NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1988 › Final outcome of representation elections in cases closed
| Participating unions | Total elections won | Percent won | Elections won by unions — Total won | Elections won by unions — AFL-CIO | Elections won by unions — Teamsters | Elections won by unions — Other national unions | Elections won by unions — Other local unions | Elections in which no representative chosen | Employees eligible to vote — Total | Employees eligible to vote — In elections won by unions — AFL-CIO | Employees eligible to vote — In elections won by unions — Teamsters | Employees eligible to vote — In elections won by unions — Other national unions | Employees eligible to vote — In elections won by unions — Other local unions | Employees eligible to vote — In elections where no representative chosen | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-union elections — AFL-CIO | 2,471 | 46.6 | 1,151 | 1,151 | 1,320 | 161,943 | 58,363 | 58,363 | 103,580 | ||||||
| 1-union elections — Teamsters | 1,204 | 39.8 | 479 | 479 | 725 | 44,032 | 16,119 | 16,119 | 27,913 | ||||||
| 1-union elections — Other national unions | 111 | 51.4 | 57 | 57 | 99 | 2,279 | 4,683 | ||||||||
| 1-union elections — Other local unions | 202 | 49 | 99 | 99 | 103 | 12,810 | 5,949 | ||||||||
| 1-union elections — Total | 3,988 | 44.8 | 1,786 | 1,151 | 479 | 57 | 99 | 2,202 | 143,037 | ||||||
| 2-union elections — Total | 160 | 81.3 | 130 | 44 | 30 | 11 | 55 | 30 | 15,050 | 11,438 | 3,287 | 849 | 1,342 | 5,960 | 3,612 |
| Total representation elections | 4,153 | 46.3 | 1,921 | 1,199 | 509 | 68 | 155 | 2,232 | 245,692 | 97,043 | 64,450 | 16,968 | 3,621 | 12,004 | 146,640 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.