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Valid Votes Cast in Representation Elections, by Final Results of Election, in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 2004

printed as Table 14 · source pages 236–238 · nlrb2004_p0236_t0

Stitched from pp. 236–238.

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–CIO138,31941,42241,42219,21127,13727,13750,549
Other local unions4,3921,7321,7326525585581,450
Other national unions5,1252,1762,1769377087081,304
1-union elections147,83645,33041,4222,1761,73220,80028,40327,13770855853,303
AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO4,7502,9682,968273597597912
AFL–CIO v. Local1,9081,7501,027723113128433
AFL–CIO v. National1,7631,6184981,1206626121453
Local v. Local4724694693000
National v. Local1,014936701235780000
National v. National4593413419323277
2-union elections10,3668,0824,4932,1621,4275426676174641,075
AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO1820005555127
AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO1,8110001,3881,388423
AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO v. National733873115202000
AFL–CIO v. Local v. Local143142529010000
Local v. Local v. Local1313130000
3 (or more)-union elections2,2221935931103161,4631,46300550
Total representation elections160,42453,60545,9744,3693,26221,35830,53329,21775456254,928
B. Elections in RC cases
Other national unions3,7731,5351,5354576356351,146
AFL–CIO113,02033,78733,78714,78122,93722,93741,515
Other local unions4,0801,5651,5656215165161,378
1-union elections120,87336,88733,7871,5351,56515,85924,08822,93763551644,039
National v. Local1,0149360701235780
National v. National4593413419323277
Local v. Local4724690046930
AFL–CIO v. National1,7571,6184981,120662012853
AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO4,6222,8512,851273591591907
AFL–CIO v. Local1,8461,6891,015674112128433
2-union elections10,1707,9044,3642,1621,3785416556114041,070
AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO1820555500127
AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO1,80501,3881,38800417
AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO v. National733873115202000
AFL–CIO v. Local v. Local1431425209010
Local v. Local v. Local1313001300
3 (or more)-union elections2,2161935931103161,4631,46300544
Total RC elections133,25944,98438,2103,7283,04616,41626,20625,01167552045,653
C. Elections in RM cases
AFL–CIO2,0372122121576396391,029
Other national unions33170170160
1-union elections2,070229212170173639639001,029
AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO1171171170000
AFL–CIO v. National6060600
2-union elections12311711700060600
Total RM elections2,193346329170173645639601,029
D. Elections in RD cases
Other national unions1,3196246244647373158
Other local unions31216716731424272
AFL–CIO23,2627,4237,4234,2733,5613,5618,005
1-union elections24,8938,2147,4236241674,7683,6763,56173428,235
AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO11066005
AFL–CIO v. Local62611204910
2-union elections736112049166005
AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO6000006
3 (or more)-union elections60000000006
Total RD elections24,9728,2757,4356242164,7693,6823,56773428,246

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357 of 357 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out. 2 cells break a sum: 'Total RD elections', column 2: prints 24,972, the subtotals in rows '1-union elections' to '3 (or more)-union el' add to 24,978; 'Total RD elections', column 12: prints 8,246, the subtotals in rows '1-union elections' to '3 (or more)-union el' add to 8,252.

Reader’s notes

p. 236. Grid is 12 columns: stub, "Total valid votes cast", then five columns under "Valid votes cast in elections won" (Votes for unions: Total / AFL–CIO unions / Other national unions / Other local unions, plus "Total votes for no union") and the same five under "Valid votes cast in elections lost". Dash cells: the table prints a short double-hyphen rule ("--") in cells with no entry, and prints a separate literal "0" elsewhere; the two are visually distinct throughout. Following the instruction that a dash-rule cell is "", every "--" has been transcribed as an empty string. That means the printed distinction between "--" (no entry) and "0" (printed zero) is preserved only for the "0" cells; a downstream user who needs the "--" cells flagged separately cannot recover them from this grid. Crop: the caption reads "Page 1 of 3" and the image is cut off below the last transcribed row ("Local v. Local" in section B), which is itself fully legible. Section B is therefore incomplete here and the table continues on following pages. The caption carries a raised footnote marker 1 ("Fiscal Year 2004^1"), but no footnote text is printed within this crop, so `footnotes` is empty. Arithmetic cross-checks (performed only to validate the reading, not to alter any cell): every row's total valid votes equals the sum of its four component columns, and every subtotal/total row equals the sum of its member rows, in both sections. No internal inconsistency or suspected misprint was found. No cell was illegible or doubtful. The row "AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO" wraps onto two printed lines (the fourth "AFL–CIO" sits on the second line) and has been joined into one label.

p. 237. This is page 2 of 3 of the table. The crop opens mid-section: the first eleven rows (through "Total RC elections") continue section "B. Elections in RC cases", whose heading and earlier rows are on the previous page, so no section label for them is printed here. The crop also ends mid-section: section "D. Elections in RD cases" breaks off after the row "AFL–CIO v. Local" and continues on the next page. Cell convention: the table uses two distinct nil markers, a printed "0" and a printed short double dash "--" (the NLRB's symbol for "none"/not applicable). Because both appear in the same columns and carry different meanings, I transcribed the "--" entries literally rather than as empty cells; they are two-hyphen marks within the cell, not a full-width dash rule. The section lines "C. Elections in RM cases" and "D. Elections in RD cases" are centered across the full width of the table; I placed each in the stub cell with the remaining cells empty. Internal consistency spot-checks: the "2-union elections" subtotal in section B (row 4) does not equal the sum of the three 2-union detail rows printed above it (e.g. total valid votes cast 1,757 + 4,622 + 1,846 = 8,225 vs. the printed 10,170), which is expected because further 2-union detail rows for section B appear on the preceding page. The same holds for the "Total RC elections" line. Within section C the subtotals do add. In section D the "1-union elections" line (24,893 = 1,319 + 312 + 23,262) adds, as do its component columns. Typography: "AFL–CIO" is set with an en dash in this scan; I reproduced that character throughout. Row 6's label wraps onto a second printed line ("AFL–CIO") and has been joined into one label: "AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO". No doubtful or illegible digits; all numeric cells were legible.

p. 238. This crop is the third of three pages of Table 14, so the body continues a table begun earlier; the column headings are reprinted in full here, so header_rows is populated. Dash cells: in the row "AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO" the five "elections won" columns (Votes for unions: AFL–CIO unions, Other national unions, Other local unions, and Total votes for no union) are printed as a short double hyphen "--" rather than a figure; following the rule that a dash entry is an empty cell, they are transcribed as "". The "Total" column of that same group is a printed 0 and is kept as 0. Row order is as printed: the detail line "AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO" is printed above the "3 (or more)-union elections" subtotal line, and that label wraps onto two printed lines ("AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO v. AFL–CIO v." / "AFL–CIO"), joined here into one row label. All internal arithmetic is consistent as printed (e.g. 7,435+624+216 = 8,275; 3,567+73+42 = 3,682; 8,275+4,769+3,682+8,246 = 24,972), so no suspected misprints. The caption carries a superscript 1 ("Fiscal Year 2004^1"), but no footnote text is printed beneath the table on this page, so footnotes is empty. En dashes in "AFL–CIO" are reproduced as printed.

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Source page 236 of NLRB FY2004 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2004, p. 236.
Source page 237 of NLRB FY2004 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2004, p. 237.
Source page 238 of NLRB FY2004 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2004, p. 238.

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.