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Final Outcome of Representation Elections in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1987

printed as Table 13 · source pages 233–236 · nlrb1987_p0233_t0

Stitched from pp. 233–236.

Participating unionsTotal electionsElections won by unionsElections in which no representative chosenEmployees eligible to voteIn elections where no representative chosen
Participating unionsTotal electionsPercent wonTotal wonAFL-CIO unionsTeamstersOther national unionsOther local unionsElections in which no representative chosenTotalIn elections wonIn units won byIn elections where no representative chosen
Participating unionsTotal electionsPercent wonTotal wonAFL-CIO unionsTeamstersOther national unionsOther local unionsElections in which no representative chosenTotalIn elections wonAFL-CIO unionsTeamstersOther national unionsOther local unionsIn elections where no representative chosen
A. All representation elections
AFL-CIO2,39843.41,0411,0411,357153,45355,05455,05498,399
Teamsters1,14736.642042072744,01412,42612,42631,588
Other national unions10345.64747567,1143,4483,4483,666
Other local unions19350.39797968,4784,2674,2674,211
1-union elections3,84141.81,6051,04142047972,236213,05975,19555,05412,4263,4484,267137,864
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO2951.71515144,3741,3871,3872,987
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters5080.0401822104,3083,4911,7961,695817
AFL-CIO v. National2152.41174103,3251,3881,1412471,937
AFL-CIO v. Local8391.6761957711,61910,8214,2826,539798
Teamsters v National580.04221309963957213
Teamsters v. Local1392.312661780649506143131
Teamsters v Teamsters3100.03302122122120
National v. Local2100.0220020920920900
National v. National1283.3101022,2021,5081,508694
2-union elections21879.417359338734527,33819,7618,6062,4525138,1907,577
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v. Teamsters1100.0110011111100
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v. National1100.0110029292900
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. Local1100.0110060606000
AFL-CIO v Teamsters v National1100.010100171701700
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters v. Local3100.031110337337831411130
AFL-CIO v. Local v. Local2100.021109569567791770
Teamsters v. Local v. Local1100.0110018181800
3 (or more)-union elections10100.010530201,4281,42896217602900
Total representation elections4,06943.91,7881,105456551722,281241,82596,38464,62215,0543,96112,747145,441
B. Elections in RC cases
AFL-CIO1,80849.6897897911121,82743,17643,17678,651
Teamsters89441.537137152337,06410,09710,09726,967
National8749.44343446,4343,3443,3443,090
Local14861.59191576,9773,9623,9623,015
1-union elections2,93747.71,40289737143911,535172,30260,57943,17610,0973,3443,962111,723
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO2853.61515133,6431,3871,3872,256
AFL-CIO v Teamsters4580.036162094,1693,4001,7641,636769
AFL-CIO v. National1947.4954102,9861,0498022471,937
AFL-CIO v. Local7891.0711754710,7329,9343,6166,318798
Teamsters v. National580.04221309963957213
Teamsters v. Local1190.910461752621478143131
Teamsters v. Teamsters2100.02201331331330
National v Local2100.0220020920920900
Local v. Local1283.3101022,2021,5081,508694
2-union elections20278.715953288704325,13518,3377,5692,2865137,9696,798
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. Teamsters1100.0110011111100
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. National1100.01100292929000
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. Local1100.0110060606000
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters v. National1100.010100171701700
AFL-CIO Teamsters v. Local3100.031110337337831411130
AFL-CIO Local v. Local2100.021109569567791770
Teamsters v. Local v Local1100.0110018181800
3 (or more)-union elections10100.010530201,4281,42896217602900
Total RC elections3,14949.91,571955402511631,578198,86580,34451,70712,5593,85712,221118,521
C. Elections in RM cases
AFL-CIO9521.12020753,6695755753,094
Teamsters4816.788401,2041891891,015
National742.9334151787873
Local1010.01191643838126
1-union elections16020.032208311285,18888057518978384,308
AFL-CIO v Teamsters1100.0101033030
AFL-CIO v National1100.0110029292900
AFL-CIO v Local1100.0101064640640
Teamsters v Local1100.0110077700
Teamsters v Teamsters1100.01107979790
2-union elections5100.051301018218229890640
Total RM elections16522.4372111321285,3701,062604278781024,308
D. Elections in RD cases
AFL-CIO49525.112412437127,95711,30311,30316,654
Teamsters20520.041411645,7462,1402,1403,606
National911.11185292626503
Local3514.355301,3372672671,070
1-union elections74423.0171124411557335,56913,73611,3032,1402626721,833
AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO10.01731731
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters475.0321113688325648
AFL-CIO v National1100.011310310310
AFL-CIO v. Local4100.0422823823666157
Teamsters v Local1100.0110212121
2-union elections1181.895222,0211,2421,00877157779
Total RD elections75523.8180129431757537,59014,97812,3112,2172642422,612

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  1. 1 See Glossary of terms for definitions.
  2. 2 Includes each unit in which a choice regarding collective-bargaining agent was made; for example, there may have been more than one election in a single case, or several cases may have been involved in one election unit

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.

Reader’s notes

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 image

Source page 233 of NLRB FY1987 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1987, p. 233.
Source page 234 of NLRB FY1987 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1987, p. 234.
Source page 235 of NLRB FY1987 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1987, p. 235.
Source page 236 of NLRB FY1987 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1987, p. 236.

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.