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Geographic Distribution of Representation Elections Held in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 2008

printed as Table 15A · source pages 121–123 · nlrb2008_p0121_t0

Stitched from pp. 121–123.

Division and StateTotal 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
Division and StateTotal 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
Illinois1448432511606,4725,5063,2911,3871,878262,2153,793
Indiana462715120193,2542,1891,13977236701,0502,327
Michigan704118212293,7813,0931,746720989371,3472,003
Ohio924617281465,6164,7242,4497981,4002512,2752,484
Wisconsin432313100201,2301,04359730824742446655
East North Central39522195122417420,35316,5559,2223,9854,8813567,33311,262
Alabama171385041,2421,0286643463180364935
Kentucky181046081,1039804653191460515494
Mississippi9541046746714073071000264428
Tennessee188350101,8231,5527105571530842409
East South Central623619170264,8424,2312,2461,52971701,9852,266
Puerto Rico3119469121,8251,40480258956496021,363
U.S. Minor Outlying Islands00000000000000
Virgin Islands63003339625010410094146238
Island Areas37224612152,2211,65490668957437481,601
New Jersey11871254244712,2547,0914,9601,7223,167712,13110,621
New York251151341001710016,24211,8957,6232,0754,9436054,27210,865
Pennsylvania1115020291616,4745,9452,8911,0531,828103,0542,485
Middle Atlantic480272791712220834,97024,93115,4744,8509,9386869,45723,971
Arizona191594242,5131,9411,068736812518731,266
Colorado175140121,6181,4977935362570704626
Idaho22200036132817817800150361
Montana12733153692941821026119112322
Nevada171146163,1542,8091,6196996682521,1902,163
New Mexico161275041,4411,19968550617455141,141
Utah432101281271135121140136133
Wyoming200002109202070
Mountain895528234349,7478,3484,6622,8781,2575273,6866,012
Connecticut52359251175,6184,5932,7881,5421,153931,8054,614
Maine542201452408242461960166439
Massachusetts433012153131,4911,19571533235528480933
New Hampshire971602542459301562432158470
Rhode Island1161505557476227591680249310
Vermont42020238033917601760163194
New England1248425554409,0407,4704,4492,0352,2911233,0216,960
Alaska13116412281245182501211163255
American Samoa00000000000000
California195127437776817,94415,0348,5252,6185,4704376,50912,396
Federated States of Micronesia00000000000000
Guam11100022220002
Hawaii17105507754592290216740302491
Marshall Islands00000000000000
Northern Mariana Islands00000000000000
Oregon29192170102,1951,7191,13315497905861,548
Palau00000000000000
Washington724912343234,0883,2191,8422701,3971751,3772,186
Pacific327217691371111025,26420,81111,9743,3108,0416238,83716,878
Delaware128710450141212132642529174
District of Columbia2118211538935034072125313396829
Florida49338232164,2333,0531,7014051,1811151,3523,035
Georgia201156091,1238795242123120355700
Maryland40331214773,6702,4531,5007625861529532,264
North Carolina181467143,0052,5281,3641,089243321,1642,138
South Carolina6523015094263251801450101482
Virginia12650166255352352091016300210
West Virginia11871032332081268640082141
South Atlantic1891365466165314,79210,9976,3032,9962,8344734,6949,873
Iowa267340191,3861,2564221223000834110
Kansas171082071,3711,28873037829458558753
Minnesota482615101222,3331,9561,075517511478811,442
Missouri48211371273,4252,8401,6695361,099341,1712,043
Nebraska10624041,06888157395640308794
North Dakota6541012262001348648066141
South Dakota1110001410101000014
West North Central1567646282809,8238,4314,6131,6582,8161393,8185,297
Arkansas1062404915832507334740325525
Louisiana1262406352302144607311158164
Oklahoma84220428323913973660100162
Texas472712141202,9522,4081,2403947271191,1681,348
West South Central774318241344,5023,7812,0305601,3401301,7512,199
Total, all States and areas1,9361,16243764976774135,554107,20961,87923,86934,2103,80045,33086,319

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  1. 1 The States are grouped according to the method used by the Bureau of Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.

832 of 832 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.

Reader’s notes

p. 121. 15 columns. Two heading levels: four columns sit under the spanner "Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions" and four under "Valid votes cast for unions"; the remaining headings are tall single cells repeated in both levels. The stub heading carries a raised 1 ("Division and State^1"), but no footnote text appears on this crop — the caption says "Page 1 of 3", so the footnote is presumably printed on a later page. The crop is cut off after the Connecticut row: Connecticut is the first state of the next (New England) division group, whose remaining states and subtotal continue beyond this image. Connecticut's own figures are fully legible. "AFL-CIO" is printed with an en dash and broken across lines ("AFL–/CIO"); transcribed as "AFL-CIO unions" with a plain hyphen. Wrapped headings joined and end-of-line hyphens repaired ("represent-/ative" to "representative", "represent-/ation" to "representation"). Subtotal rows (East North Central, East South Central, Island Areas, Middle Atlantic, Mountain) are printed indented and set off by rules; indentation is not preserved in the labels. All five subtotals were checked against their component states in all 14 numeric columns and every one agrees with the printed total, so no misprints are suspected. No illegible or doubtful cells.

p. 122. 15 columns. The table is a one-panel continuation page ("Page 2 of 3"); the crop is cut off at both ends of the body. At the top, the New England block opens mid-section: only Maine through Vermont are printed, so the "New England" division total (124 elections) exceeds the sum of the states shown here (72) because Connecticut appears on the preceding page. At the bottom, the crop ends after Iowa and Kansas, which begin a division section (West North Central) whose remaining states and division-total line fall on the next page; those two rows therefore have no section total on this image. The stub heading carries a raised footnote marker, transcribed as "Division and State^1", but no footnote text is printed under the table on this crop, so `footnotes` is empty. Arithmetic cross-checks pass everywhere they can be made within the crop: for every state row, AFL–CIO + other national + other local equals the union-votes total, and union votes + votes for no union equals total valid votes cast. The Pacific and South Atlantic division lines reconcile exactly with the sum of their printed member states in all 14 numeric columns, which confirms the column assignments and the small/zero-heavy rows (American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau all print 0 in every column; Guam prints 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 2, 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2). Delaware's last column (74 eligible employees in units choosing representation, against 501 eligible to vote) looks low but is confirmed by the South Atlantic column total of 9,873. No illegible or doubtful cells; no apparent misprints. "AFL–CIO" is set with an en dash in the headings and is transcribed that way. Division-total labels (New England, Pacific, South Atlantic) are printed indented relative to the state names; the indentation is not reproduced in the cell text.

p. 123. This is page 3 of 3 of the table, so the body continues from the previous page: the West North Central division line (156 elections) covers more States than the five printed here (Minnesota through South Dakota sum to only 113 elections), the earlier States of that division having appeared on the preceding page. The West South Central division line is internally consistent with its four printed States. The caption line, which reads "Table 15A.—Geographic Distribution of Representation Elections Held in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 2008—Page 3 of 3", was omitted as instructed. The table has 15 printed columns and two heading levels; the headings "Division and State", "Total elections", "Number of elections in which no representative was chosen", "Number of employees eligible to vote", "Total valid votes cast", "Total votes for no union" and "Eligible employees in units choosing representation" are tall single headings spanning both levels and are repeated accordingly. End-of-line hyphens were repaired (represent-ative, em-ployees, represent-ation); "AFL–CIO" is printed with an en dash. All cells are legible; no doubtful digits.

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Source page 121 of NLRB FY2008 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2008, p. 121.
Source page 122 of NLRB FY2008 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2008, p. 122.
Source page 123 of NLRB FY2008 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2008, p. 123.

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.