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Geographic Distribution of Collective-Bargaining Elections Held in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1989

printed as Table 15B · source pages 243–245 · nlrb1989_p0243_t0

Stitched from pp. 243–245.

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
Maine52200036,8815,7915,6185,6171001736,803
New Hampshire117320249208662402102406626102
Vermont3211001173145857780060155
Massachusetts8243311101397,2956,4423,0222,7072835273,4204,452
Rhode Island1386200558854131826740011223409
Connecticut441711303271,4711,315644455116073671661
New England158795419067917,32815,1009,9279,33347251175,17312,582
New York3021631172431913917,98714,6688,3534,6481,2141,3401,1516,3159,687
New Jersey140684315010727,8426,4553,4612,346589894372,9943,532
Pennsylvania24311468334912913,38512,0285,3553,5971,1621754216,6733,237
Middle Atlantic6853452287273834039,21433,15117,16910,5912,9651,6042,00915,98216,456
Ohio2129160226312111,95210,8875,0223,4657854932795,8654,140
Indiana11854351720646,9276,6562,8902,02576938583,7661,755
Illinois269126772681514311,93810,3024,8342,3551,3724916165,4684,409
Michigan21610672293211012,58711,1844,8773,7868191151576,3074,262
Wisconsin10563451602424,9184,1212,2451,46664451301,8762,490
East North Central920440289110192248048,32243,15019,86813,0974,3891,1421,24023,28217,056
Iowa482919604191,5161,3847655581000107619834
Minnesota10745241407626,3265,3642,8001,93747203912,5642,754
Missouri173100722251737,7126,2643,3522,702489127342,9123,626
North Dakota116510051191145328120136137
South Dakota744000325022212112010010181
Nebraska1510820051,0398714734373600398825
Kansas361911701172,1151,9248826121900801,042900
West North Central3972131435251318419,07716,1438,4466,3941,3001276257,6979,057
Delaware13523008917872301237640057188
Maryland5030161103202,1431,74390636039401528371,040
District of Columbia136400272752271258716022102138
Virginia411613102253,4753,0371,5331,2708301801,5041,260
West Virginia372114700163,5543,4091,5371,345192001,872764
North Carolina32117400216,6986,2912,4591,1261,333003,832664
South Carolina24151130193,6023,3371,7331,4392680261,6042,040
Georgia512520302266,0935,7552,3152,199540623,4401,047
Florida773825904396,2946,0293,2591,2661,17108222,7702,604
South Atlantic3381671124101417133,05130,70014,1689,3293,57501,26416,5329,645
Kentucky651913501465,6855,3022,0641,446482101353,238891
Tennessee642722401378,5548,1573,3303,0242600464,8271,846
Alabama583024330284,6314,3252,0371,75716080402,2881,936
Mississippi271410202133,0712,8331,3241,204440761,5091,647
East South Central2149069143412421,94120,6178,7557,43194618119711,8626,320
Arkansas24117400132,3272,1241,01594669001,109764
Louisiana2486101161,5041,3106816567018629550
Oklahoma3073400232,7302,6111,050905145001,561399
Texas885238914365,6685,1812,8522,029508143012,3292,419
West South Central166785418158812,22911,2265,5984,536729143195,6284,132
Montana211191011042638815812117020230200
Idaho1999000104583381801681200158236
Wyoming610100562059523944631320356105
Colorado31108200212,4532,2048534483713401,351393
New Mexico10660004335216135122130081259
Arizona6038271100222,7101,9319887432130329431,300
Utah136330075324782231556800255252
Nevada401912700212,5581,581900815720136811,336
Mountain20010074250110010,0927,7313,6762,616829166654,0554,081
Washington9952281815473,5783,0881,4518612991721191,6371,379
Oregon6737191008303,6653,0201,508852313383051,5121,802
California4372181287410621932,31627,32812,5836,0325,25241888114,74512,615
Alaska23118210121,4601,27865253383360626747
Hawaii2517932389478074351994017026372771
Guam200000243381010000280
Pacific653335192107142231842,00935,55916,6398,4875,9878341,33118,92017,314
Puerto Rico502474013263,8653,4352,07086716501,0381,3651,941
Virgin Islands10760013510419199196003220125
Outlying Areas6031134014294,3753,8542,2691,06316501,0411,5852,066
Total, all States and areas3,7911,8781,228462491391,913247,638217,231106,51572,87721,3574,0738,208110,71698,709

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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.

908 of 908 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.

Reader’s notes

p. 243. 17 columns: the stub, "Total elections", five columns under "Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions", three tall single columns ("Number of elections in which no representative was chosen", "Number of employees eligible to vote", "Total valid votes cast"), five columns under "Valid votes cast for unions", then "Total votes for no union" and "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". The crop is a partial table: it begins with the column headings and the Maine row (no caption, no "Total" line for the United States) and ends after the "West North Central" subtotal rule, so the remaining divisions and any footnotes printed under the full table are cut off. The superscript 1 on the stub heading "Division and State" is printed here, but its footnote text is not on this crop, so `footnotes` is empty. In the "Total" sub-heading of the elections-won-by-unions group (column 2) there is a small stray mark printed just below the word, resembling a lambda. It does not match any footnote marker used elsewhere on the page and reads as a scan speck or broken type, so it is omitted from the heading rather than transcribed as "Total^...". Flagging it in case the full page shows a marker there. Scan artifacts not carried into the cells: the "i" in Connecticut, Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin is frequently dotless or broken in this 1-bit scan, and a stray ink dot sits immediately left of Illinois's "4,409" in the last column. Arithmetic cross-checks all pass, which raises confidence in the digits and in the column each one sits in. For every state row the four union sub-columns sum to the group "Total" in both the elections block and the votes block; "Total" elections won plus elections with no representative chosen equals "Total elections"; and union votes plus votes for no union equals "Total valid votes cast". Each of the four division subtotal rows (New England, Middle Atlantic, East North Central, West North Central) equals the sum of its member states in all 16 numeric columns. No printed total appears to be in error.

p. 244. 17 columns: stub, "Total elections", five columns under "Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions", three tall single columns, five columns under "Valid votes cast for unions", then "Total votes for no union" and "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". The crop is a mid-table page: the body begins with Delaware (the South Atlantic division is already under way at the top of the page, no division caption is printed) and is cut off after Utah — the Mountain division's remaining states and its subtotal line, plus any later divisions and the U.S. total, fall below the crop. The subtotal lines (South Atlantic, East South Central, West South Central) are printed indented and set off by rules; they are transcribed as ordinary rows. The stub heading carries a raised 1 ("Division and State^1"), but no footnote text appears on this crop, so `footnotes` is empty. All values were arithmetically cross-checked: in every state row the four union-vote components sum to the union "Total", union total plus "Total votes for no union" equals "Total valid votes cast", and each of the three division subtotal rows equals the column sum of its member states in all 16 numeric columns. No discrepancies found. No illegible or doubtful cells; the only faint spots are leader-dot runs after some labels (e.g. North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas), which do not affect any value.

p. 245. This crop is the last page of a multi-page table; it begins mid-division. Nevada is the final state of the Mountain division, so the "Mountain" subtotal row covers states printed on the preceding page(s) that are not in this image. Likewise the "Total, all States and areas" row sums all states in the table, most of which are not on this crop. Indentation in the stub distinguishes state rows (flush left) from division subtotals and the grand total (indented); only the wording is transcribed. All arithmetic checks that can be made within the crop hold: the Pacific row equals the sum of Washington through Guam, and the Outlying Areas row equals Puerto Rico plus Virgin Islands, in every one of the 16 value columns. The footnote is printed as "U.S Department of Commerce" with no period after the S; transcribed as printed. The scan is slightly speckled but no cell was doubtful.

Source image

Source page 243 of NLRB FY1989 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1989, p. 243.
Source page 244 of NLRB FY1989 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1989, p. 244.
Source page 245 of NLRB FY1989 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1989, p. 245.

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.