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Size of Units in Representation Elections in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1996

printed as Table 17 · source pages 164–165 · nlrb1996_p0164_t0

Stitched from pp. 164–165.

Size of unit (number of employees)Number eligible to voteTotal electionsPercent of totalCumulative percent of totalElections in which representation rights were won byElections in which no representative was chosen
Size of unit (number of employees)Number eligible to voteTotal electionsPercent of totalCumulative percent of totalAFL-CIO unionsOther national unionsOther local unionsElections in which no representative was chosen
Size of unit (number of employees)Number eligible to voteTotal electionsPercent of totalCumulative percent of totalNumberPercent by size classNumberPercent by size classNumberPercent of size classNumberPercent by size class
A. Certification elections (RC and RM)
Total RC and RM elections194,0622,792100.01,154100.048100.0118100.01,472100.0
Under 103,18855319.819.831927.648.32117.820914.2
10 to 197,35252118.738.522819.81633.31613.626117.7
20 to 297,91832611.750.212510.836.31916.117912.2
30 to 398,9112609.359.51028.848.31210.21429.6
40 to 497,7391756.365.8716.236.3108.5916.2
50 to 598,3801545.571.3625.424.197.6815.5
60 to 696,390993.574.8353.034.143.4573.9
70 to 795,370722.677.4252.248.310.8422.9
80 to 895,881702.579.9262.312.121.7412.8
90 to 996,793722.682.5302.6054.2372.5
100 to 1096,544632.384.8201.7043.4392.6
110 to 1194,122361.386.1121.012.121.7211.4
120 to 1294,962401.487.570.6021.7312.1
130 to 1393,607271.088.5100.9021.7151.0
140 to 1494,479311.189.6111.000201.4
150 to 1593,857250.990.570.6032.6151.0
160 to 1694,267260.991.480.7010.8171.2
170 to 1793,479200.792.140.324.110.8130.9
180 to 1892,582140.592.650.40090.6
190 to 1993,101160.693.220.212.10130.9
200 to 29919,584802.996.1181.636.30594.0
300 to 39911,553341.297.370.6032.6241.6
400 to 49912,101271.098.3100.900171.2
500 to 59910,213190.799.030.300161.1
600 to 79910,999160.699.640.312.10110.7
800 to 9994,47550.199.800050.3
1,000 to 1,99911,74990.3100.010.0010.870.5
2,000 to 2,9994,46620.0100.020.2000
B. Decertification elections (RD)
Total RD elections25,011485100.0134100.03100.012100.0336100.0
Under 1053510020.620.675.2009327.7
10 to 191,58911122.943.52417.90325.08425.0
20 to 291,6186713.857.31813.4133.318.34714.0
30 to 391,582469.566.8139.70325.0308.9
40 to 491,295306.273.096.700216.3
50 to 591,057193.976.91410.4018.341.2
60 to 691,542244.981.896.700154.5
70 to 79877122.584.343.00082.4
80 to 8959771.485.732.20041.2
90 to 9966771.487.143.0133.3020.6
100 to 10941740.887.910.80030.8
110 to 11991081.689.521.50061.8
120 to 1291,00081.691.153.7133.3020.6
130 to 13940330.691.721.5018.30
140 to 14929520.492.110.80010.3
150 to 15962540.892.910.80030.8
160 to 16999461.394.253.7018.30
170 to 1992,014112.496.664.50051.5
200 to 2991,26451.197.732.20020.6
300 to 4992,10761.399.021.50041.2
500 to 7991,59330.699.610.80020.6
800 and over2,03020.4100.000216.80

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  1. 1 See Glossary of terms for definitions.

249 of 249 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.

Reader’s notes

p. 164. Crop is cut off at the bottom: the table ends mid-panel at "2,000 to 2,999" with the box rule running past it, so the remaining size classes of section A, any section B (decertification elections), and the footnote text are not on this image. The caption carries a superscript 1, but no footnote text is printed in the crop, so `footnotes` is empty. 13 columns, confirmed from the column rules: stub, Number eligible to vote, Total elections, Percent of total, Cumulative percent of total, then three two-column union panels under the spanner "Elections in which representation rights were won by", then two columns under "Elections in which no representative was chosen". Note the third panel's lower heading reads "Percent of size class" (not "by size class") as printed. Em-dash rules (------) are transcribed as "" throughout: the Cumulative percent cell of the "Total RC and RM elections" row, the "Other national unions - Percent by size class" cells opposite a printed 0, the "Other local unions - Percent of size class" cells opposite a printed 0, the AFL-CIO percent cell in "800 to 999", and the "no representative - Percent by size class" cell in "2,000 to 2,999". All five count columns were checked against the printed totals and every one reconciles exactly (eligible 194,062; total elections 2,792; AFL-CIO 1,154; other national 48; other local 118; no representative 1,472), so the count cells are solid. Cells re-checked on a second viewing because they disagree with the arithmetic implied by the rest of the table; each is transcribed exactly as printed and none is a reading error I can resolve further: - "800 to 999", Percent of total: printed 0.1, though 5/2,792 = 0.18 and the cumulative column jumps 99.6 -> 99.8 (the cumulative column elsewhere accumulates the rounded percents), both of which imply 0.2. Likely a misprint in the source. - "1,000 to 1,999", AFL-CIO Percent by size class: printed 0.0, though 1/1,154 = 0.09, which the table's rounding elsewhere would render 0.1. - "50 to 59" and "60 to 69", Other national unions Percent by size class: both printed 4.1, though 2/48 = 4.17 (-> 4.2) and 3/48 = 6.25 (-> 6.3, as printed in the other rows with a count of 3). The 60-to-69 value in particular looks like a typesetting error in the source, since its count of 3 is needed to make the column sum to 48. - "150 to 159" and "300 to 399", Other local unions Percent of size class: printed 2.6, though 3/118 = 2.54. - "1,000 to 1,999", Cumulative percent of total: printed 100.0, where accumulating the rounded percents gives 100.1. A stray ink mark sits in the stub under "Size of unit (number of employees)" in the heading block; it is scan noise, not a heading or a footnote marker, and is not transcribed.

p. 165. 13 columns. The crop is the continuation page of Table 17 and carries only panel \"B. Decertification elections (RD)\"; panel A is on the preceding page. The heading levels are printed here, so they are transcribed.\n\nDash rules (\"——\") standing for \"no cases / not applicable\" are transcribed as empty cells: the cumulative-percent cell of the \"Total RD elections\" row, and the various percent cells in the \"Other national unions\", \"Other local unions\" and \"no representative\" panels (e.g. \"Under 10\" other-national and other-local percent, \"800 and over\" AFL-CIO percent and no-representative percent).\n\nArithmetic checks all pass, which confirms the column assignment: total elections sum to 485, number eligible to vote to 25,011, AFL-CIO to 134, other national to 3, other local to 12, no representative to 336, and the cumulative percent column reproduces the running sum of \"Percent of total\" exactly to 100.0.\n\nThree cells look like printing/rounding oddities but are transcribed exactly as printed: (a) \"800 and over\", Other local unions \"Percent of size class\" reads 16.8, whereas 2 of 12 is 16.7 (every other cell in that column, 25.0 and 8.3, is consistent with a 12 base); this page is from the one lossy scan in the series, so a 7/8 digit swap cannot be ruled out, though 16.8 is what the glyph shows. (b) \"100 to 109\" and \"150 to 159\", no-representative \"Percent by size class\" both read 0.8, whereas 3 of 336 is 0.89 and the rest of that column rounds normally (e.g. 6/336 printed as 1.8). \n\nThe third-level heading over the Other local unions percent column reads \"Percent of size class\", not \"Percent by size class\" as in the three parallel panels; this is as printed.\n\nThe single footnote line is clipped by the bottom edge of the crop, only the upper half of the letters showing; it is legible as \"1 See Glossary of terms for definitions.\" but the exact wording could not be confirmed against a full-height image. Scattered specks in the white space (above \"Number eligible to vote\", beside several data cells) are scanner dirt, not printed characters or footnote markers.

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Source page 164 of NLRB FY1996 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1996, p. 164.
Source page 165 of NLRB FY1996 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1996, p. 165.

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.