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Industrial Distribution of Representation Elections Held in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 2003

printed as Table 16 · source pages 184–189 · nlrb2003_p0184_t0

Stitched from pp. 184–189.

Industrial GroupTotal electionsNumber of elections in which representation rights were won by unionsNumber of elections in which no representative was chosenNumber of employees eligible to voteTotal valid votes castValid votes cast for unionsTotal votes for no unionEligible employees in units choosing representation
Industrial GroupTotal electionsTotalAFL-CIO unionsOther national unionsOther local unionsNumber of elections in which no representative was chosenNumber of employees eligible to voteTotal valid votes castTotalAFL-CIO unionsOther national unionsOther local unionsTotal votes for no unionEligible employees in units choosing representation
Crop Production10000114143300110
Animal Production32101166460614313101246324
Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry200002151128595900690
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting62101482974820519301254324
Oil and Gas Extraction64400289824747003560
Mining (except Oil and Gas)174301131,4251,34359458509749159
Support Activities for Mining542111300268188281075380265
Mining2812912161,8141,69382966010762864484
Utilities65373331284,0643,5701,7661,642101231,8041,449
Building, Developing and General Contracting28191810955343326726250166414
Heavy Construction2914131015727649314285290335259
Special Trade Contractors291166163301257,1385,5713,4483,32726952,1234,262
Construction348199194501498,4186,6534,0293,87460952,6244,935
Food Manufacturing1034542125810,0169,0463,8993,774231025,1472,385
Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing35131300222,1111,87689989900977825
Textile Mills2220003229212100832
Textile Product Mills21100133831818318300135247
Apparel Manufacturing4000041,2061,067274274007937
Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing21100166652424004113
31-Manufacturing1486259128613,76912,4015,3005,175231027,1013,509
Wood Product Manufacturing199900101,5041,37060460400766567
Paper Manufacturing39171511223,7842,9011,4141,3810331,4871,778
Printing and Related Support Activities115500681976434434400420145
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing2110100011571528268237310260136
Chemical Manufacturing3311902223,2453,2281,3241,01903051,904780
Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing27131210145,8155,3752,3152,18275583,0601,549
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing28111100171,7711,638733716017905664
32-Manufacturing17876712310217,50915,8047,0026,4831064138,8025,619
Primary Metal Manufacturing44181611263,6613,3451,5391,37001691,8061,415
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing54252122294,6824,5782,4482,33913962,1301,754
Machinery Manufacturing287700212,1782,0688728460261,196319
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing322001492422193154039229256
Electrical Equipment, Appliance and Component Manufacturing2288001435573,1351,2891,2484101,846815
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing65323110331,17019,7334,8364,69801384,8973,918
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing822006492441195180150246125
Miscellaneous Manufacturing54191900353,2713,0761,4001,3712901,676897
33-Manufacturing2781131064316530,03426,79812,77212,2069846814,0269,499
Wholesale Trade, Durable Goods41201910211,1491,04547746809568318
Wholesale Trade, Nondurable Goods62212100413,2283,0751,3031,2891401,772692
Wholesale Trade103414010624,3774,1201,7801,7571492,3401,010
Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers70393720311,2111,11358058000533546
Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores53300222017269690010346
Electronics and Appliance Stores3110028067161600513
Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers9650133192931141050917967
Food and Beverage Stores64333300312,2572,3009428661751,358738
Health and Personal Care Stores10440061731616767009454
Gasoline Stations43300150413030001128
Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores2110013226141400126
44-Retail Trade167908721774,3424,1731,8321,7471842,3411,488
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book and Music Stores32200159502525002525
General Merchandise Stores15860274,3602,8391,9441,14707978952,857
Miscellaneous Store Retailers430121228198867301311217
Nonstore Retailers32200145432727001637
45-Retail Trade25151014104,6923,1302,0821,27208101,0482,936
Air Transportation6660003072471651650082307
Rail Transportation21100144332020001344
Water Transportation6210142832071565809851221
Truck Transportation97353500624,8934,2271,5671,5501702,6601,157
Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation93535300408,8537,2723,8893,747171253,3833,996
Pipeline Transportation3220018074151500595
Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation3330002641791421420037264
Support Activities for Transportation412221011999886839238507476361
48-Transportation2511241220212715,72213,1076,3466,082342306,7616,355
Couriers and Messengers93300617814662470158464
Warehousing and Storage Facilities67282710394,0423,4261,6091,606031,8171,376
49-Transportation76313010454,2203,5721,6711,6530181,9011,440
Publishing Industries231082013804743291278130452202
Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries5320121107938251124137
Broadcasting and Telecommunications80323011483,2092,9841,2841,22010541,7001,051
Information Services and Data Processing Services64400292864848003842
Information114494432654,2153,8921,6611,57134562,2311,332
Monetary Authorities - Central Bank31100265531919003418
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities42002213712251170347147
Securities, Commodity Contracts and Other Intermediation and Related Activities100001274266104104001620
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities411003810788239239005498
Funds, Trusts and Other Financial Vehicles (U.S. Only)11100013138800513
Finance and Insurance13530281,2991,24242138703482186
Real Estate178305916215087490386381
Rental and Leasing Services45201820251,7101,584687649731897601
Owners and Lessors of Other Non-Financial Assets11100044440004
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing63292225341,8761,738778702769960686
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services44282215161,3191,0896705620108419921
Management of Companies and Enterprises3330002118151500321
Administrative and Support Services139100423919395,7584,5243,1451,0351,2079031,3794,610
Waste Management and Remediation Services101454221564,7624,2491,9841,847311062,2651,825
Administrative and Support, Waste Management and Remediation Services2401458441209510,5208,7735,1292,8821,2381,0093,6446,435
Educational Services71544446176,5555,5852,9312,532783212,6542,921
Ambulatory Health Care Services39191900203,6222,7011,5711,5560151,1302,371
Hospitals178125939235326,45621,64012,8659,4097792,6778,77515,123
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities194138128735614,29011,5737,1376,943143514,4369,381
Social Assistance59343022254,4072,7411,6591,5780811,0823,250
Health Care and Social Assistance470316270182815448,77538,65523,23219,4869222,82415,42330,125
Performing Arts, Spectator Sports and Related Industries2012120081,12273047046406260823
Museums, Historical Sites and Similar Institutions33201014011968650351140
Amusement, Gambling and Recreation Industries196600131,5951,25057541814017675771
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation42212001212,8572,0991,113947140269861,734
Accommodation40141400263,2382,7371,06666803981,671520
Foodservices and Drinking Places33201910131,3551,1846735651080511724
Accommodation and Foodservices73343310394,5933,9211,7391,2331083982,1821,244
Repair and Maintenance32242400887380452952702275767
Personal and Laundry Services44201802242,0291,828854785762974723
Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, and Professional and Similar Organizations2722210151,02692465464707270924
Other Services (except Public Administration)103666303373,9283,5562,0371,9597711,5192,414
Executive, Legislative, Public Finance and General Government2110011717171700017
Justice, Public Order, and Safety10933316294453441697897101564
Administration of Human Resource Programs42101271493528071468
Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development1110004339373700243
National Security and International Affairs3302106148480840061
Public Administration2016655482159848125186144117753
Unclassified Establishments34221714121,0169244924011972432522
Total, all industrial groups2,9631,5901,393971001,37319,7585167,85986,31375,6723,1837,45881,54687,942

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  1. 1 Source: Standard Classification, Statistical Policy Division, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C.
  2. 2 Due to technical difficulties, data discrepancies exceed 2 percent but are less than 3 percent in case totals for Tables 11, 15B, 15C, and 16.

1,283 of 1,295 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.

Reader’s notes

p. 184. The crop is the first page of a multi-page table: the body ends at the "31-Manufacturing" subtotal row and the table continues on the following page(s). Footnote markers 1 (on the stub heading "Industrial Group") and 2 (on "Total elections") appear in the headings, but no footnote text is printed on this image, so `footnotes` is empty. The last heading in the far-right column is typeset as "Eligible employ-ees in units choos-ing rep-resentati on"; the final word is broken across lines without a hyphen and has been rejoined as "representation". Indentation marks the summary lines (Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting; Mining; Construction; 31-Manufacturing); indentation is not preserved in the labels. "Utilities" is printed as a single indented line between double rules and is both a detail and a sector line. Apparent oddity, transcribed as printed: "Apparel Manufacturing" shows 0 elections won by unions yet 7 in the last column ("Eligible employees in units choosing representation"). All visible section subtotals and row cross-sums are internally consistent as printed.

p. 185. The crop continues Table 16 from the preceding page; it carries the full column headings but no footnote texts, so the markers in the headings ("Industrial Group^1", "Total elections^2") have no printed definitions on this image. The table also continues past the bottom of the crop: the body ends with the "Wholesale Trade" subtotal and the next industry section is not shown. Two cells in the "Number of employees eligible to vote" column are misprinted and are transcribed exactly as printed. "Electrical Equipment, Appliance and Component Manufacturing" shows "3557" with no digit-grouping comma, and "Transportation Equipment Manufacturing" shows "1,1701" with the comma one place too far left. Both are certainly 3,557 and 11,701: the "33-Manufacturing" subtotal of 30,034 for that column reconciles exactly only with those readings (3,661+4,682+2,178+492+3,557+11,701+492+3,271 = 30,034). The heading of the last column is set with end-of-line hyphens ("Eligible employ- ees in units choos- ing rep- resentati on") and has been rejoined as "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". Row labels "32-Manufacturing", "33-Manufacturing" and "Wholesale Trade" are printed indented as subtotal lines, set off by heavier rules; their wording is kept as printed. All other arithmetic in the table is internally consistent: in every data row the union "Total" equals AFL-CIO + other national + other local, and both subtotal rows plus "Wholesale Trade" sum correctly down all 14 numeric columns, which confirms the column assignments.

p. 186. Continuation page of Table 16; 15 columns. The stub heading carries footnote marker 1 ("Industrial Group") and the second column marker 2 ("Total elections"), but no footnote text is printed on this crop, so `footnotes` is empty. The last column heading is set as "Eligible employ-ees in units choos-ing rep-resentati on"; joined to "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". Rows 44-Retail Trade, 45-Retail Trade, 48-Transportation and 49-Transportation are indented subtotal lines set off by rules; they are transcribed as ordinary rows with their printed labels. Suspected oddity, transcribed as printed: for "Food and Beverage Stores" the Total valid votes cast (2,300) exceeds the Number of employees eligible to vote (2,257). All four subtotal rows were checked column by column against their component rows and every one of the 14 numeric columns adds up exactly as printed, including the 44-Retail Trade eligible/valid-votes columns that contain this row, so the discrepancy is in the source, not in the transcription. Two consecutive sections are both labeled "Retail Trade" (NAICS 44 and 45) — that is as printed.

p. 187. 15 columns: stub plus 14 numeric columns. The two spanner headings are "Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions" (over Total / AFL-CIO unions / Other national unions / Other local unions) and "Valid votes cast for unions" (over Total / AFL-CIO unions / Other national unions / Other local unions); the other headings are tall single-column headings repeated in both levels. The last column heading is printed as "Eligible employ-ees in units choos-ing rep-resentati on" and has been joined to "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". Superscript markers appear in the stub heading ("Industrial Group" with a raised 1) and in "Total elections" (raised 2), but no footnote text is printed on this crop, so `footnotes` is empty. This is a continuation page (the caption ends "—Continued"); the table starts earlier and continues past the bottom of this crop. The last transcribed row, "Management of Companies and Enterprises", sits at the very bottom edge of the image but its label and all 14 values are fully legible. Indented rows ("Information", "Finance and Insurance", "Real Estate and Rental and Leasing", "Professional, Scientific and Technical Services", "Management of Companies and Enterprises") are sector lines set off by rules; indentation was not preserved in the labels. Hyphenated label breaks were repaired: "Other Non-Financial Assets". No doubtful or illegible cells. Values are transcribed as printed and nothing was computed or checked for internal consistency; e.g. for "Insurance Carriers and Related Activities" the eligible-employees-in-units-choosing-representation cell is 8 while 810 employees were eligible to vote, and for "Professional, Scientific and Technical Services" that cell (921) exceeds total valid votes cast (1,089) relative to the 28 elections won — both are as printed.

p. 188. This is a continuation page ("—Continued"), so the body begins mid-table; the rows above these (earlier industry sectors) and any grand total are on other pages. Column headings are reprinted on this page, so they are transcribed. Footnote markers 1 (on the stub heading "Industrial Group") and 2 (on "Total elections") are printed in the headings, but no footnote text appears under the table on this crop; the footnote definitions must be on another page of the table. The last column's heading is set with hyphenated line breaks ("Eligible employ- ees in units choos- ing rep- resentati on"); it is joined here as "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". Indentation distinguishes detail rows from sector aggregate rows: "Administrative and Support, Waste Management and Remediation Services", "Health Care and Social Assistance", "Arts, Entertainment and Recreation", "Accommodation and Foodservices" and "Other Services (except Public Administration)" are indented sector totals, and "Educational Services" is an indented single-industry sector line. The indentation is not reproduced in the cell text. All printed values were verified to be internally consistent: each indented sector total equals the sum of its detail rows in all 14 numeric columns, and in every row Total elections = elections won by unions + elections in which no representative was chosen. No misprints were detected. No cell was illegible or doubtful.

p. 189. The page is a "—Continued" portion of Table 16, so the body rows above "Executive, Legislative, Public Finance and General Government" (the earlier industrial groups) appear on preceding pages; only the tail of the table is on this crop. The column headings are printed in full here, so they are given. Suspected misprint: in the "Total, all industrial groups" row, the "Number of employees eligible to vote" cell is printed as "19,7585" (eight characters, comma after the second digit). It is almost certainly meant to be 197,585, but it is transcribed exactly as printed per instructions. All other digits in that row are clear. Rule structure: double rules set off the "Public Administration" subtotal, the "Unclassified Establishments" row, and the "Total, all industrial groups" row from the detail rows above them; these are kept as ordinary body rows. Heading cells that wrap with end-of-line hyphens were rejoined: "Total elec- tions" → "Total elections"; "Number of elec- tions in which no rep- resenta- tive was chosen" → "Number of elections in which no representative was chosen"; "Eligible employ- ees in units choos- ing rep- resentati on" → "Eligible employees in units choosing representation" (the last word is broken as "resentati/on" in the original, with no hyphen on the final break).

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Source page 184 of NLRB FY2003 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2003, p. 184.
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Source page 186 of NLRB FY2003 annual report
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Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2003, p. 187.
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Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2003, p. 188.
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Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2003, p. 189.

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.