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Final Outcome of Representation Elections in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1997

printed as Table 13 · source pages 146–148 · nlrb1997_p0146_t0

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Participating unionsTotal electionsElections won by unionsElections in which no representative chosenEmployees eligible to voteIn elections where no representative chosen
Participating unionsTotal electionsPercent wonTotal wonAFL-CIO unionsOther national unionsOther local unionsElections in which no representative chosenTotalIn elections wonIn units won byIn elections where no representative chosen
Participating unionsTotal electionsPercent wonTotal wonAFL-CIO unionsOther national unionsOther local unionsElections in which no representative chosenTotalIn elections wonAFL-CIO unionsOther national unionsOther local unionsIn elections where no representative chosen
A. All representation elections
AFL-CIO3,06646.31,4201,4201,646196,73379,13679,136117,597
Other national unions9064.45858329,1885,9595,9593,229
Other local unions22053.211711710313,0545,6865,6867,368
1-union elections3,37647.21,5951,420581171,781218,97590,78179,1365,9595,686128,194
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO3562.92222135,8112,4952,4953,316
AFL-CIO v. National10100.0105501,0801,0803906900
AFL-CIO v. Local3881.631191277,7335,1162,5192,5972,617
National v. Local875.063321,193950117833243
Local v. Local10100.0101009089089080
2-union elections10178.279468252216,72510,5495,4048074,3386,176
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO1100.01108585850
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. Local1100.0110081818100
AFL-CIO v. National v. Local1100.011000150150150000
3 (or more)-union elections3100.033000316316316000
Total representation elections3,48048.21,6771,469661421,803236,016101,64684,8566,76610,024134,370
B. Elections in RC cases
AFL-CIO2,65648.61,2901,2901,366178,98970,61070,610108,379
Other national unions8166.75454278,6015,7195,7192,882
Other local unions19656.61111118511,7925,3195,3196,473
1-union elections2,93349.61,4551,290541111,478199,38281,64870,6105,7195,319117,734
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO3265.62121115,6272,3232,3233,304
AFL-CIO v. National10100.0105501,0801,0803906900
AFL-CIO v. Local3585.730181257,1684,8952,2982,5972,273
National v. Local875.063321,193950117833243
Local v. Local9100.09908818818810
2-union elections9480.976448241815,94910,1295,0118074,3115,820
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. Local1100.0110081818100
AFL-CIO v. National v. Local1100.011000150150150000
3 (or more)-union elections2100.022000231231231000
Total RC elections3,02950.61,5331,336621351,496215,56292,00875,8526,5269,630123,554
C. Elections in RM cases
AFL-CIO4037.51515251,7741,0651,065709
Other National unions1100.01104040400
Other local unions10.0001280028
1-union elections4238.1161510261,8421,1051,065400737
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO333.311218417217212
AFL-CIO v. Local10.000011100011
2-union elections425.0110031951721720023
Total RM elections4637.0171610292,0371,2771,237400760
D. Elections in RD cases
AFL-CIO37031.111511525515,9707,4617,4618,509
Other national unions837.5335547200200347
Other local unions2326.166171,234367367867
1-union elections40130.91241153627717,7518,0287,4612003679,723
AFL-CIO v. Local250.011015542212210333
Local v. Local1100.01102727270
2-union elections366.721011581248221027333
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO1100.01108585850
3-union elections1100.011000858585000
Total RD elections40531.41271173727818,4178,3617,76720039410,056

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  1. 1 See Glossary of terms for definitions.
  2. 2 Includes each unit in which a choice regarding collective-bargaining agent was made; for example, there may have been more than one election in a single case, or several cases may have been involved in one election unit.

388 of 388 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.

Reader’s notes

p. 146. The crop ends in the middle of panel B: the last printed row on this image is "AFL-CIO v. National" of section B, and the table continues on the following page, so no footnote texts are visible here (the caption carries marker 1 and the "Total elections" heading carries marker 2, but their texts are printed elsewhere). The two centred section lines "A. All representation elections" and "B. Elections in RC cases" span the full table width and carry no values. All em-dash rule cells ("——") are rendered as empty strings; printed zeros are kept as 0. Scan speckle leaves small stray marks in a few cells (e.g. a dot beside "13,054" in the Employees-eligible Total column, and a faint mark in the "Other local unions" cell of the "AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO" row, which I read as a dash rule); neither changes the values. All internal sums and percentages I checked are internally consistent with the printed totals.

p. 147. Continuation page ("—Continued"): the body opens mid-way through part B (elections in RC cases) with no part heading printed above the first row, and it runs off the bottom edge of the crop — part D continues past the last transcribed row ("Other local unions") on the following page. No footnote text is printed on this crop, although markers appear (^1 on the caption, ^2 on "Total elections"). The lines "C. Elections in RM cases" and "D. Elections in RD cases" are printed centred across the data columns rather than in the stub; they are recorded as label-only rows with empty value cells. Throughout the table "none" is set as an em-dash rule (——); per instruction every such cell is transcribed as "". Blank cells and dash-rule cells are therefore indistinguishable in the grid. Specifically, in "Local v. Local" the "Other national unions" cells (both in the Elections-won group and the In-units-won-by group) look blank rather than dash-ruled, and in the final row ("Other local unions", part D) the "AFL-CIO unions" cell under Elections won by unions is faint/clipped at the bottom edge where a dash rule would be expected; all are recorded as "". Stray ink marks, treated as noise and not transcribed: an apostrophe-like mark after "50.6" in the "Total RC elections" percent-won cell; a dot before "2" in the "AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO" (part C) elections-with-no-representative cell; dots near the zeros in the "3 (or more)-union elections" and "2-union elections" (part C) rows. Row-label capitalisation is kept as printed: part C has "Other National unions" (capital N) while part D has "Other national unions" (lowercase n). All internal arithmetic checks on the transcribed values are consistent (component wins sum to total won, elections won plus no-representative equal total elections, and employee subtotals sum correctly), which supports the column assignments.

p. 148. This crop is a continuation page ("—Continued") of Table 13; the section heading that identifies these rows as RD elections appears on an earlier page, so the body begins directly with "1-union elections". Column headings are printed on this page and are transcribed above. Doubtful cells: (a) row "1-union elections", column "Percent won" — the scan shows "30 9" with the decimal point dropped out; read as 30.9 on the strength of the column's other entries (50.0, 100.0, 66.7, 100.0, 31.4) and because 124/401 = 30.9 percent. (b) Row "AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO", column "Employees eligible to vote / In elections won" — printed as ".85" with a stray speck before the digits; read as 85, matching the row's Total of 85 and the "3-union elections" subtotal. (c) Row "1-union elections", column "Other local unions" under "In units won by" — a stray apostrophe-like mark sits in the rule between the "Other national unions" (200) and "Other local unions" (367) cells; it is dirt, not a digit or a footnote marker. Several cells are printed as an em-dash rule ("——") rather than a figure; these are rendered as empty strings, per instruction. They occur in the "AFL-CIO v. Local", "Local v. Local" and "AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO" rows. No misprints detected: every subtotal and the "Total RD elections" line add correctly down the columns (401+3+1=405; 17,751+581+85=18,417; 9,723+333+0=10,056), and within each row the union-type detail sums to the "Total won" and "In elections won" figures.

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Source page 146 of NLRB FY1997 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1997, p. 146.
Source page 147 of NLRB FY1997 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1997, p. 147.
Source page 148 of NLRB FY1997 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1997, p. 148.

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.