six columns each for elections won and elections lost (Total / AFL-CIO unions / Teamsters / Other national unions / Other local unions, plus "Total votes for no union"). Punctuation uncertainty from the 1-bit scan: small periods are not clearly resolved. The section line reads "B" followed by a gap before "Elections in RC cases", and the versus rows read "AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO" etc.; I have transcribed them with the conventional periods ("B." and "v.") since the spacing is consistent with a dropped period, but the periods themselves are not legible at this resolution. Cells printed as em-dash rules are transcribed as "" (empty); printed zeros are kept as 0 — note that several rows (e.g. Teamsters v. National, Teamsters v. Local, Local v. Local) mix the two in the same row, and I followed the image exactly. All row-wise and column-wise arithmetic in the panel is internally consistent (each row's "Total valid votes cast" equals won-union + won-no-union + lost-union + lost-no-union, each subtotal equals its component rows, and "Total RC elections" equals the three subtotals), which supports the column assignment; no apparent misprints.
p. 262. Crop is a continuation page: it carries the column headings but only sections C and D of the table, and it is cut off at the bottom — the "Total RD elections" row that would close section D (and anything after it, including any footnotes) lies below the crop. The footnote marker 1 appears only in the caption, which is excluded; no footnote text is printed on this image. "C Elections in RM cases" and "D Elections in RD cases" are centred section lines spanning the table with no values. A period may be printed after the section letters C and D, but it is not legible in this 1-bit scan, so the letters are transcribed bare. The "v" in the two-union row labels is the printed italic v (versus). Dash rules ("——") marking not-applicable cells are transcribed as empty cells throughout; printed zeros are kept as 0. Doubtful cell: section C, row "AFL-CIO v Teamsters", column "Total votes for no union" (elections won) prints as a thin broken stroke that could read as 1 or an exclamation-like artefact; transcribed as 1, which is confirmed by the row total (16 = 15 + 1) and the column total (2-union elections = 1). Column assignment was checked against the printed totals and every check passes: each data row sums across (won total + no union + lost total + no union = total valid votes cast), and the "1-union elections", "2-union elections" and "Total RM elections" lines equal the sums of their component rows in every column. No arithmetic discrepancy or suspected misprint was found. Scan artefacts (dotless i in "in"/"unions", "1" set like a lowercase l in "1-union elections") are rendered as the intended characters.
p. 263. The crop shows the three heading levels, a single body row ("Total RD elections") and the footnote line; it appears to be the closing segment of a table whose caption and earlier rows lie outside the crop. No footnote marker is printed on any heading, row label or value on this image, so the raised "1" of the footnote line must attach to the caption, which is not in the crop. Column count (14) taken from the vertical rules: stub, "Total valid votes cast", then six columns under "Valid votes cast in elections won" (Total, AFL-CIO unions, Teamsters, Other national unions, Other local unions, Total votes for no union) and the same six under "Valid votes cast in elections lost". Line-broken headings joined: "Team- sters" to "Teamsters", "Other na- tional unions" to "Other national unions". All printed values are crisp; the row's internal sums are consistent (6,601+1,145+44+1,081 = 8,871; 4,046+881+188+340 = 5,455; 8,871+4,512+5,455+12,190 = 31,028).
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.