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Valid Votes Cast in Representation Elections, by Final Results of Election, in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1990

printed as Table 14 · source pages 184–187 · nlrb1990_p0184_t0

Stitched from pp. 184–187.

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-CIO153,49335,15335,15315,77835,72735,72766,835
Teamsters49,2859,0949,0944,30911,61211,61224,270
Other national unions5,6891,8591,8598581,2141,2141,758
Other local unions8,4502,7812,7811,0771,5291,5293,063
1-union elections216,91748,88735,1539,0941,8592,78122,02250,08235,72711,6121,2141,52995,926
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO3,4571,0321,032937287281,604
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters1,8961,06546859727821395118340
AFL-CIO v National1,4301,05642463261336766235
AFL-CIO v Local3,3463,1661,3221,8441113232937
Teamsters v. National27311617993481335106
Teamsters v. Local80058429928514422418160
Teamsters v. Teamsters2418186000
National v. Local32331323776100000
National v. National5550000
Local v. Local318225225698816
2-union elections11,8727,5803,2469319732,4305901,204893155101552,498
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. National3603522688480000
AFL-CIO v Teamsters v. National93930930000000
3 (or more)-union elections453445268938408000000
Total representation elections229,24256,91238,66710,1182,9165,21122,62051,28636,62011,7671,3151,58498,424
B. Elections in RC cases
AFL-CIO133,03628,48428,48412,38132,54932,54959,622
Teamsters44,8218,0988,0983,76310,74210,74222,218
Other national unions5,0271,6221,6227501,1031,1031,552
Other local unions6,5452,6122,6129841,0461,0461,903
1-union elections189,42940,81628,4848,0981,6222,61217,87845,44032,54910,7421,1031,04685,295
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO3,360935935937287281,604
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters1,81499246552727821092118334
AFL-CIO v. National1,4301,05642463261336766235
AFL-CIO v. Local3,2053,0271,2581,7691093232937
Teamsters v. National170162140481335106
Teamsters v. Local80058429928514422418160
Teamsters v. Teamsters2418186000
National v. Local32331323776100000
National v. National5550000
Local v. Local318225225698816
2-union elections11,4497,1713,0828468882,3555851,201890155101552,492
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. National3603522688480000
3 (or more)-union elections36035226808408000000
Total RC elections201,23848,33931,8348,9442,5944,96718,47146,64133,43910,8971,2041,10187,787
C. Elections in RM cases
AFL-CIO73916816867130130374
Teamsters550115115418989305
Other local unions130000343496
1-union elections1,4192831681150010825313089034775
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO9797970000
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters414114000000
AFL-CIO v. Local666000000
Teamsters v. National103100158530000
2-union elections247244104558503000000
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters v. National93930930000000
3 (or more)-union elections9393093000000000
Total RM elections1,75962027226385011125313089034775
D. Elections in RD cases
AFL-CIO19,7186,5016,5013,3303,0483,0486,839
Teamsters3,9148818815057817811,747
Other national unions662237237108111111206
Other local unions1,775169169934494491,064
1-union elections26,0697,7886,5018812371694,0364,3893,0487811114499,856
AFL-CIO v. Teamsters413223003306
AFL-CIO v. Local135133587520000
2-union elections17616560300752330006
Total RD elections26,2457,9536,5619112372444,0384,3923,0517811114499,862

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440 of 440 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.

Reader’s notes

p. 184. 14 columns: stub, "Total valid votes cast", then six columns for elections won (Total / AFL-CIO unions / Teamsters / Other national unions / Other local unions / Total votes for no union) and the same six for elections lost. Cells printed as a dash rule ("——") are transcribed as "". A printed "0" is kept as 0; the distinction between dash and 0 is legible throughout. "A. All representation elections" is a centered section line spanning the table width; it is given as a label-only row. The crop ends after "Total representation elections", so any part B of this table and the table caption fall outside the crop. Doubtful/faint cells: in row "AFL-CIO v National", the elections-lost "Other local unions" cell shows only a faint speck and is read as a dash (empty); this is confirmed by 67 + 66 = 133, the printed lost Total. In row "Teamsters v. Teamsters", the elections-lost "Other national unions" and "Other local unions" cells are faint dash rules, read as empty (consistent with lost Total 0 = 0 + 0). Row labels keep the printed punctuation, which is inconsistent in the source: "AFL-CIO v. Teamsters" and "Teamsters v. National" have a period after "v", while "AFL-CIO v National", "AFL-CIO v Local" and "AFL-CIO v Teamsters v. National" do not. The en dash printed in "AFL–CIO" is transcribed as a plain hyphen. No arithmetic was altered. All row and column sums as printed are internally consistent (every subtotal, the component columns, and the grand total check out), which supports the digit readings.

p. 185. 14 columns: stub, "Total valid votes cast", then the six "elections won" columns (Total / AFL-CIO unions / Teamsters / Other national unions / Other local unions / Total votes for no union) and the matching six "elections lost" columns. All em-dash rule cells ("——") are transcribed as "". Printed zeros are kept as 0. The caption carries footnote marker 1 ("...Fiscal Year 1990^1—Continued"), but no footnote text is printed on this crop; the footnote presumably appears on the table's first page (this image is a "—Continued" page). The caption itself is omitted per instructions. Punctuation uncertainty from the scan: the page loses many small dots (note the dotless "i" in "Participating unions", "Teamsters v Local"). The section line reads "B Elections in RC cases"; I transcribed it as "B. Elections in RC cases", and likewise supplied "v." in the versus-row labels where the period is faint or lost ("Teamsters v Local", "Teamsters v Teamsters", "AFL-CIO v AFL-CIO v. National"). The wording and capitalisation are otherwise exactly as printed. Arithmetic cross-checks all pass, which corroborates the column placement: every detail row's Total valid votes cast equals won-total + won-no-union + lost-total + lost-no-union; each subtotal row ("1-union elections", "2-union elections", "3 (or more)-union elections") equals the sum of its detail rows in every column; and "Total RC elections" equals the three subtotals summed in every column (e.g. 189,429 + 11,449 + 360 = 201,238; 31,834 = 28,484 + 3,082 + 268). No misprints detected.

p. 186. Continuation page of Table 14; the crop is cut off immediately after the "2-union elections" subtotal of section "D. Elections in RD cases" (a horizontal rule and further rows of section D continue on the next page). The caption carries a superscript 1 marker, but no footnote text is printed within this crop, so `footnotes` is empty. 14 columns: stub, "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". Em-dash rules ("——") in the body are transcribed as empty cells; printed zeros are kept as 0. Section D's letter appears as "D" with no clearly visible period in the scan (unlike "C." above it); it is transcribed with a period on the assumption the period is lost to the scan — treat that one character as uncertain. The scan is lightly speckled: stray ink specks sit before the values 2 and 3 in the "2-union elections" row of section D (Total votes for no union of elections won, and Total of elections lost) and after the 0 in the Other local unions / elections lost cell of the "2-union elections" row of section C; these are read as specks, not footnote markers or digits. The leading tick before "881" (Teamsters, elections won Total, section D) and before "206" (Other national unions, elections lost no-union, section D) is likewise read as a speck. All printed row and column totals in both panels add up internally; no misprints detected.

p. 187. Continuation page ("—Continued" in the caption): the crop prints the full three-level column heading but only a single body row, the "Total RD elections" line; the RD-election detail rows it totals are on the preceding page. 14 printed columns: stub, "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". Scan artifacts drop the dots on several i's in the headings ("Vahd votes cast", "Partıcıpatıng unıons", "natıonal", "unıons"); transcribed with the intended spelling. All printed figures are internally consistent (6,561+911+237+244 = 7,953; 3,051+781+111+449 = 4,392; 7,953+4,038+4,392+9,862 = 26,245), which supports the digit reading. The footnote marker 1 on the image belongs to the caption (excluded per instructions); no value cell carries a marker.

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Source page 184 of NLRB FY1990 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1990, p. 184.
Source page 185 of NLRB FY1990 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1990, p. 185.
Source page 186 of NLRB FY1990 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1990, p. 186.
Source page 187 of NLRB FY1990 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1990, p. 187.

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.