NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1998 › Union-shop deauthorization polls in cases closed
Union-shop deauthorization polls in cases closed
| Affiliation of union holding union-shop contract | Number of polls — Total | Number of polls — Resulting in deauthorization — Number | Number of polls — Resulting in deauthorization — Percent of total | Number of polls — Resulting in continued authorization — Number | Number of polls — Resulting in continued authorization — Percent of total | Employees involved (number eligible to vote) — Total eligible | Employees involved — In polls — Resulting in deauthorization — Number | Employees involved — In polls — Resulting in deauthorization — Percent of total | Employees involved — In polls — Resulting in continued authorization — Number | Employees involved — In polls — Resulting in continued authorization — Percent of total | Valid votes cast — Total | Valid votes cast — Percent of total eligible | Valid votes cast — Cast for deauthorization — Number | Valid votes cast — Cast for deauthorization — Percent of total eligible |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 45 | 18 | 40 | 27 | 60 | 3,368 | 913 | 27.1 | 2,455 | 72.9 | 2,535 | 75.3 | 725 | 21.5 |
| AFL-CIO unions | 42 | 16 | 38.1 | 26 | 61.9 | 3,075 | 718 | 23.3 | 3,357 | 76.7 | 2,358 | 76.7 | 581 | 18.9 |
| Other national unions | 1 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 138 | 138 | 100 | 0 | 104 | 75.4 | 104 | 75.4 | ||
| Other local unions | 2 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 50 | 155 | 57 | 36.8 | 98 | 63.2 | 73 | 47.1 | 40 | 25.8 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.