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Valid Votes Cast in Representation Elections, by Final Results of Election, in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1988

printed as Table 14 · source pages 236–239 · nlrb1988_p0236_t0

Stitched from pp. 236–239.

Participating unionsTotal valid votes castValid votes cast in elections wonValid votes cast in elections lost
Participating unionsTotal valid votes castVotes for unionsTotal votes for no unionVotes for unionsTotal votes for no union
Participating unionsTotal valid votes castTotalAFL-CIO unionsTeamstersOther national unionsOther local unionsTotal votes for no unionTotalAFL-CIO unionsTeamstersOther national unionsOther local unionsTotal votes for no union
A. All representation elections
AFL-CIO143,11533,41533,41516,85131,42831,42861,421
Teamsters38,4999,3949,3944,2427,7287,72817,135
Other national unions6,1841,3681,3686371,4201,4202,759
Other local unions10,8443,5973,5971,4821,9541,9543,811
1-union elections198,64247,77433,4159,3941,3683,59723,21242,53031,4287,7281,4201,95485,126
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO1,524711711109267267437
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters1,8764167434295499172327866
AFL-CIO v. National608349194155121102981137
AFL-CIO v. Local5,7745,0271,9163,1114241446876179
Teamsters v. National376264322321120000
Teamsters v. Local501462204258841327
Teamsters v. Teamsters4949490000
National v Local1,3541,3068784282853215
Local v. Local99447147110165165348
2-union elections13,0569,0552,8956271,2654,2687981,194536328842462,009
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. Teamsters3737231400000
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. National4692952860917400000
AFL-CIO v Teamsters v. Local81480251292811200000
AFL-CIO v. National v. Local1,0741,0718981685300000
3 (or more)-union elections2,3942,2051,71923177286189000000
Total representation elections214,09259,03438,02910,0442,8108,15124,19943,72431,9648,0561,5042,20087,135
B. Elections in RC cases
AFL-CIO120,40328,38228,38214,00527,01727,01750,999
Teamsters33,4118,0528,0523,4996,9286,92814,932
Other national unions5,7081,2071,2075781,3491,3492,574
Other local unions8,9223,3083,3081,3631,3921,3922,859
1-union elections168,44440,94928,3828,0521,2073,30819,44536,68627,0176,9281,3491,39271,364
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO1,386574574108267267437
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters1,8053506428690499172327866
AFL-CIO v. National608349194155121102981137
AFL-CIO v. Local5,4684,7561,8272,9293891446876179
Teamsters v. National376264322321120000
Teamsters v Local501462204258841327
Teamsters v. Teamsters8880000
National v. Local1,3341,306878428280000
Local v. Local95042742710165165348
2-union elections12,4368,4962,6595301,2654,0427571,189536328812441,994
AFL-CIO v Teamsters v. National4692952860917400000
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters v. Local81480251292811200000
AFL-CIO v. National v. Local1,0741,0718981685300000
3 (or more)-union elections2,3572,1681,6969177286189000000
Total RC elections183,23751,61332,7378,5912,6497,63620,39137,87527,5537,2561,4301,63673,358
C. Elections in RM cases
AFL-CIO1,465199199115266266885
Teamsters7162382381158787276
Other national unions1716161000
Other local unions2258686161515108
1-union elections2,4235391992381686247368266870151,269
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters101010000000
AFL-CIO v. Local83732350100000
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters4141410000
National v. Local20000053215
2-union elections1541243341050105003215
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. Teamsters3737231400000
3 (or more)-union elections37372314000000000
Total RM elections2,61470025529316136257373266873171,284
D. Elections in RD cases
AFL-CIO21,2474,8344,8342,7314,1454,1459,537
Teamsters4,3721,1041,1046287137131,927
Other national unions459145145587171185
Other local unions1,697203203103547547844
1-union elections27,7756,2864,8341,1041452033,5205,4764,1457137154712,493
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO1381371371000
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters615605650000
AFL-CIO v. Local2231986613225000
AFL-CIO v. Local4444440000
2-union elections46643520356017631000000
Total RD elections28,2416,7215,0371,1601453793,5515,4764,1457137154712,493

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  1. 1 See Glossary of terms for definitions.

476 of 476 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.

Reader’s notes

p. 236. 14 columns: stub, "Total valid votes cast", then two six-column panels ("elections won" and "elections lost"), each with five "Votes for unions" columns (Total, AFL-CIO unions, Teamsters, Other national unions, Other local unions) followed by its own "Total votes for no union" column. "A. All representation elections" is a centered section line carrying no values; the lettered sequence implies a part B that continues on a page outside this crop. The caption carries a superscript 1, but no footnote text appears within the crop (the table ends at the bottom rule under "Total representation elections"), so `footnotes` is empty. All dash rules ("——") are transcribed as empty cells; printed zeros are kept as 0. In the AFL-CIO row, the "Other national unions" cell under "elections won" shows a dash rule with a small ink speck beside it; I read it as a dash (empty), not a digit or footnote marker. Row-label wording kept as printed, including the inconsistent abbreviation of "v." — "National v Local" and "AFL-CIO v Teamsters v. Local" have no period after the first "v", while the other versus-rows do. Arithmetic verification (not used to alter any cell): every subtotal and the grand total reproduce exactly from their component rows, each panel's "Total" equals the sum of its four union columns, and each row's total valid votes equals won + no-union-won + lost + no-union-lost. No misprints detected.

p. 237. 14 columns: stub, "Total valid votes cast" (a tall heading spanning all three heading levels), then the six-column "elections won" panel and the six-column "elections lost" panel, each made of a five-column "Votes for unions" group plus a tall "Total votes for no union" column. The caption carries a footnote marker (1) but no footnote text is printed on this crop; part A of the table and the footnotes are on other pages. "B. Elections in RC cases" is a centred section line with no values. Cells printed as a dash rule (------) are rendered as ""; printed zeros are kept as 0. Row labels print the union name with an en dash (AFL–CIO), transcribed here with a hyphen. Two labels appear to lack the period after the first "v": "Teamsters v Local" and "AFL-CIO v Teamsters v. National"; they are transcribed as printed, but the mark is faint at this resolution. "Teamsters v. National." and a few other labels end with a period that runs into the leader dots; trailing periods were dropped with the leaders. All row and column totals were checked and add up exactly as printed (e.g. 168,444 + 12,436 + 2,357 = 183,237); no misprints detected.

p. 238. 14 columns: stub plus "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". Cells printed as a long dash rule (meaning not applicable) are transcribed as "" throughout; printed zeros are kept as 0. At this scan resolution a few dash cells in the C-section 1-union rows are faint, but all of them map to "" either way. Doubtful label: the third row of the 2-union block in section C reads to me as "AFL-CIO v. Teamsters", which duplicates the first row of that block. Its data pattern (dash rules in both the won and lost "AFL-CIO unions" columns, 41 votes in the won "Teamsters" column) matches a Teamsters-only pairing, so the printed label may actually be "Teamsters v. Teamsters" or a similar pairing that does not involve the AFL-CIO. Transcribed as read, not corrected; worth checking against the source. In the "3 (or more)-union elections" row there is a small stray apostrophe-like mark immediately left of the 0 in the "elections lost / Total" column. I read it as a scanning artifact or a broken column rule rather than a footnote marker, and transcribed the cell as 0. Crop: the table continues past the bottom of the image. The last row, "AFL-CIO v. Local" in section D, is clipped along its baseline; its last column (elections lost, "Total votes for no union") shows nothing legible and is left as "", although the row's other figures (198 + 25 + 0) against the 223 total imply a printed 0 there. The rest of that row is legible. The caption carries footnote marker 1, but no footnote text is printed within this crop, so the footnote list is empty. Arithmetic check (reported, not applied): every subtotal and the "Total RM elections" line reconciles with its component rows and with the row totals as transcribed; no misprints found in the numbers.

p. 239. The crop is the foot of a longer table: only the last data line ("AFL-CIO v. Local"), the "2-union elections" subtotal line and the "Total RD elections" line are present, so the rows above them are on the preceding page(s). Column headings are printed on this crop and are transcribed. Em-dash rules (printed as "——") in the "AFL-CIO v. Local" row are given as empty cells: columns "AFL-CIO unions", "Teamsters" and "Other national unions" in both the elections-won and the elections-lost blocks. The scan renders many dotless i's (e.g. "Partıcıpatıng unions", "ın elections lost", "no unıon"); these are read as ordinary "i". All printed subtotals and totals in the three rows are internally consistent (e.g. 5,037+1,160+145+379 = 6,721; 6,721+3,551+5,476+12,493 = 28,241), so no misprints are suspected.

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Source page 236 of NLRB FY1988 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1988, p. 236.
Source page 237 of NLRB FY1988 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1988, p. 237.
Source page 238 of NLRB FY1988 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1988, p. 238.
Source page 239 of NLRB FY1988 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1988, p. 239.

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.