NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1987 › Final Outcome of Representation Elections in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1987
Stitched from pp. 233–236.
| Participating unions | Total elections | Elections won by unions | Elections in which no representative chosen | Employees eligible to vote | In elections where no representative chosen | ||||||||||
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| Participating unions | Total elections | Percent won | Total won | AFL-CIO unions | Teamsters | Other national unions | Other local unions | Elections in which no representative chosen | Total | In elections won | In units won by | In elections where no representative chosen | |||
| Participating unions | Total elections | Percent won | Total won | AFL-CIO unions | Teamsters | Other national unions | Other local unions | Elections in which no representative chosen | Total | In elections won | AFL-CIO unions | Teamsters | Other national unions | Other local unions | In elections where no representative chosen |
| A. All representation elections | |||||||||||||||
| AFL-CIO | 2,398 | 43.4 | 1,041 | 1,041 | 1,357 | 153,453 | 55,054 | 55,054 | 98,399 | ||||||
| Teamsters | 1,147 | 36.6 | 420 | 420 | 727 | 44,014 | 12,426 | 12,426 | 31,588 | ||||||
| Other national unions | 103 | 45.6 | 47 | 47 | 56 | 7,114 | 3,448 | 3,448 | 3,666 | ||||||
| Other local unions | 193 | 50.3 | 97 | 97 | 96 | 8,478 | 4,267 | 4,267 | 4,211 | ||||||
| 1-union elections | 3,841 | 41.8 | 1,605 | 1,041 | 420 | 47 | 97 | 2,236 | 213,059 | 75,195 | 55,054 | 12,426 | 3,448 | 4,267 | 137,864 |
| AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO | 29 | 51.7 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 4,374 | 1,387 | 1,387 | 2,987 | ||||||
| AFL-CIO v. Teamsters | 50 | 80.0 | 40 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 4,308 | 3,491 | 1,796 | 1,695 | 817 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. National | 21 | 52.4 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 3,325 | 1,388 | 1,141 | 247 | 1,937 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. Local | 83 | 91.6 | 76 | 19 | 57 | 7 | 11,619 | 10,821 | 4,282 | 6,539 | 798 | ||||
| Teamsters v National | 5 | 80.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 309 | 96 | 39 | 57 | 213 | ||||
| Teamsters v. Local | 13 | 92.3 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 780 | 649 | 506 | 143 | 131 | ||||
| Teamsters v Teamsters | 3 | 100.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 212 | 212 | 212 | 0 | ||||||
| National v. Local | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 209 | 209 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| National v. National | 12 | 83.3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2,202 | 1,508 | 1,508 | 694 | ||||||
| 2-union elections | 218 | 79.4 | 173 | 59 | 33 | 8 | 73 | 45 | 27,338 | 19,761 | 8,606 | 2,452 | 513 | 8,190 | 7,577 |
| AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v. Teamsters | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v. National | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. Local | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v Teamsters v National | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFL-CIO v. Teamsters v. Local | 3 | 100.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 337 | 337 | 83 | 141 | 113 | 0 | ||
| AFL-CIO v. Local v. Local | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 956 | 956 | 779 | 177 | 0 | ||||
| Teamsters v. Local v. Local | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 3 (or more)-union elections | 10 | 100.0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1,428 | 1,428 | 962 | 176 | 0 | 290 | 0 |
| Total representation elections | 4,069 | 43.9 | 1,788 | 1,105 | 456 | 55 | 172 | 2,281 | 241,825 | 96,384 | 64,622 | 15,054 | 3,961 | 12,747 | 145,441 |
| B. Elections in RC cases | |||||||||||||||
| AFL-CIO | 1,808 | 49.6 | 897 | 897 | 911 | 121,827 | 43,176 | 43,176 | 78,651 | ||||||
| Teamsters | 894 | 41.5 | 371 | 371 | 523 | 37,064 | 10,097 | 10,097 | 26,967 | ||||||
| National | 87 | 49.4 | 43 | 43 | 44 | 6,434 | 3,344 | 3,344 | 3,090 | ||||||
| Local | 148 | 61.5 | 91 | 91 | 57 | 6,977 | 3,962 | 3,962 | 3,015 | ||||||
| 1-union elections | 2,937 | 47.7 | 1,402 | 897 | 371 | 43 | 91 | 1,535 | 172,302 | 60,579 | 43,176 | 10,097 | 3,344 | 3,962 | 111,723 |
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO | 28 | 53.6 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 3,643 | 1,387 | 1,387 | 2,256 | ||||||
| AFL-CIO v Teamsters | 45 | 80.0 | 36 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 4,169 | 3,400 | 1,764 | 1,636 | 769 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. National | 19 | 47.4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 2,986 | 1,049 | 802 | 247 | 1,937 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. Local | 78 | 91.0 | 71 | 17 | 54 | 7 | 10,732 | 9,934 | 3,616 | 6,318 | 798 | ||||
| Teamsters v. National | 5 | 80.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 309 | 96 | 39 | 57 | 213 | ||||
| Teamsters v. Local | 11 | 90.9 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 752 | 621 | 478 | 143 | 131 | ||||
| Teamsters v. Teamsters | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 133 | 133 | 133 | 0 | ||||||
| National v Local | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 209 | 209 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Local v. Local | 12 | 83.3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2,202 | 1,508 | 1,508 | 694 | ||||||
| 2-union elections | 202 | 78.7 | 159 | 53 | 28 | 8 | 70 | 43 | 25,135 | 18,337 | 7,569 | 2,286 | 513 | 7,969 | 6,798 |
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. Teamsters | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. National | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. Local | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. Teamsters v. National | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFL-CIO Teamsters v. Local | 3 | 100.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 337 | 337 | 83 | 141 | 113 | 0 | ||
| AFL-CIO Local v. Local | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 956 | 956 | 779 | 177 | 0 | ||||
| Teamsters v. Local v Local | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 3 (or more)-union elections | 10 | 100.0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1,428 | 1,428 | 962 | 176 | 0 | 290 | 0 |
| Total RC elections | 3,149 | 49.9 | 1,571 | 955 | 402 | 51 | 163 | 1,578 | 198,865 | 80,344 | 51,707 | 12,559 | 3,857 | 12,221 | 118,521 |
| C. Elections in RM cases | |||||||||||||||
| AFL-CIO | 95 | 21.1 | 20 | 20 | 75 | 3,669 | 575 | 575 | 3,094 | ||||||
| Teamsters | 48 | 16.7 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 1,204 | 189 | 189 | 1,015 | ||||||
| National | 7 | 42.9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 151 | 78 | 78 | 73 | ||||||
| Local | 10 | 10.0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 164 | 38 | 38 | 126 | ||||||
| 1-union elections | 160 | 20.0 | 32 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 128 | 5,188 | 880 | 575 | 189 | 78 | 38 | 4,308 |
| AFL-CIO v Teamsters | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v National | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v Local | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 64 | 0 | ||||
| Teamsters v Local | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Teamsters v Teamsters | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 0 | ||||||
| 2-union elections | 5 | 100.0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 182 | 182 | 29 | 89 | 0 | 64 | 0 |
| Total RM elections | 165 | 22.4 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 128 | 5,370 | 1,062 | 604 | 278 | 78 | 102 | 4,308 |
| D. Elections in RD cases | |||||||||||||||
| AFL-CIO | 495 | 25.1 | 124 | 124 | 371 | 27,957 | 11,303 | 11,303 | 16,654 | ||||||
| Teamsters | 205 | 20.0 | 41 | 41 | 164 | 5,746 | 2,140 | 2,140 | 3,606 | ||||||
| National | 9 | 11.1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 529 | 26 | 26 | 503 | ||||||
| Local | 35 | 14.3 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 1,337 | 267 | 267 | 1,070 | ||||||
| 1-union elections | 744 | 23.0 | 171 | 124 | 41 | 1 | 5 | 573 | 35,569 | 13,736 | 11,303 | 2,140 | 26 | 267 | 21,833 |
| AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 731 | 731 | ||||||||||
| AFL-CIO v. Teamsters | 4 | 75.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 136 | 88 | 32 | 56 | 48 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v National | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 310 | 310 | 310 | ||||||||
| AFL-CIO v. Local | 4 | 100.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 823 | 823 | 666 | 157 | ||||||
| Teamsters v Local | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 21 | |||||||
| 2-union elections | 11 | 81.8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2,021 | 1,242 | 1,008 | 77 | 157 | 779 | |||
| Total RD elections | 755 | 23.8 | 180 | 129 | 43 | 1 | 7 | 575 | 37,590 | 14,978 | 12,311 | 2,217 | 26 | 424 | 22,612 |
618 of 625 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out. 3 cells break a sum: '2-union elections', column 11: prints 1,008, columns 12 to 15 add to 1,013; '2-union elections', column 2: prints 11, the subtotals in columns 4 to 9 add to 2,030; '2-union elections', column 10: prints 1,242, the subtotals in columns 11 to 16 add to 1,008.
p. 233. 16 columns: stub + 15 data columns. The last column ("In elections where no representative chosen") is boxed separately from the "Employees eligible to vote" span, so it is treated as its own three-level heading. Decimal points in the "Percent won" column are worn/faint throughout this scan and several print as a gap (e.g. "43 4", "41 8", "51 7", "83 3", "100 0"). They are unambiguously one-decimal percentages and are transcribed with the point (43.4, 41.8, 51.7, 83.3, 100.0); each is consistent with Total won / Total elections. Row "National v. National": the 10 elections won and the 1,508 employees are printed under "Other local unions", not under "Other national unions", which is semantically surprising for that pairing. This is as printed and is confirmed by the printed 2-union subtotals (Other local unions = 73 and 8,190; Other national unions = 8 and 513), which only balance with this placement. Transcribed as printed. Every printed subtotal and the grand total were checked against the column sums and all 15 columns balance in each of the three sections and in "Total representation elections", so column assignment is well supported. The abbreviation after each union name is inconsistently printed as "v" or "v." (some periods are lost to leader dots or worn type); labels are transcribed as they read on the page. The stray mark before "1" in the "AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v. Teamsters" / AFL-CIO-unions cell is a leader-dot artifact, not a digit. Em-dash rules ("——") are rendered as empty cells; printed zeros are kept as 0. Footnote markers ^1 (in the caption) and ^2 (on "Total elections") are referenced, but no footnote text is printed on this crop — the footnotes presumably appear under panel B on the following page. This crop contains only panel "A. All representation elections"; the table continues beyond the image.
p. 234. Crop is a continuation page (panel B of Table 13); no footnote texts are printed on this image, although markers appear (caption "1987^1" and the stub-column heading "Total elections^2"). The superscript on "Total elections" is degraded and could be read as "a"; from the series convention I transcribed it as ^2. Decimal points in the "Percent won" column are broken or missing in the scan for several cells: Local (61 5), AFL-CIO v Teamsters (80 0), AFL-CIO v. National (47 4), Teamsters v. Local (90 9), AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. Local (100 0) and Total RC elections (49 9). I restored the decimal point in each, since every other cell in that column carries one decimal and each restored value matches the printed "Total won"/"Total elections" ratio (91/148=61.5, 36/45=80.0, 9/19=47.4, 10/11=90.9, 1,571/3,149=49.9). Row-label wording is kept as printed, including the inconsistent abbreviation of "v." — "AFL-CIO v Teamsters", "National v Local", "Teamsters v. Local v Local" are printed without the period in those spots. Two three-union labels, "AFL-CIO Teamsters v. Local" and "AFL-CIO Local v. Local", appear to have lost a "v." after "AFL-CIO" in printing; transcribed as shown. Em-dash rules ("——") are rendered as empty cells; printed zeros are kept as 0. All columns cross-foot: the four 1-union rows sum to the "1-union elections" line, the nine 2-union rows to "2-union elections", the seven 3-union rows to "3 (or more)-union elections", and those three subtotals to "Total RC elections", in every one of the 15 numeric columns. No arithmetic discrepancies found.
p. 235. 16 printed columns (stub + 15). The crop is a continuation page: it carries the column headings but no caption, and it shows only panels C and D. The table continues past the bottom edge — a further row (presumably the "Total RD elections" line) is cut off by the crop. Likely misprint, transcribed as printed: in the last row shown, "2-union elections" of section D, the values from "Elections in which no representative chosen" rightward sit one column to the left of where they belong — 2,021 is printed in the elections-no-representative column, 1,242 under "Total", ... 779 under "Other local unions", and the final column is blank. Summing the five 2-union rows above gives 2 elections with no representative chosen, 2,021 employees eligible, 1,242 in elections won, 1,008 / 77 / — / 157 in units won, and 779 in elections where no representative was chosen, i.e. every printed figure belongs one column to the right and the "2" is missing. Also likely a misprint: in section C, row "AFL-CIO v Local", the 0 is printed under "Teamsters" (not "AFL-CIO unions") in both the elections-won block and the employees block, while the 1 / 64 sit under "Other local unions"; the companion rows put the loser's 0 in the participating union's own column. Transcribed where printed. Decimal points in the "Percent won" column are very faint in this scan; many read as a gap (e.g. "21 1", "100 0", "81 8"). They are transcribed as decimals (21.1, 100.0, 81.8, 0.0, ...), which the won/total ratios confirm. Section head "D. Elections in RD cases": the period after "D" is faint or absent in the scan; written with the period to match "C. Elections in RM cases". The footnote marker on the "Total elections" heading is a small raised character read as 2; it could be another digit. No footnote text is visible within this crop. Row labels: "v." with a period is visible in the section D rows "AFL-CIO v. Teamsters" and "AFL-CIO v. Local"; elsewhere the "v" shows no period, though leader dots make this hard to judge. All dash rules ("——") are transcribed as empty cells, per the rules; printed zeros are kept as 0. A stray ink hook appears in the leader dots of the section D "Local" row and a stray comma before the dash in the last cell of "AFL-CIO v. Local"; neither is data.
p. 236. This crop is the tail of a continued table (the caption reads "—Continued"): the column headings are reprinted in full, but the body holds only the single closing total line, "Total RD elections"; the detail rows it sums are on the preceding page(s) and are cut off above this crop. Sixteen printed columns: stub, "Total elections", six under "Elections won by unions", "Elections in which no representative chosen", six under "Employees eligible to vote" (Total, In elections won, and four under the second-level spanner "In units won by"), and the final "In elections where no representative chosen". The footnote marker 2 on "Total elections" is a small raised 2 in the heading, recorded as "Total elections^2". All printed figures are internally consistent (129+43+1+7=180; 180+575=755; 12,311+2,217+26+424=14,978; 14,978+22,612=37,590), which supports the column assignment. The scan is a 1-bit halftone and the headings show broken "i" dots ("unions" renders as "unıons", "Participating" as "Participatıng"); these are scanning artifacts, transcribed with normal letters. Stray ink specks appear in the stub heading cell and at the right edge above the last column; they are not footnote markers.
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.