NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1999 › Industrial Distribution of Representation Elections Held in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1999
Stitched from pp. 155–156.
| Division and State | Total elections | Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions | Number of elections in which no representative was chosen | Number of employees eligible to vote | Total valid votes cast | Valid votes cast for unions | Total votes for no union | Eligible employees in units choosing representation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division and State | Total elections | Total | AFL–CIO unions | Other national unions | Other local unions | Number of elections in which no representative was chosen | Number of employees eligible to vote | Total valid votes cast | Total | AFL-CIO unions | Other national unions | Other local unions | Total votes for no union | Eligible employees in units choosing representation |
| Food and kindred products | 134 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 10,582 | 9,217 | 4,708 | 4,421 | 211 | 76 | 4,509 | 5,083 |
| Tobacco manufacturers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Textile mill products | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 492 | 464 | 237 | 237 | 0 | 0 | 227 | 234 |
| Apparel and other finished products made from fabric and similar materials | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1,412 | 1,184 | 512 | 338 | 0 | 174 | 672 | 522 |
| Lumber and wood products (except furniture) | 52 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 5,226 | 4,812 | 2,227 | 2,035 | 181 | 11 | 2,585 | 2,232 |
| Furniture and fixtures | 23 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2,080 | 1,965 | 635 | 635 | 0 | 0 | 1,330 | 158 |
| Paper and allied products | 32 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 2,950 | 2,768 | 1,296 | 1,033 | 0 | 263 | 1,472 | 1,263 |
| Printing, publishing, and allied products | 48 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 3,629 | 3,301 | 1,390 | 1,333 | 0 | 57 | 1,911 | 810 |
| Chemicals and allied products | 73 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 5,261 | 4,758 | 1,853 | 1,644 | 53 | 156 | 2,905 | 1,024 |
| Petroleum refining and related industries | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 158 | 149 | 77 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 91 |
| Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products | 37 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4,400 | 4,034 | 1,701 | 1,543 | 158 | 0 | 2,333 | 1,483 |
| Leather and leather products | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 147 | 146 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 0 |
| Stone, clay, glass, and concrete products | 74 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 5,579 | 5,115 | 2,394 | 2,265 | 106 | 23 | 2,721 | 1,186 |
| Primary metal industries | 89 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 8,959 | 8,414 | 3,843 | 3,377 | 65 | 401 | 4,571 | 2,868 |
| Fabricated metal products (except machinery and transportation equipment) | 93 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 9,424 | 8,862 | 4,239 | 4,084 | 155 | 0 | 4,623 | 4,823 |
| Machinery (except electrical) | 75 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 9,291 | 8,591 | 4,060 | 3,476 | 122 | 462 | 4,531 | 3,380 |
| Electrical and electronic machinery, equipment, and supplies | 34 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3,138 | 2,769 | 1,266 | 1,236 | 0 | 30 | 1,503 | 1,145 |
| Aircraft and parts | 72 | 32 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 10,637 | 9,713 | 4,904 | 4,341 | 7 | 556 | 4,809 | 5,119 |
| Ship and boat building and repairing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 211 | 103 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 0 |
| Automotive and other transportation equipment | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 360 | 320 | 115 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 205 | 14 |
| Measuring, analyzing, and controlling instruments; photographic, medical, and optical goods; watches and clocks | 19 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 774 | 673 | 338 | 280 | 0 | 58 | 335 | 236 |
| Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 33 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 2,986 | 2,779 | 1,069 | 917 | 129 | 23 | 1,710 | 270 |
| Manufacturing | 919 | 345 | 318 | 6 | 21 | 574 | 87,696 | 80,137 | 36,913 | 33,436 | 1,187 | 2,290 | 43,224 | 31,941 |
| Metal mining | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,481 | 1,231 | 499 | 499 | 0 | 0 | 732 | 22 |
| Coal mining | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 127 | 120 | 79 | 11 | 68 | 0 | 41 | 67 |
| Oil and gas extraction | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 362 | 347 | 159 | 157 | 0 | 2 | 188 | 30 |
| Mining and quarrying of nonmetallic minerals (except fuels) | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 246 | 230 | 103 | 60 | 43 | 0 | 127 | 148 |
| Mining | 25 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2,216 | 1,928 | 840 | 727 | 111 | 2 | 1,088 | 267 |
| Construction | 298 | 140 | 133 | 3 | 4 | 158 | 7,582 | 6,440 | 3,256 | 3,159 | 57 | 40 | 3,184 | 3,134 |
| Wholesale trade | 189 | 85 | 81 | 1 | 3 | 104 | 11,425 | 10,581 | 4,185 | 4,053 | 45 | 87 | 6,396 | 2,432 |
| Retail trade | 213 | 102 | 94 | 1 | 7 | 111 | 9,468 | 7,815 | 3,715 | 3,277 | 43 | 395 | 4,100 | 4,080 |
| Finance, insurance, and real estate | 45 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1,417 | 1,273 | 611 | 530 | 0 | 81 | 662 | 490 |
| U.S. Postal Service | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 321 | 257 | 144 | 90 | 0 | 54 | 113 | 198 |
| Local and suburban transit and interurban highway passenger transportation | 124 | 71 | 64 | 1 | 6 | 53 | 8,670 | 6,779 | 3,639 | 3,140 | 76 | 423 | 3,140 | 4,834 |
| Motor freight transportation and warehousing | 270 | 128 | 121 | 3 | 4 | 142 | 10,604 | 9,308 | 4,677 | 4,468 | 89 | 120 | 4,631 | 4,881 |
| Water transportation | 19 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 691 | 606 | 325 | 249 | 24 | 52 | 281 | 268 |
| Other transportation | 62 | 34 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 3,129 | 2,625 | 1,369 | 946 | 0 | 423 | 1,256 | 1,391 |
| Communication | 82 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 3,709 | 3,359 | 1,559 | 1,546 | 0 | 13 | 1,800 | 1,425 |
| Electric, gas, and sanitary services | 137 | 78 | 75 | 1 | 2 | 59 | 6,767 | 6,054 | 3,140 | 2,776 | 26 | 338 | 2,914 | 3,172 |
| Transportation, communication, and other utilities | 694 | 361 | 337 | 5 | 19 | 333 | 33,570 | 28,731 | 14,709 | 13,125 | 215 | 1,369 | 14,022 | 15,971 |
| Hotels, rooming houses, camps, and other lodging places | 49 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2,988 | 2,537 | 1,191 | 1,116 | 0 | 75 | 1,346 | 1,359 |
| Personal services | 45 | 28 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 5,743 | 4,384 | 3,702 | 3,293 | 0 | 409 | 682 | 5,221 |
| Automotive repair, services, and garages | 55 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 1,927 | 1,511 | 732 | 680 | 0 | 52 | 779 | 728 |
| Motion pictures | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 429 | 292 | 114 | 103 | 0 | 11 | 178 | 190 |
| Amusement and recreation services (except motion pictures) | 45 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1,648 | 1,362 | 730 | 691 | 12 | 27 | 632 | 682 |
| Health services | 517 | 333 | 274 | 11 | 48 | 184 | 51,234 | 43,254 | 24,080 | 20,670 | 328 | 3,082 | 19,174 | 31,419 |
| Educational services | 45 | 33 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 2,184 | 1,874 | 1,190 | 779 | 10 | 401 | 684 | 1,475 |
| Membership organizations | 48 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 1,511 | 1,253 | 602 | 492 | 0 | 110 | 651 | 754 |
| Business services | 239 | 141 | 92 | 12 | 37 | 98 | 12,257 | 9,749 | 5,668 | 3,771 | 370 | 1,527 | 4,081 | 6,661 |
558 of 586 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.
p. 155. 15 columns, two heading levels. No footnote text is printed on this crop: the stub heading carries a raised "1" marker ("Division and State^1") whose text must appear on a later page of the table. The stub heading itself reads "Division and State" although every row on this page is an industry group, not a division or state; that appears to be a typesetting carryover from the preceding geographic table, and it is transcribed as printed. The first heading group prints "AFL–CIO unions" with an en dash while the "Valid votes cast for unions" group prints "AFL-CIO unions" with a hyphen; both are transcribed as seen. The crop ends just below the "Manufacturing" subtotal rule, so the table continues (nonmanufacturing divisions and the grand total) on following pages. All 14 numeric columns were checked: each sums exactly to the printed "Manufacturing" subtotal, so no misprints are suspected. The indented "Manufacturing" line is a subtotal row, not a section label.
p. 156. 15 columns. The crop is a "—Continued" page of Table 16, so the column headings are reprinted here and are transcribed; the caption and the page number (top left, partly cut off) are omitted. The stub heading carries a superscript footnote marker ("Division and State^1"), but no footnote text is printed within the crop — the table body runs to the bottom edge, ending at "Business services", and the remainder of the table plus any footnote block continues below the crop. Hence `footnotes` is empty. Horizontal rules in the body mark industry groupings: the "Mining" line (after "Mining and quarrying of nonmetallic minerals (except fuels)") and the "Transportation, communication, and other utilities" line are group subtotal rows, set with a leading indent, and are transcribed as ordinary rows. In the first column group the AFL-CIO subhead appears to be set with an en dash ("AFL–CIO") and in the second group with a hyphen ("AFL-CIO"); both are written with a plain hyphen for consistency. Two apparent coincidences in the "Local and suburban transit and interurban highway passenger transportation" row were checked against the row's internal arithmetic and are as printed: "Valid votes cast for unions — AFL-CIO unions" is 3,140 and "Total votes for no union" is also 3,140 (3,140+76+423=3,639 and 3,639+3,140=6,779). All 26 rows were cross-checked for internal consistency (elections won + none chosen = total elections; union subtypes = union total; union votes + no-union votes = total valid votes cast) and every row balances; no misprints detected.
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.