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Industrial Distribution of Representation Elections Held in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 2006

printed as Table 16 · source pages 169–174 · nlrb2006_p0169_t0

Stitched from pp. 169–174.

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
Animal Production10000110075282800470
Forestry and Logging10000187330040
Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry20000210984190190650
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting40000421716650311901160
Oil and Gas Extraction842204475380156114348224110
Mining (except Oil and Gas)11440072852581181180014083
Mining19862011760638274232348364193
Utilities552621502920611,919982884980937487
Construction of Buildings4535221031087058239614016096186576
Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction452920631612745513491759579202989
Specialty Trade Contractors2431621342628159314,3952,7362,1434741191,6593782
Construction33322617642810780755,5283,4812,4587292942,0475347
Food Manufacturing582532113386397,5053,7152423,393803,7903947
Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing1661411030102,7951,126893211221,669169
Textile Product Mills1000015453252500280
Apparel Manufacturing32020188795805802188
Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing1110001971701561560014197
31-Manufacturing79345272451198810,6025,0801,3163,6621025,5224401
Wood Product Manufacturing142110128617913031471560488162
Paper Manufacturing104220618921,7955745452901,221272
Printing and Related Support Activities84310439832413365680191197
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing148233661561422811310114386100
Chemical Manufacturing32126512018041,59572545223043870786
Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing2315933826352,0621,025574382691,0371172
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing2087101215931,4647275441830737593
32-Manufacturing12153301676897988,6453,7152,4401,1491264,9303282
Primary Metal Manufacturing341614201862785,5333,7843,617157101,7494352
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing25138501215211,35968054512114679585
Machinery Manufacturing2087101217171,6057026553116903199
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing4110032832641167244014833
Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing1555001011151,02748548320542308
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing442314722170816,3053,6442,0723081,2642,6613704
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing43210129125117911062772271
Miscellaneous Manufacturing43169522728122,6271,1615634311671,466768
33-Manufacturing18985602141042109818,97110,7518,1171,1561,4788,22010220
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods2912930178237083132001130395441
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods511841313316891,4996627856420837455
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers1000012392104504501650
Wholesale Trade8130131615127512,4171,020278722201,397896
Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers3220154112525482254213392228238
Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores300003158142549450880
Electronics and Appliance Stores2000024537144100230
Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers651401100782931718299051277
Food and Beverage Stores34115602320051,70861824737101,090491
Health and Personal Care Stores116141579467235620810246316301
Gasoline Stations4201121421261083786318113
Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores1101001651591070107052165
44-Retail Trade9345222034848414,1551,8287369811112,3271385
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores10000122173030140
General Merchandise Stores127160512601,15166456590487877
Miscellaneous Store Retailers63030321923999099014048
Nonstore Retailers731204155143763244067109
45-Retail Trade261321101316561,5508423780507081034
Air Transportation32110112671,0514463443060523
Rail Transportation2101017963170894611
Water Transportation41100313812236350186104
Truck Transportation603572802534662,9262,1351,0431,09207912470
Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation7343182323059585,0782,9431,5801,2461172,1354032
Pipeline Transportation2101012423140140911
Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation1000014329130130160
Support Activities for Transportation25191180616961,4908785763011612778
48-Transportation and Warehousing17010238622681267110,7826,4823,2373,1171284,3007429
Postal Service222000106130128128002106
Couriers and Messengers15606095114632471246021672
Warehousing and Storage592662003326892,6661,2952711,02401,371987
49-Transportation and Warehousing763482604233063,2591,6704001,27001,5891165
Publishing Industries (except Internet)1221101060254120318617033819
Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries1000014236161600200
Broadcasting (except Internet)18421114775697256226030441166
Telecommunications2497201510771,02542041280605336
Other Information Services643102343294170118520124159
Information611913514228392,5931,06595877301,528680
Monetary Authorities - Central Bank22110025318516114813024253
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities430301112996806803166
Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles420202595735142102225
Finance and Insurance1071603424341264162102077344
Real Estate10817021921461273120419163
Rental and Leasing Services23927014562417140271130277145
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing3317314016754563267302334296308
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services332213901110519145973282690317609
Management of Companies and Enterprises64310230525312599260128198
Administrative and Support Services18412339671761117667,3784,2351,4032,2755573,1437901
Waste Management and Remediation Services401321102715511,3845635349812821531
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services22413641781788133178,7624,7981,4562,7735693,9648432
Educational Services40321679834982,4471,5814395845588663072
Ambulatory Health Care Services60361020624116068,5837,4035093,7343,1601,1807798
Hospitals815211231829103228,2745,2566702,6261,9603,0187521
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities16510014860651914114,1388,4351,0517,317675,70311892
Social Assistance342471521016221,290811201598124791379
Health Care and Social Assistance34021242144261284269132,28521,9052,43114,2755,19910,38028590
Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries181412204426343236188480107331
Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions1000011010220080
Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries8220068487773191742412145889
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation271614201112841,13055736472121573420
Accommodation392391041622221,743900262324314843959
Food Services and Drinking Places26173113913731,015757119577612581134
Accommodation and Food Services6540122172535952,7581,6573819013751,1012093
Repair and Maintenance21106401110018674642592050403481
Personal and Laundry Services19102809688544310592510234366
Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations21126609100084143824118512403459
Private Households10000130245050190
Other Services (except Public Administration)6232141803027192,2761,217559646121,0591306
Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities15816175634312312618817200330
Administration of Human Resource Programs20000210186290290570
Administration of Economic Programs3110021231085250205647
National Security and International Affairs11100030229717717700120302
Public Administration211036111108992248925321917433679
Total, all industrial groups2,1681,20355655988965152788123,87670,69727,62633,9199,15253,17982570

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Reader’s notes

p. 169. The crop cuts the table off after "Printing and Related Support Activities"; the table continues below (and the footnote text for the raised 1 on the stub heading "Industrial Group" is not visible on this crop, so `footnotes` is empty). 15 columns: stub, "Total elections", four columns under "Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions", three tall single columns, four columns under "Valid votes cast for unions", then "Total votes for no union" and "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". Hyphenated headings were rejoined ("Total elec-tions", "no rep-resenta-tive", "em-ployees", "employ-ees ... choos-ing rep-resentati on"). Comma usage is inconsistent in the original and is transcribed as printed: the "Number of employees eligible to vote" and "Eligible employees in units choosing representation" columns print four- and five-digit figures without digit-grouping commas (2061, 1274, 5931, 8075, 8639, 3010, 11988, 1892; 3782, 5347, 3947, 4401), while the other columns use commas (1,919; 4,395; 10,602). Indented rows "Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting", "Mining", "Construction" and "31-Manufacturing" are subtotal lines; all four add up correctly against the detail rows above them, which supports the column alignment. No misprints detected. All cells were legible.

p. 170. The crop is a "—Continued" page: column headings are printed, but the body continues a table begun on the previous page and is cut off at the bottom of this page (the last printed row, "Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores", is complete; further rows follow on the next page). The "32-Manufacturing" subtotal row is larger than the sum of the four industry rows above it on this page (e.g. total elections 121 vs. 89 for the four listed rows), because the earlier members of NAICS group 32 are printed on the preceding page. This is not a misprint. By contrast, "33-Manufacturing" and "Wholesale Trade" reconcile exactly with the rows printed above them here, in all 14 numeric columns. The footnote marker "1" on the stub heading "Industrial Group" is printed, but no footnote text appears on this crop (it is presumably printed on the table's first page), so `footnotes` is empty. Digit grouping is inconsistent in the original and is transcribed as printed: the "Number of employees eligible to vote" column and the final "Eligible employees in units choosing representation" column print four- and five-digit numbers without commas (1804, 2635, 9798, 21098, 1172, 3282, 4352, 3704, 10220), while the adjacent "Total valid votes cast" and vote columns use commas. No cells were illegible or doubtful; all vote components (AFL-CIO + other national + other local) sum to their printed "Valid votes cast for unions — Total", and that total plus "Total votes for no union" equals "Total valid votes cast" in every row.

p. 171. 15 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 "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". This is a continuation page: the column headings are printed, so they are transcribed, but the table starts above and continues below this crop (the body begins mid-way through the 44-Retail Trade block and the last printed row here is "Couriers and Messengers", with the 49-sector subtotal falling on the next page). The stub heading carries footnote marker 1, but no footnote text is printed within the crop, so `footnotes` is empty. Printed-figure anomalies, transcribed exactly as shown and not corrected: (a) "Miscellaneous Store Retailers" shows 219 employees eligible to vote but 239 total valid votes cast (the 239 is internally consistent with 99 + 140); (b) "Postal Service" shows 106 eligible to vote but 130 total valid votes cast (consistent with 128 + 2). (c) The "44-Retail Trade" subtotal exceeds the sum of the industry rows visible here because the earlier rows of that sector are on the preceding page; the "45-Retail Trade" and "48-Transportation and Warehousing" subtotals do reconcile exactly with the rows printed above them on this page. Two subtotal rows are both labelled "Retail Trade" ("44-Retail Trade" and "45-Retail Trade"); that is as printed (NAICS sectors 44 and 45). All other rows cross-check: the union-total column equals AFL-CIO + other national + other local, and union total + no-union total equals total valid votes cast.

p. 172. Single-panel table, 15 columns, continued from the previous page (caption ends "—Continued") and continuing past the bottom of the crop: the last body row ("Waste Management and Remediation Services") sits directly on the bottom rule, and no footnote text appears on this crop, so the text of footnote marker 1 on the stub heading "Industrial Group" is not available here. Several sector rows that logically belong to groups beginning on the earlier page appear here only in part (e.g. "Warehousing and Storage" precedes the sector total "49-Transportation and Warehousing"). Typesetting of the figures is inconsistent in two columns: "Number of employees eligible to vote" and "Eligible employees in units choosing representation" print four- and five-digit values without digit-grouping commas (2689, 3306, 1077, 1051, 11766, 1551, 1165, 7901), while the adjacent vote columns use commas. These are transcribed exactly as printed. Indentation marks the hierarchy in the stub (summary rows such as "49-Transportation and Warehousing", "Information", "Finance and Insurance" and "Real Estate and Rental and Leasing" are indented relative to their component rows); indentation is not reproduced in the cell text. All visible row/column sums check out internally (e.g. Information 958+77+30=1,065; Administrative and Support Services 39+67+17=123), so no misprints are suspected. No illegible or doubtful cells.

p. 173. Continuation page of Table 16 (the "—Continued" caption confirms it); the table begins on earlier pages and the crop ends after "Other Services (except Public Administration)" at a double rule, so earlier industry groups and any grand total are outside this crop. 15 columns: stub, "Total elections", a four-column spanner "Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions" (Total / AFL-CIO unions / Other national unions / Other local unions), three tall single headings ("Number of elections in which no representative was chosen", "Number of employees eligible to vote", "Total valid votes cast"), a four-column spanner "Valid votes cast for unions" (Total / AFL-CIO unions / Other national unions / Other local unions), then "Total votes for no union" and "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". Several headings are hyphenated across lines in the original and have been rejoined: "Total elec-tions", "no rep-resenta-tive was chosen", "Number of em-ployees eligible to vote", and "Eligible employ-ees in units choos-ing rep-resentati on" (the last word is broken as "resentati / on" in the print). The stub heading carries a superscript 1 ("Industrial Group^1"), but no footnote text is printed within this crop — the footnote presumably appears on the final page of the table, so `footnotes` is empty. Typesetting note (not an error): the "Number of employees eligible to vote" and "Eligible employees in units choosing representation" columns are printed without digit-grouping commas (e.g. 13317, 42691, 28590, 11892), while the other value columns use commas. Transcribed exactly as printed. Indentation distinguishes sector subtotal lines ("Educational Services", "Health Care and Social Assistance", "Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation", "Accommodation and Food Services", "Other Services (except Public Administration)") from the detail lines above them; indentation is not represented in the cells. All internal arithmetic was verified and is consistent: in every row the three union-type columns sum to their "Total", Total-won plus no-representative equals Total elections, union votes plus no-union votes equals Total valid votes cast, and each subtotal row equals the sum of its detail rows. No doubtful or illegible cells.

p. 174. Continuation page of Table 16; the column headings are reprinted here, so header_rows is filled. The crop carries a footnote marker (superscript 1) on the stub heading "Industrial Group", but no footnote text is printed on this image, so `footnotes` is empty — the note text presumably appears on the final page of the table. The table has 15 printed columns: stub, "Total elections", four columns under "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", four columns under "Valid votes cast for unions" (Total / AFL-CIO unions / Other national unions / Other local unions), "Total votes for no union", and "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". Hyphenated headings were rejoined: "Total elec-tions", "Number of elec-tions in which no rep-resenta-tive was chosen", "Number of em-ployees eligible to vote", and "Eligible employ-ees in units choos-ing rep-resentati on" (the last word is broken across lines as "resentati"/"on" in the original). Digit grouping is inconsistent in the source and is transcribed exactly as printed: "152788" (Number of employees eligible to vote) and "82570" (Eligible employees in units choosing representation) in the "Total, all industrial groups" row carry no comma, while the neighbouring "123,876", "70,697", etc. do; likewise "1089" in the "Public Administration" row. No value was altered. "Public Administration" and "Total, all industrial groups" are indented subtotal/total lines, each set off by a rule; their labels are kept as printed. All printed rows are internally consistent with their components (e.g. 556+559+88 = 1,203 and 1,203+965 = 2,168), so no misprint is suspected.

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Source page 169 of NLRB FY2006 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2006, p. 169.
Source page 170 of NLRB FY2006 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2006, p. 170.
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Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2006, p. 171.
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Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2006, p. 172.
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Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2006, p. 173.
Source page 174 of NLRB FY2006 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2006, p. 174.

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.