NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1997 › Valid votes cast in representation elections in cases closed
| Participating unions | Total valid votes cast | Valid votes cast in elections won | Valid votes cast in elections lost | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participating unions | Total valid votes cast | Total | Votes for unions | Total | Votes for unions | Votes for no union | |||
| Participating unions | Total valid votes cast | Total | AFL-CIO unions | Other national unions | Other local unions | Total | AFL-CIO unions | Other national or local unions | Votes for no union |
| AFL-CIO v. Local | 5,784 | 3,504 | 1,828 | 1,786 | 149 | 568 | 401 | 1,453 | |
| National v. Local | 728 | 480 | 189 | 291 | 19 | 98 | 40 | 131 | |
| Local v. Local | 542 | 512 | 512 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2-union elections | 12,417 | 6,842 | 3,636 | 2,589 | 371 | 1,725 | 1,460 | 3,479 | |
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO | 79 | 79 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. Local | 132 | 132 | 83 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 (or more)-union elections | 211 | 211 | 162 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total RC elections | 187,290 | 53,302 | 43,642 | 3,888 | 5,772 | 23,884 | 36,866 | 33,867 | 73,298 |
| C. Elections in RM cases | |||||||||
| AFL-CIO | 1,510 | 627 | 627 | 347 | 144 | 392 | |||
| Other national unions | 37 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Other local unions | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 1-union elections | 1,570 | 650 | 627 | 23 | 0 | 361 | 148 | 4 | 411 |
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO | 139 | 134 | 134 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| AFL-CIO v. Local | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||
| 2-union elections | 148 | 134 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Total RM elections | 1,718 | 784 | 761 | 23 | 0 | 362 | 152 | 4 | 420 |
| D. Elections in RD cases | |||||||||
| AFL-CIO | 14,094 | 4,318 | 4,318 | 2,356 | 2,401 | 5,019 | |||
| Other national unions | 455 | 129 | 129 | 70 | 179 | ||||
| Other local unions | 1,024 | 208 | 208 | 92 | 183 | 183 | 541 | ||
| 1-union elections | 15,573 | 4,655 | 4,318 | 129 | 208 | 2,519 | 2,660 | 183 | 5,739 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.