NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1996 › Representation elections held in cases closed
| Food and kindred products | 186 | 80 | 77 | 1 | 2 | 106 | 21,114 1,224 | 18,252 1,121 | 10,189 | 8,817 | 79 | 1,293 | 8,063 | 12,313 |
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| Textile mill products | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 421 | 400 | o | 21 | 700 | 262 | ||
| Apparel and other finished products made from fabric and similar materials | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | o | 2 | 567 | 521 | 146 | 146 | o | 0 | 375 | 110 |
| Lumber and wood products (except furniture) | 33 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3,820 | 3,456 | 1,456 | 1,427 | o | 29 | 2,000 | 683 |
| Furniture and futures | 23 | 6 | 5 | o | I | 17 | 1,991 | 1,815 | 744 | 728 | o | 16 | 1,071 | 209 |
| Paper and allied products | 33 | 10 | 9 | o | 1 | 23 | 2,568 | 2,370 | 906 | 866 | 13 | 27 | 1,464 | 609 |
| Printing, publishing, and allied products | 58 | 25 | 18 | o | 7 | 33 | 4,526 | 3,995 | 1,493 | 1,301 | 20 | 172 | 2,502 | 834 |
| Chemicals and allied products | 68 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 3,721 | 3,444 | 1,415 | 1,343 | 27 | 45 | 2,029 | 908 |
| Petroleum refining and related industries | 20 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 952 | 882 | 494 | 360 | 0 | 134 | 388 | 446 |
| Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products | 41 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 6,428 | 5,881 | 2,898 | 1,644 | 396 | 858 | 2,983 | 1,892 |
| Leather and leather products | 3 | o | o | o | o | 3 | 133 | 122 | 42 | 42 | o | 0 | 80 | 0 |
| Stone, clay, glass, and concrete products | 71 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 3,496 | 3,161 | 1,340 | 1,299 | ao | 1 | 1,821 | 1,001 |
| Primary metal industries | 79 | 36 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 6,397 | 5,926 | 2,728 | 2,709 | 9 | 10 | 3,198 | 1,744 |
| Fabricated metal products (except machinery and transportation equipment) | 89 | 33 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 8,368 | 7,608 | 3,318 | 3,165 | 60 | 93 | 4,290 | 2,383 |
| Machinery (except electrical) | 100 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 68 | 7,421 | 6,922 | 3,401 | 2,721 | 91 | 589 | 3,521 | 2,500 |
| Electrical and electronic machinery, equipment, and supplies | 32 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3,590 | 3,273 | 1,491 | 1,491 | 0 | 0 | 1,782 | 1,377 |
| Aircraft and parts | 62 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 10,598 | 9,544 | 4,450 | 3,618 | 32 | 800 | 5,094 | 3,725 |
| Ship and boat building and repairing | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | o | 4 | 893 | 833 | 341 | 341 | 0 | o | 492 | 39 |
| Automotive and other transportation equipment | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | o | 9 | 1,216 | 1,113 | 536 | 535 | 0 | 1 | 577 | 188 |
| Measuring, analyzing, and controlling instruments; photographic, medical, and optical goods; watches and clocks | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | o | 14 | 770 | 740 | 285 | 213 | 66 | 6 | 455 | 85 |
| Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 19 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2,393 | 2,233 | 1,122 | 1,121 | 1 | 0 | 1, 111 , | 844 |
| Manufacturing | 977 | 379 | 351 | 7 | 21 | 598 | 92,186 | 83,212 | 39,216 | 34,287 | 834 | 4,095 | 43,996 | 32,152 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.