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Final Outcome of Representation Elections in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 2003
Stitched from pp. 169–171.
| Participating unions | Total elections | Elections won by unions | Elections in which no representative chosen | Employees eligible to vote | In elections where no representative chosen | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participating unions | Total elections | Percent won | Total won | AFL-CIO unions | Other national unions | Other local unions | Elections in which no representative chosen | Total | In elections won | In units won by | In elections where no representative chosen | ||
| Participating unions | Total elections | Percent won | Total won | AFL-CIO unions | Other national unions | Other local unions | Elections in which no representative chosen | Total | In elections won | AFL-CIO unions | Other national unions | Other local unions | In elections where no representative chosen |
| A. All representation elections | |||||||||||||
| AFL-CIO | 2,583 | 51.3 | 1,324 | 1,315 | 9 | 1,259 | 165,920 | 66,910 | 66,595 | 315 | 99,010 | ||
| Other local unions | 121 | 62.8 | 76 | 1 | 75 | 45 | 9,485 | 5,015 | 653 | 4,362 | 4,470 | ||
| Other national unions | 93 | 62.4 | 58 | 58 | 35 | 6,091 | 2,724 | 2,724 | 3,367 | ||||
| 1-union elections | 2,797 | 52.1 | 1,458 | 1,315 | 68 | 75 | 1,339 | 181,496 | 74,649 | 66,595 | 3,692 | 4,362 | 106,847 |
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO | 66 | 78.8 | 52 | 52 | 14 | 5,384 | 3,935 | 3,935 | 1,449 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. Local | 34 | 88.2 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6,205 | 5,626 | 1,778 | 16 | 3,832 | 579 |
| AFL-CIO v. National | 9 | 88.9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 530 | 347 | 194 | 153 | 183 | ||
| Local v. Local | 9 | 100.0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1,963 | 1,963 | 1,963 | 0 | ||||
| National v. Local | 5 | 100.0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 342 | 342 | 97 | 245 | 0 | ||
| National v. National | 14 | 100.0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 481 | 481 | 481 | 0 | ||||
| 2-union elections | 137 | 86.1 | 118 | 76 | 18 | 24 | 19 | 14,905 | 12,694 | 5,907 | 747 | 6,040 | 2,211 |
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. National | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 0 | 0 | ||
| National v. Local v. Local | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 3 (or more)-union elections | 3 | 100.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 156 | 156 | 130 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Total representation elections | 2,937 | 53.8 | 1,579 | 1,393 | 86 | 100 | 1,358 | 196,557 | 87,499 | 72,632 | 4,439 | 10,428 | 109,058 |
| B. Elections in RC cases | |||||||||||||
| AFL-CIO | 2,135 | 54.8 | 1,169 | 1,164 | 5 | 966 | 136,888 | 55,627 | 55,551 | 76 | 81,261 | ||
| Other local unions | 112 | 63.4 | 71 | 1 | 70 | 41 | 8,932 | 4,528 | 653 | 3,875 | 4,404 | ||
| Other national unions | 80 | 63.8 | 51 | 51 | 29 | 5,532 | 2,302 | 2,302 | 3,230 | ||||
| 1-union elections | 2,327 | 55.5 | 1,291 | 1,164 | 57 | 70 | 1,036 | 151,352 | 62,457 | 55,551 | 3,031 | 3,875 | 88,895 |
| National v. Local | 5 | 100.0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 342 | 342 | 97 | 245 | 0 | ||
| Local v. Local | 8 | 100.0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1,921 | 1,921 | 1,921 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO | 59 | 81.4 | 48 | 48 | 11 | 4,848 | 3,641 | 3,641 | 1,207 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. Local | 32 | 90.6 | 29 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5,832 | 5,483 | 1,635 | 16 | 3,832 | 349 |
| AFL-CIO v. National | 9 | 88.9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 530 | 347 | 194 | 153 | 183 | ||
| National v. National | 14 | 100.0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 481 | 481 | 481 | 0 | ||||
| 2-union elections | 127 | 88.2 | 112 | 71 | 18 | 23 | 15 | 13,954 | 12,215 | 5,470 | 747 | 5,998 | 1,739 |
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. National | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 0 | 0 | ||
| National v. Local v. Local | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 3 (or more)-union elections | 3 | 100.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 156 | 156 | 130 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Total RC elections | 2,457 | 57.2 | 1,406 | 1,237 | 75 | 94 | 1,051 | 165,462 | 74,828 | 61,151 | 3,778 | 9,899 | 90,634 |
| C. Elections in RM cases | |||||||||||||
| Other national unions | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Other local unions | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 383 | 383 | 383 | 0 | ||||
| AFL-CIO | 53 | 32.1 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 36 | 1,827 | 781 | 704 | 77 | 1,046 | ||
| 1-union elections | 56 | 35.7 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 2,220 | 1,174 | 704 | 87 | 383 | 1,046 |
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 115 | 45 | 45 | 70 | ||||
| Local v. Local | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 0 | ||||
| 2-union elections | 3 | 66.7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 157 | 87 | 45 | 0 | 42 | 70 |
| Total RM elections | 59 | 37.3 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 2,377 | 1,261 | 749 | 87 | 425 | 1,116 |
| D. Elections in RD cases | |||||||||||||
| Other local unions | 7 | 42.9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 170 | 104 | 104 | 66 | ||||
| Other national unions | 12 | 50.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 549 | 412 | 412 | 137 | ||||
| AFL-CIO | 395 | 34.9 | 138 | 135 | 3 | 257 | 27,205 | 10,502 | 10,340 | 162 | 16,703 | ||
| 1-union elections | 414 | 35.5 | 147 | 135 | 9 | 3 | 267 | 27,924 | 11,018 | 10,340 | 574 | 104 | 16,906 |
| AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO | 5 | 60.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 421 | 249 | 249 | 172 | ||||
| AFL-CIO v. Local | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 373 | 143 | 143 | 0 | 230 | ||
| 2-union elections | 7 | 57.1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 794 | 392 | 392 | 0 | 0 | 402 |
| Total RD elections | 421 | 35.9 | 151 | 139 | 9 | 3 | 270 | 28,718 | 11,410 | 10,732 | 574 | 104 | 17,308 |
- 1 See Glossary of terms for definitions.
424 of 424 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.
Reader’s notes
p. 169. 14 columns: stub, "Total elections", five "Elections won by unions" columns, "Elections in which no representative chosen", five "Employees eligible to vote" columns, and "In elections where no representative chosen". Dash cells: many cells contain a short printed double-hyphen dash ("--"), used in this table to mean "none/not applicable" and visually distinct from the printed "0" that also occurs. Following the rule that a cell holding only a dash is empty, these are transcribed as "". Printed zeros are kept as "0". Cells so converted are: AFL-CIO row (Other local unions won; In units won by Other local unions); Other local unions row (AFL-CIO unions won; In units won by AFL-CIO unions); Other national unions row (AFL-CIO unions won; Other local unions won; In units won by AFL-CIO unions; In units won by Other local unions); AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO row (Other national, Other local won; In units won by Other national, Other local); AFL-CIO v. National row (Other local won; In units won by Other local); Local v. Local row (AFL-CIO, Other national won; In units won by AFL-CIO, Other national); National v. Local row (AFL-CIO won; In units won by AFL-CIO); National v. National row (AFL-CIO, Other local won; In units won by AFL-CIO, Other local); AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO row (Other national, Other local won; In units won by Other national, Other local); AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. National row (Other local won; In units won by Other local); National v. Local v. Local row (AFL-CIO won; In units won by AFL-CIO). No cell in the body is truly blank. The centered line "A. All representation elections" is a section head spanning the table, transcribed as a label-only row; the crop ends immediately after the "Total representation elections" line, so any further sections (e.g., a part B) and the footnote texts for markers 1 and 2 are not on this image. The marker 1 sits on the caption (omitted per instructions) and marker 2 on the "Total elections" heading. The label "AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO" is printed on two lines and joined here. All printed row and column totals cross-foot correctly (e.g., 2,797 + 137 + 3 = 2,937; 181,496 + 14,905 + 156 = 196,557), so no misprints are suspected.
p. 170. 14 columns. Dash convention: many cells are printed with a short double dash "--" (meaning no entry), which I have rendered as "" per the blank/dash rule; note that the table also prints explicit zeros ("0") in other cells, and that distinction is therefore lost in this grid. Cells printed as "--": AFL-CIO (Other local unions; In units won by - Other local unions); Other local unions (AFL-CIO unions won; In units won by - AFL-CIO unions); Other national unions (AFL-CIO unions won; Other local unions won; In units won by - AFL-CIO unions; In units won by - Other local unions); National v. Local (AFL-CIO unions won; In units won by - AFL-CIO unions); Local v. Local (AFL-CIO unions won; Other national unions won; In units won by - AFL-CIO unions; In units won by - Other national unions); AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO (Other national unions won; Other local unions won; In units won by - Other national unions; In units won by - Other local unions); AFL-CIO v. National (Other local unions won; In units won by - Other local unions); National v. National (AFL-CIO unions won; In units won by - AFL-CIO unions; In units won by - Other local unions); AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO (Other national unions won; Other local unions won; In units won by - Other national unions; In units won by - Other local unions); AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. National (Other local unions won; In units won by - Other local unions); National v. Local v. Local (AFL-CIO unions won; In units won by - AFL-CIO unions). This crop is a continuation page carrying only panel "B. Elections in RC cases"; panel A is on the preceding page. No footnote text is printed on this crop, although footnote markers appear in the caption ("Fiscal Year 2003^1", caption excluded per instructions) and in the column heading "Total elections^2". Headings reconstructed from hyphenated line breaks: "Elec-tions in which no rep-resenta-tive chosen" and "In elections where no represent a-tive chosen" (the latter is printed with a stray space before the broken "a-tive"). The row label "AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO" wraps onto two printed lines and has been joined. All internal arithmetic was checked and is consistent: component columns sum to their totals, the three subtotal rows sum to "Total RC elections", and every "Percent won" matches Total won / Total elections. No suspected misprints.
p. 171. Continuation page: no column headings are printed on this crop, so header_rows is empty. The grid has 14 columns (stub + 13 value columns), counted from the column rules and confirmed by the data. Many cells print a double-hyphen dash ("--") rather than a figure; following the rule that a dash-rule cell is empty, these are transcribed as "". They are distinct in the image from the cells that print an actual 0, which are kept as "0". If the dash needs to be preserved as a distinct symbol, those cells are: section C, "Other national unions" cols 4, 6, 10, 12; "Other local unions" cols 4, 5, 10, 11; "AFL-CIO" col 6, col 12; "AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO" cols 5, 6, 11, 12; "Local v. Local" cols 4, 5, 10, 11; section D, "Other local unions" cols 4, 5, 10, 11; "Other national unions" cols 4, 6, 10, 12; "AFL-CIO" col 6, col 12; "AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO" cols 5, 6, 11, 12; "AFL-CIO v. Local" cols 5, 11 (column numbering counts the stub as column 0). The footnote at the foot of the page is clipped by the bottom edge of the crop: only the upper halves of the letters are visible, so the wording "See Glossary of terms for definitions." is read from partial letterforms and is the least certain item in this transcription. The footnote marker 1 appears in the caption (on "2003"), which is excluded per instructions. Internal checks: every subtotal ("1-union elections", "2-union elections") and both total rows add exactly from their component rows in all 13 value columns, and the percentage column matches each row's ratio, so column assignment is well supported. No printed value appears to be a misprint.
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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.