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Geographic Distribution of Decertification Elections Held in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1988

printed as Table 15C · source pages 246–248 · nlrb1988_p0246_t0

Stitched from pp. 246–248.

Division and StateTotal electionsNumber of elections in which representation rights were won by unionsNumber of elections in which no representative was chosenNumber of employees eligible to voteTotal valid votes castValid votes cast for unionsTotal votes for no unionEligible employees in units choosing representation
Division and StateTotal electionsTotalAFL-CIO unionsTeamstersOther national unionsOther local unionsNumber of elections in which no representative was chosenNumber of employees eligible to voteTotal valid votes castTotalAFL-CIO unionsTeamstersOther national unionsOther local unionsTotal votes for no unionEligible employees in units choosing representation
Maine4330001277264145145000119180
New Hampshire2000002312300000230
Vermont0000000000000000
Massachusetts62200042091868584100101144
Rhode Island411000311710825214008314
Connecticut4110003707033262053745
New England207700013704651288276705363383
New York3662202302,1121,531486391333591,045176
New Jersey164400012525463276267900187329
Pennsylvania4386200351,3191,155425284128121730453
Middle Atlantic951812402773,9563,1491,18794217015601,962958
Ohio44117310331,3081,192517338157220675584
Indiana25138410121,041996483314111580513546
Illinois22823121460047426088572887214358
Michigan3597110261,5501,342639479136240703681
Wisconsin2274300151,7351,54864745418508901411
East North Central148482814421006,2345,5522,5461,673646132953,0062,580
Iowa8000008315265392316002260
Minnesota143110111298270117851202015355
Missouri471210200351,8291,5937196497000874987
North Dakota1110000111166000511
South Dakota20000023753561451450002110
Nebraska3000003343490900250
Kansas41100033462879638580019122
West North Central791713301623,2082,8161,1319461650201,6851,075
Delaware20000023733138500200
Maryland200000241391321100260
District of Columbia1110000555335350001855
Virginia63300031,3921,239427427000812211
West Virginia4101003665718126003910
North Carolina510100472868927927180041017
South Carolina3110002219203102102000101137
Georgia986101174763436231623023272732
Florida9321006324322133993400189250
South Atlantic411813401233,6093,2691,3821,272870231,8871,412
Kentucky103120071,1521,0985404796100558415
Tennessee105220151,8001,729652539680451,077361
Alabama1122000967158723623402035156
Mississippi211000121719310310300090208
East South Central33116401223,8403,6071,5311,3551292452,0761,040
Arkansas53300021,0769504404301000510139
Louisiana21010012121918203304910968
Oklahoma2110001554219190002348
Texas2873004212,9012,4971,04233312305861,455487
West South Central37127104254,2443,6801,58378216606352,097742
Montana622000411510953530005622
Idaho64310021641468863250058149
Wyoming0000000000000000
Colorado7320014229211945817019117138
New Mexico5110004240229666600016341
Arizona94310055955002552202690245342
Utah2000002603844000340
Nevada20000025249116500380
Mountain371411201231,4551,28257147073919711692
Washington3688000281,19694337934223140564428
Oregon22220002040633292512401724029
California8928171010613,0482,6431,3781,0622754101,2651,993
Alaska0000000000000000
Hawaii10000011183003050
Guam0000000000000000
Pacific148382710101104,6613,9261,8521,45532258172,0742,450
Puerto Rico5101004327294115010807179170
Virgin Islands111000016151111000416
Outlying Areas62110043433091261110807183186
Total, all States and areas6441851254351245932,25428,24112,1979,1821,87321692616,04411,518

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  1. 1 The States are grouped according to the method used by the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.

710 of 710 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.

Reader’s notes

p. 246. The crop shows only the first part of the table: it ends after the "West North Central" division subtotal, and the remaining divisions, the U.S. total line and any footnote text are cut off below. The stub heading carries a raised footnote marker ("Division and State^1"), but no footnote text is printed within this crop, so `footnotes` is empty. Division subtotal rows (New England, Middle Atlantic, East North Central, West North Central) are printed indented and set off by rules; they are transcribed as ordinary rows in place. All 16 numeric columns of every division subtotal add up exactly from their member states, which supports the column assignments. Minor scan artifacts, none affecting the digits read: a stray tick above the "Other national unions" (votes) column in the Maine row, a faint dot above "276" in the New England row, and a small dash to the left of "83" in the Rhode Island "Total votes for no union" cell (read as part of the dotted leader/rule, not a minus sign). Many state labels are followed by broken dotted leaders, which have been dropped.

p. 247. Continuation page of Table 15C; 17 printed columns (stub + 16 data columns). The stub heading carries footnote marker 1 ("Division and State^1"), but no footnote text is printed on this crop — the footnote block presumably appears on the page where the table starts or ends. The crop is cut off at the bottom in the middle of the Mountain division: the last printed row visible is Utah, and the remaining Mountain states and the "Mountain" subtotal row are not on this image. The Utah row sits right at the bottom edge but all of its figures are legible. Arithmetic cross-checks: every subtotal row shown (South Atlantic, East South Central, West South Central) sums correctly down its columns, and in each data row the union-vote components (AFL-CIO + Teamsters + other national + other local) sum to the "Valid votes cast for unions — Total" column, so column placement is corroborated. No misprints detected. Scan rendering note: the headings print with dotless "i" glyphs (e.g. "representatıon", "unıons") and the AFL-CIO hyphen renders as a long dash; these are transcribed as ordinary text. Row labels are followed by leader dots, which have been dropped.

p. 248. This is a continuation page: the body starts mid-table with Nevada, the last State of the Mountain division, so the earlier divisions and States appear on the preceding page(s). "Mountain", "Pacific" and "Outlying Areas" are indented division subtotal lines; "Total, all States and areas" is the grand total. The scan's typeface has dotless i's throughout (e.g. "Hawaii" reads as "Hawau", "Division" as "Divısıon"); labels are transcribed with normal spelling. All internal arithmetic I could check is consistent: the Pacific and Outlying Areas subtotals equal the sums of their listed States, union-won + no-representative equals total elections, the five union sub-columns sum to the union total, and union votes + no-union votes equal total valid votes cast, in every row including the grand total. No cells were illegible or doubtful.

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Source page 246 of NLRB FY1988 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1988, p. 246.
Source page 247 of NLRB FY1988 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1988, p. 247.
Source page 248 of NLRB FY1988 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1988, p. 248.

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.