NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1998 › Industrial distribution of representation elections held in cases closed
Industrial distribution of representation elections held in cases closed
| Food and kindred products | 187 | 88 | 86 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 15,013 | 13,243 | 6,421 | 5,951 | 0 | 470 | 6,822 | 5,483 0 |
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| Tobacco manufacturers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Textile mill products | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 816 | 796 | 339 | 150 | 58 | 131 | 457 | 166 |
| Apparel and other finished products made from fabric and similar materials | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1,029 | 952 | 373 | 373 | 0 | 0 | 579 | 124 |
| Lumber and wood products (except furniture) | 42 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3,309 | 3,095 | 1,339 | 1,006 | 319 | 14 | 1,756 | 851 |
| Fumiture and fixtures | 32 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 2,703 | 2,403 | 1,056 | 918 | 0 | 138 | 1,347 | 742 |
| Paper and allied products | 44 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2,910 | 2,736 | 1,067 | 1,042 | 0 | 25 | 1,669 | 486 |
| Printing, publishing, and allied products | 49 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3,228 | 2,916 | 1,281 | 1,157 | 5 | 119 | 1,635 | 462 |
| Chemicals and allied products | 61 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 3,461 | 3,172 | 1,329 | 1,238 | 0 | 91 | 1,843 | 917 |
| Petroleum refining and related industries | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 714 | 660 | 294 | 294 | 0 | 0 | 366 | 131 |
| Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products | 47 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 6,351 | 5,982 | 2,485 | 2,117 | 73 | 295 | 3,497 | 885 |
| Leather and leather products | . 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | . 25 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Stone, clay, glass, and concrete products | 73 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 7,397 | 6,791 | 2,859 | 2,838 | 21 | 0 | 3,932 | 1,808 |
| Primary metal industries | 90 | 46 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 7,423 | 6,897 | 3,415 | 3,180 | 117 | 118 | 3,482 | 2,761 |
| Fabricated metal products (except machinery and | ||||||||||||||
| transportation equipment) | 109 | 40 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 9,522 | 8,844 | 4,280 | 4,218 | 3 | 59 | 4,564 | 4,496 |
| Machinery (except electrical) | 90 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 11,273 | 10,200 | 4,177 | 3,497 | 563 | 117 | 6,023 | 3,244 |
| Electrical and electronic machinery, equipment, and supplies | 35 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5,729 | 5,224 | 2,290 | 1,855 | 2 | 433 | 2 934 | 2,634 |
| Aircraft and parts | 73 | 39 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 15,832 | 12,348 | 5,410 | 4,080 | 123 | 1,207 | 6,938 | 2,348 |
| Ship and boat building and repairing | II | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 598 | 480 | 152 | 132 | 8 | 12 | 328 | 13 |
| Automotive and other transportation equipment | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2,351 | 2,264 | 916 | 892 | 24 | 0 | 1,348 | 370 |
| Measuring, analyzing, and controlling instruments, photographic, medical, and optical goods, watches | ||||||||||||||
| and clocks | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1,471 | 1,337 | 583 | 583 | 0 | 0 | 754 | 267 |
| Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 36 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1,636 | 1,561 | 698 | 696 | 0 | 2 | 863 | 713 |
| Manufacturing . | 1,045 | 426 | 396 | II | 19 | 619 | 102,842 | 91,948 | 40,775 | 36,228 | 1,316 | 3,231 | 51,173 | 28,901 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.