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Industrial Distribution of Representation Elections Held in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 2004—Page 1 of 6

printed as Table 16 · source pages 248–253 · nlrb2004_p0248_t0

Stitched from pp. 248–253.

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 Production54400124822111511500106148
Animal Production72200537553,201929929002,272144
Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry11100077770007
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting137700640103,4291,0511,051002,378299
Oil and Gas Extraction6430121811691207404649124
Mining (except Oil and Gas)9440055685472012010034640
Support Activities for Mining31100249432424001934
Mining1898019798759345299046414198
Utilities653735112834523,2171,8361,78530211,3812113
Building, Developing and General Contracting22131300964451221120902301244
Heavy Construction21119021062357832331607255290
Special Trade Contractors25915113511510877035,6243,4683,171122852,1564318
Construction30217515711712789706,7144,0023,696122942,7124852
Food Manufacturing9538343157101149,7814,9754,79291924,8062987
Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing265320211009908311237740597109
Textile Mills54400163159330630600287228
Textile Product Mills4110032272189797001218
Apparel Manufacturing311002256224852905613928
Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing3000034985011191031603820
31-Manufacturing136494351871273512,2255,8935,5641811486,3323360
Wood Product Manufacturing1987101111581,111486463023625311
Paper Manufacturing19121200711251,107559509050548574
Printing and Related Support Activities1521101312401,11834932128076947
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing12760153993892301523840159163
Chemical Manufacturing401414002625982,4281,1251,124011,3031022
Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing2786201938883,4471,7121,268400441,7351438
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing26981017100492645945630467494
32-Manufacturing158605451981141210,5264,9204,2934691585,6064049
Primary Metal Manufacturing301515001519481,9041,1031,092658011012
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing471514103243073,9801,5741,5066172,406959
Machinery Manufacturing271212001522532,155905905001,250459
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing104400617971,635720703017915161
Electrical Equipment, Appliance and Component Manufacturing2188001329652,7331,2091,1426701,524946
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing694138302867786,2093,2222,88633602,9873682
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing1065014768702342256086360347
Miscellaneous Manufacturing551514104044534,1061,7571,609351132,3491037
33-Manufacturing269116110511532526923,42410,83210,09950522812,5928603
Wholesale Trade, Durable Goods462019102615591,448651558894797539
Wholesale Trade, Nondurable Goods581717004129272,5611,4571,3647861,1041359
Wholesale Trade1043736106744864,0092,1081,92296901,9011898
Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers522927202392483738738700450397
Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores42200239362020001625
Electronics and Appliance Stores21100158522929002345
Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers73300432028289890019337
Food and Beverage Stores593028112916991,415588553269827772
Health and Personal Care Stores96600317513978780061107
Gasoline Stations2110012319111100814
Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores511004402356146146002106
44-Retail Trade1407369316736403,1361,3481,3132691,7881403
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book and Music Stores1110001297700212
General Merchandise Stores167700923052,018975975001,0431354
Miscellaneous Store Retailers6330031411264947027740
Nonstore Retailers3110027368222200466
45-Retail Trade261212001425312,2211,0531,051021,1681412
Air Transportation1110002115121200321
Rail Transportation2220009487838300494
Water Transportation92200797762523025127
Truck Transportation804241013826052,1931,1231,120031,0701368
Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation823936034374226,0353,1382,994111332,8973457
Pipeline Transportation31100287714242002939
Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation100001145128454500830
Support Activities for Transportation402019012013731,211703671329508977
48-Transportation21810710205111118449,8165,1714,990141674,6455983
Couriers and Messengers181212006784600349336130251534
Warehousing and Storage Facilities652725023849374,4761,7931,65701362,6831345
49-Transportation833937024457215,0762,1421,993131362,9341879
Publishing Industries2399001467260428228200322363
Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries2110013936151500213
Broadcasting and Telecommunications742827014645604,1221,4941,486082,628993
Information Services and Data Processing Services6440021501385753048142
Information1054241016354214,9001,8481,8360123,0521401
Monetary Authorities–Central Bank21100197803737004348
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities42200223221978780014165
Securities, Commodity Contracts and Other Intermediation and Related Activities2202006355540540163
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities30000349443,8862,1132,113001,773964
Finance and Insurance115320653364,2402,2822,2285401,9581140
Real Estate138521513612270441975262
Rental and Leasing Services261010001680373036736700363252
Owners and Lessors of Other Non-Financial Assets11100013118800313
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing4019162121952863445419197418327
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services392218131713691,1955734631199622450
Management of Companies and Enterprises7531123793341841272136150229
Administrative and Support Services16911447442355102766,9524,6771,6262,1409112,2757591
Waste Management and Remediation Services853838004738603,5041,6781,64919101,8261743
Administrative and Support, Waste Management and Remediation Services2541528544231021413610,4566,3553,2752,1599214,1019334
Educational Services54463628859334,3632,8232,464702891,5405508
Ambulatory Health Care Services523127132142823,6872,3862,175781331,3012957
Hospitals14510484713412776721,94812,40310,9975638439,54518072
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities19012011451701624012,2197,9337,806110174,28612069
Social Assistance563429232238903,0581,7391,514581671,3192039
Health Care and Social Assistance44328925415201545217940,91224,46122,4928091,16016,45135137
Performing Arts, Spectator Sports and Related Industries955004395312868600226110
Museums, Historical Sites and Similar Institutions11100028261515001128
Amusement, Gambling and Recreation Industries1475207115098946146100528475
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation241311201115731,32756256200765613
Accommodation331918011416761,332705646059627865
Foodservices and Drinking Places26181620813141,0496685987003811003
Accommodation and Foodservices593734212229902,3811,3731,24470591,0081868
Repair and Maintenance331818001512081,11460760205507652
Personal and Laundry Services362119111514671,2656456191313620664
Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, and Professional and Similar Organizations24191621513901,298619596185679575
Other Services (except Public Administration)935853323540653,6771,8711,81731231,8061891
Justice, Public Order, and Safety118350310437505021163860248779
Administration of Human Resource Programs21100188855858002756
Administration of Environmental Quality Programs11100050432828001550
Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development3110021711568787006973
Administration of Economic Programs2000027865313100340
National Security and International Affairs44130023419114811137043234
Public Administration2315780816641,29085433152304361192
Unclassified Establishments512926122216721,4817537211022728639
Total, all industrial groups2,7351,4531,257104921,282192537161,97185,08576,0355,1233,92776,88695778

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  1. 1 Source: Standard Classification, Statistical Policy Division, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C.

1,275 of 1,287 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.

Reader’s notes

p. 248. Fifteen columns: stub, "Total elections", four columns under "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", four columns under "Valid votes cast for unions", "Total votes for no union", and the final "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". The stub heading carries a raised 1 ("Industrial Group^1"), but no footnote text appears on this crop; the page is cut off immediately below the "Wood Product Manufacturing" row, so the footnote (and the remainder of the table, which the caption marks as "Page 1 of 6") falls outside the image. The last column heading is typeset in a narrow column and broken as "Eligible employ- ees in units choos- ing rep- resentati on"; I have joined it and repaired the hyphens to "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". Comma usage is inconsistent in the original and is transcribed as printed: the "Number of employees eligible to vote" column and the last column are set without digit-grouping commas (e.g. 3755, 4010, 7703, 8970, 10114, 12735, 2113, 4318, 4852, 2987, 3360), while the vote columns use them. Suspected misprint, transcribed as printed: in "Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing" the total valid votes cast (501) exceeds the number of employees eligible to vote (498); its "Eligible employees in units choosing representation" is 0, consistent with 0 elections won. The subtotal row is printed as "31-Manufacturing" (with the leading sector-code digits), unlike the other subtotal rows, which are unnumbered; it is transcribed exactly as printed. Section subtotal rows (Agriculture..., Mining, Construction, 31-Manufacturing) are set off by heavier rules and are indented, but are ordinary data rows with values. All internal arithmetic checks I could perform (union + no-union votes = total valid votes; AFL-CIO + other national + other local = union total; component rows summing to each subtotal) are consistent with the figures as transcribed, except the Leather row noted above.

p. 249. Crop is page 2 of 6 of Table 16; the table continues before and after this image, so the page is a continuation even though the column headings are reprinted here. 15 columns: stub, then Total elections; the four-column block "Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions" (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; the four-column block "Valid votes cast for unions" (Total / AFL-CIO unions / Other national unions / Other local unions); Total votes for no union; Eligible employees in units choosing representation. The last heading is broken across lines as "representati / on" and has been joined to "representation". "AFL-CIO" is printed with an en dash (AFL–CIO) in both heading blocks; transcribed with a plain hyphen. The subtotal row "32-Manufacturing" does not equal the sum of the six detail rows shown above it on this page (e.g. elections 139 vs 158 printed; employees eligible 10,254 vs 11,412 printed). This is not a misprint: NAICS 32 also includes a Wood Product Manufacturing line that falls on the preceding page of the table, outside this crop. The residual is internally consistent (one extra line of 19 elections, 8 won, 11 with no representative). The "33-Manufacturing" and "Wholesale Trade" subtotals do reconcile exactly with the detail rows printed on this page, in every column. "Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing" is followed by a single period that is the start of the leader-dot run; it has been dropped, consistent with the other labels. Rule weights in the image mark 32-Manufacturing, 33-Manufacturing and Wholesale Trade as subtotal rows (double rules below each); they are transcribed as ordinary body rows with their values. All cells were legible; no blanks, dashes or footnote markers appear in the body.

p. 250. 15 columns. The stub heading carries a raised "1" (Industrial Group^1), but no footnote text is printed on this crop — the footnote appears elsewhere in the six-page table, so `footnotes` is empty. This is "Page 3 of 6" of a continuing table. The 44-Retail Trade subtotal row covers industries that begin on the previous page: the seven 44- rows printed here sum to 88 elections, not the printed 140 (likewise 1006 vs. the printed 1403 in the last column). The printed subtotal is internally consistent (73 + 67 = 140; 1,348 + 1,788 = 3,136; 1,313 + 26 + 9 = 1,348), so this is a crop artifact, not a misprint. The 45-Retail Trade and 48-Transportation subtotals do reconcile with the rows shown above them. Both subtotal rows for NAICS 44 and 45 are labeled "Retail Trade" as printed. Digit-grouping commas are applied inconsistently in the source: the "Number of employees eligible to vote" and "Eligible employees in units choosing representation" columns print four-digit values without commas (1699, 2305, 2531, 2605, 7422, 1373, 11844, 3640, 1403, 1354, 1368, 3457, 5983), while the other columns use commas. Transcribed as printed. "AFL–CIO" is set with an en dash in the headings; reproduced as printed. All rows satisfy the internal checks (union votes + no-union votes = total valid votes; Total = AFL–CIO + other national + other local; elections won + elections with no representative = total elections), which supports the column assignments.

p. 251. 15 columns: stub plus 14 numeric columns. The crop is page 4 of 6 of a continuing table; no footnote text is printed on this page, although the stub heading carries marker 1 (footnote text appears elsewhere in the report). Indented subtotal lines (49-Transportation; Information; Finance and Insurance; Real Estate and Rental and Leasing) are transcribed with their printed wording; "49-Transportation" begins with the printed sector code "49-". All four subtotals add up exactly from their component rows in every one of the 14 columns, which supports the digit readings. Thousands separators are inconsistent in the source: the "Number of employees eligible to vote" column and the "Eligible employees in units choosing representation" column print four-digit values without commas (e.g. 4937, 5721, 5421, 4944, 5336, 1369; 1345, 1879, 1401, 1140), while neighbouring columns use commas. Transcribed as printed. Possible source anomaly, not a reading error: the "Insurance Carriers and Related Activities" row shows 0 elections won by unions and 3 elections with no representative chosen, yet reports 964 in "Eligible employees in units choosing representation" and 2,113 valid votes for unions against 1,773 for no union. These figures are printed as shown and are what the Finance and Insurance subtotal is built from. Dashes: "AFL–CIO" in the headings and "Monetary Authorities–Central Bank" in the stub are printed with en-dashes; "Non-Financial" is a hyphenated compound broken across printed lines and rejoined. The table body continues past the bottom of the crop below the "Professional, Scientific and Technical Services" row.

p. 252. Fifteen columns, two heading levels; the spanner "Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions" covers columns 2-5 and "Valid votes cast for unions" covers columns 9-12, so those headings are repeated across their spans. The stub heading and the six tall single headings are repeated in both levels. The last column's heading is printed hyphenated and broken across lines ("Eligible employ- ees in units choos- ing rep- resentati on") and is joined here as "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". This crop is page 5 of 6 of Table 16, so the table begins before and continues after this image; there is no grand total row here. The caption, which carries the "Page 5 of 6" designation, is omitted per instructions. Typesetting quirk, transcribed as printed: the two "eligible employees" columns (col 7, "Number of employees eligible to vote", and col 14, "Eligible employees in units choosing representation") are printed WITHOUT digit-grouping commas (e.g. 10276, 27767, 52179, 18072, 35137), while the vote columns use commas. No commas were added. Row labels that wrap over two or three printed lines were joined: "Management of Companies and Enterprises"; "Waste Management and Remediation Services"; "Administrative and Support, Waste Management and Remediation Services"; "Performing Arts, Spectator Sports and Related Industries"; "Museums, Historical Sites and Similar Institutions"; "Amusement, Gambling and Recreation Industries". Several labels are indented as subtotal lines (Management of Companies and Enterprises; the Administrative/Waste combined line; Health Care and Social Assistance; Arts, Entertainment and Recreation; Accommodation and Foodservices); indentation is not reproduced in the cell text. No illegible cells. Arithmetic checks (component union columns summing to their Total, union total plus "no union" equalling total valid votes cast, election components summing to elections won, elections won plus no-representative equalling total elections, and the Health Care and Social Assistance subtotal against its four component rows) are internally consistent throughout; nothing appears misprinted.

p. 253. This is the last page (page 6 of 6) of the table; it continues the industry list from earlier pages, so only the tail of the industrial groups plus the grand total appear here. Column headings are reprinted in full on this page, so header_rows is populated. 15 printed columns. The stub heading carries a superscript 1 ("Industrial Group^1"), but no footnote text is printed under the table on this crop (it is presumably on an earlier page of the table), so footnotes is empty. Two heading cells wrap heavily in the original and have been joined/de-hyphenated: "Number of elections in which no representative was chosen" and the last column, printed as "Eligible employ-/ees in/units/choos-/ing rep-/resentati/on" → "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". Formatting is inconsistent in the source and has been kept as printed: the "Number of employees eligible to vote" column and the last column print four- to six-digit figures without digit-grouping commas (1467, 1390, 4065, 1043, 1664, 1672, 192537; 1891, 1192, 95778), while the neighboring columns use commas (1,265; 3,677; 161,971). Nothing was normalized. The three rows "Other Services (except Public Administration)", "Public Administration" and "Unclassified Establishments" are indented subtotal/summary lines set off by horizontal rules; their labels are transcribed as printed. All digits were legible; no doubtful cells.

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Source page 248 of NLRB FY2004 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2004, p. 248.
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Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2004, p. 251.
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Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2004, p. 252.
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Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2004, p. 253.

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.