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Valid Votes Cast in Representation Elections, by Final Results of Election, in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 2003

printed as Table 14 · source pages 172–174 · nlrb2003_p0172_t0

Stitched from pp. 172–174.

Participating unionsTotal valid votes castValid votes cast in elections wonValid votes cast in elections lost
Participating unionsTotal valid votes castVotes for unionsTotal votes for no unionVotes for unionsTotal votes for no union
Participating unionsTotal valid votes castTotalAFL-CIO unionsOther national unionsOther local unionsTotal votes for no unionTotalAFL-CIO unionsOther national unionsOther local unionsTotal votes for no union
A. All representation elections
AFL-CIO143,39438,97738,97716,90730,81030,81056,700
Other local unions7,3492,6262,6268431,2871,2872,593
Other national unions5,1301,5041,5046479759752,004
1-union elections155,87343,10738,9771,5042,62618,39733,07230,8109751,28761,297
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO4,2282,4482,448219807807754
AFL-CIO v. Local4,1423,5431,8121,7311493667728984
AFL-CIO v. National414262116146225857172
Local v. Local1,3841,3551,35529000
National v. Local27727611715910000
National v. National36734834819000
2-union elections10,8128,2324,3766113,2454391,2319411289910
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO2020200000
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. National9364622290000
National v. Local v. Local111101100000
3 (or more)-union elections12495822112900000
Total representation elections166,80951,43443,4352,1175,88218,86534,30331,7519761,57662,207
B. Elections in RC cases
AFL-CIO119,04932,69932,69913,81425,70525,70546,831
Other local unions6,8492,3142,3147071,2741,2742,554
Other national unions4,6401,2851,2854969239231,936
1-union elections130,53836,29832,6991,2852,31415,01727,90225,7059231,27451,321
National v. Local277276011715910
Local v. Local1,3421,314001,314280
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO3,8162,3012,301170732732613
AFL-CIO v. Local3,8563,4321,7451,6871412077613176
AFL-CIO v. National414262116146225857172
National v. National36734803480190
2-union elections10,0727,9334,1626113,1603819978651131761
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO2020200000
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. National93646220290
National v. Local v. Local1111001100
3 (or more)-union elections12495822112900000
Total RC elections140,73444,32636,9431,8985,48515,42728,89926,5709241,40552,082
C. Elections in RM cases
Other national unions1010010000
Other local unions348240002401080
AFL-CIO1,494426426187253253628
1-union elections1,8526764261024029525325300628
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO1004141059590
Local v. Local4241004110
2-union elections142824104115959000
Total RM elections1,9947584671028129631231200628
D. Elections in RD cases
Other local unions152727228131339
Other national unions480209209151525268
AFL-CIO22,8515,8525,8522,9064,8524,8529,241
1-union elections23,4836,1335,852209723,0854,9174,85252139,348
AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO312106106491616141
AFL-CIO v. Local2861116744815911588
2-union elections59821717304457175170158149
Total RD elections24,0816,3506,0252091163,1425,0924,869521719,497

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334 of 334 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.

Reader’s notes

p. 172. Eleven value columns plus the stub (12 cells per row). The top heading band splits into "Valid votes cast in elections won" (spanning the won Total/AFL-CIO/Other national/Other local plus that group's "Total votes for no union") and "Valid votes cast in elections lost" (same five columns); "Votes for unions" spans only the four union columns in each band. Dash cells: the body prints a short double-dash rule ("--") in many cells, distinct from a printed "0". Following the instruction that a cell holding only a dash rule is empty, every "--" has been transcribed as "". The printed zeros are kept as "0", so the two can still be told apart in the grid. The crop is cut off after the "1-union elections" subtotal of panel B; section B continues (2-union elections, totals, and further sections) on the following page, and no footnote text is visible on this image even though the caption carries a superscript 1 marker. For that reason `footnotes` is empty. Row 13's label is printed on two lines ("AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v." / "AFL-CIO") and has been joined into one label. Section lines A and B are label-only rows. All printed subtotals and totals were checked and are internally consistent (row sums across the won/no-union/lost columns equal the "Total valid votes cast" entries, and the 1-union / 2-union / 3-or-more subtotals add to "Total representation elections"); no misprints were found.

p. 173. The crop is a continuation page ("—Continued" in the caption): it begins mid-section, in the 2-union block of the RC-election section (part B of the table), so the rows preceding "National v. Local" and the section headings A/B are on the earlier page. The caption carries a raised footnote marker 1, but no footnote text is printed under the table on this page, so `footnotes` is empty. Twelve printed columns (stub plus eleven). Many cells hold a short double-dash rule ("--") rather than a figure; per the instructions these are transcribed as empty strings. They appear in the "elections lost" columns for rows whose losing side is not applicable, and in a few "elections won" columns (AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO, AFL-CIO v. Local, AFL-CIO v. National, and the RM rows AFL-CIO and AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO). Printed zeros are kept as 0 and are distinguishable from the dash rules in the scan. The label "AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO" wraps onto two printed lines and is joined here into one row. "C. Elections in RM cases" is a centered section line spanning the table width and carries no values. All printed figures are internally consistent as arithmetic checks (component columns sum to their Totals, and detail rows sum to the 1-union/2-union/3-union subtotals and to Total RM elections), so no misprints are suspected. The one apparent gap — the six detail rows summing to the "2-union elections" line (10,072) while "Total RC elections" is 140,734 — is explained by the rows carried over from the previous page, not by an error.

p. 174. The crop is a continuation page: it carries the full column headings but the body begins directly at panel section \"D. Elections in RD cases\" (sections A-C are on earlier pages). Column count is 12: stub, \"Total valid votes cast\", then two five-column blocks (elections won, elections lost), each made of a four-column \"Votes for unions\" group plus a \"Total votes for no union\" column.\n\nMany data cells print a short double-dash placeholder (\"--\") meaning no votes in that category; following the rule for dash-only cells these are transcribed as \"\". Note the table distinguishes these from printed zeros: the \"2-union elections\" row genuinely prints \"0\" in both \"Other national unions\" columns, and those are kept as \"0\".\n\nThe raised 1 in the caption is a footnote marker on the title, which is excluded from the grid; the footnote text itself is retained. No other footnote markers appear in the body.\n\nAll rows cross-foot and cast correctly as printed (e.g. 72+28+13+39 = 152; 23,483+598 = 24,081; 6,133+217 = 6,350), so no misprints are suspected. The horizontal rules above \"1-union elections\", above \"AFL-CIO v. AFL-CIO\" and above \"Total RD elections\" mark subtotal/total groupings; the subtotal and total labels are indented in the original.

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Source page 172 of NLRB FY2003 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2003, p. 172.
Source page 173 of NLRB FY2003 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2003, p. 173.
Source page 174 of NLRB FY2003 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2003, p. 174.

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