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Final outcome of representation elections in cases closed

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Participating unions	Total elections	Percent won	Elections won by unions	Elections won by unions	Elections won by unions	Elections won by unions	Employees eligible to vote	Employees eligible to vote	Employees eligible to vote	Employees eligible to vote	Employees eligible to vote	In elections where no representative chosen
Participating unions	Total elections	Percent won	Total won	AFL-CIO unions	Other national unions	Other local unions	Total	In elections won by unions	In units won by — AFL-CIO unions	In units won by — Other national unions	In units won by — Other local unions	In elections where no representative chosen
A. All representation elections
AFL-CIO	3,066	46.3	1,420	1,420			195,733	79,136	79,136			117,597
Other national unions	90	64.4	58		58		9,188	5,959		5,959		3,229
Other local unions	220	53.2	117			117	13,054	5,686			5,686	7,368
1-union elections	3,376	47.2	1,595	1,420	58	117	1,781	218,975	90,781	79,136	5,959
2-union elections	101	78.2	79	46	8	25	2	16,725	10,549	5,404	807	4,338
3 (or more)-union elections	3	100	3					316	316			0
Total representation elections	3,480	48.2	1,677	1,469	66	111		236,016	101,646	84,856	6,766	134,370
B. Elections in RC cases
AFL-CIO (RC)	2,656	48.6	1,290	1,290			1,266	179,386	70,610	70,610		108,379
Other national unions (RC)	81	66.7	54		54		32	8,201	5,319		5,319	2,882
Other local unions (RC)	196	56.6	111			111	112	11,795	5,675			6,173
1-union elections (RC)	2,933	49.6	1,455	1,290	54	111	1,478	199,382	81,648	70,610	5,319
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO (RC, 2-union sub)	32	65.6	21	21				5,807	2,523	2,523		3,304

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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.