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

printed as Table 16 · source pages 130–134 · nlrb2008_p0130_t0

Stitched from pp. 130–134.

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 Production6101053993661308122023615
Forestry and Logging10000118182200160
Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry1101002221150150622
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting82020643940514710137025837
Oil and Gas Extraction84130414214468293907653
Mining (except Oil and Gas)13523081,4961,382451398530931243
Support Activities for Mining431111315254193108741161302
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction2512471131,9531,780712535166111,068598
Utilities47272520202,1162,0041,09197511609131,527
Construction of Buildings171145268946244743468246150695
Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction1883501043729910459450195208
Specialty Trade Contractors1227548252478,4953,3972,3708721,475231,0277,393
Construction1579455354639,8264,3202,9481,2771,602691,3728,296
Food Manufacturing38143101244,0003,5691,6112431,1741941,9581,539
Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing16926177156743753330438299434
Textile Mills1000011312505070
Textile Product Mills21010131828617001700116304
Apparel Manufacturing74040396087142504250446361
Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing21100132529411611600178124
31-Manufacturing66296212376,3315,7062,7023922,0782323,0042,762
Wood Product Manufacturing522003197179886820091136
Paper Manufacturing10523055685282961781180232186
Printing and Related Support Activities105230532526911149620158118
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing932016465350160923137190235
Chemical Manufacturing37171070202,9272,561952488414501,609822
Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing10321071,3461,1895213441770668516
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing2810460181,2351,2855892093719696282
32-Manufacturing1094524201647,0636,3612,7171,4281,193963,6442,295
Primary Metal Manufacturing289621192,0991,8131,0239008736790940
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing181064081,11694846918424837479427
Machinery Manufacturing176420111,9331,8321,39380059304391,509
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing2110013431111100206
Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing16844089541,0545612073540493357
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing42201622228,9787,7303,9443,615315143,7865,664
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing30000310398180180800
Miscellaneous Manufacturing1983501185371844117325414277528
33-Manufacturing14562401938316,07014,2247,8605,8901,8691016,3649,431
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods178530927624412836920116175
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods36154110211,8311,6598233225010836847
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers20000260387070310
Wholesale Trade55239140322,1671,94195835860009831,022
Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers271073017972935443401420492156
Electronics and Appliance Stores11010015214077077063152
Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers53210211810258134504494
Food and Beverage Stores27131120141,211969365832784604285
Health and Personal Care Stores9523043362081227349086293
Gasoline Stations20000299000090
Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores2000028679200200590
44-Retail Trade733212200412,8842,4421,08557051141,357980
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores21100157532023
General Merchandise Stores11725042,0261,4045303901400874805
Miscellaneous Store Retailers5303024336323290440
Nonstore Retailers2110017669283250417
45-Retail Trade201248082,1501,5165953991960921855
Air Transportation11732241,2811,1255745104618551143
Rail Transportation310102203011650192
Water Transportation100001109220070
Truck Transportation66419320253,1742,8451,3172871,03001,5281,118
Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation150117367923315,68912,3348,9162,2706,4442023,41813,352
Pipeline Transportation22101049423322011949
Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation22110090634944501490
Support Activities for Transportation38228140161,7371,5848383255130746770
48-Transportation and Warehousing2731925812958122,05018,03211,7403,4668,0432316,29215,524
Couriers and Messengers111028018967064521737758254597
Warehousing and Storage49132110362,4162,22990585801191,324348
49-Transportation and Warehousing60234190373,3122,9351,3571021,178771,578945
Publishing Industries (except Internet)73210451646818817990280272
Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries3220011221083838007019
Broadcasting (except Internet)126600645040621521320191236
Telecommunications25981016912883460378820423466
Other Information Services86420227421017443130136271
Information55262240292,2742,0751,07585122311,0001,264
Monetary Authorities– Central Bank3110029484433580416
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities11100047462929001747
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities11010054404005
Finance and Insurance53210214613476641205858
Real Estate1210361210294752124301997
Rental and Leasing Services2012840834228113650860145137
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing322211101104443752117111030164234
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services16108116365282142122128140219
Management of Companies and Enterprises4431001999810019
Administrative and Support Services167129288714388,9916,4654,3761,0182,7735852,0896,413
Waste Management and Remediation Services46258170211,3221,21961416637969605583
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services21315436104145910,3137,6844,9901,1843,1526542,6946,996
Educational Services221989231,397997703261359832941,295
Ambulatory Health Care Services56242157325,1093,6551,8012031,4551431,8541,931
Hospitals106841757102213,66810,8576,8811,0284,7281,1253,97611,548
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities164110149155410,8818,3325,2155534,583793,1177,546
Social Assistance2921137182,8831,8611,2827264341225792,671
Health Care and Social Assistance355239461702311632,54124,70515,1792,51011,2001,4699,52623,696
Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries119621260554230912919161233528
Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions22110015159270615
Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries211495075,6914,8262,8662,59826801,9604,793
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation3425168196,3115,3833,1842,7292941612,1995,336
Accommodation3417854172,6032,1641,1487972011501,0161,623
Food Services and Drinking Places2612381149367913534229615438405
Accommodation and Food Services602911135313,5392,9551,5018394971651,4542,028
Repair and Maintenance4025196015886785401318794384386
Personal and Laundry Services171129066725883574825851231443
Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations221786356574832591437442224457
Other Services (except Public Administration)795329213262,2151,8561,017509411978391,286
Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support2211001917142120319
Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities30293161011,911927784165632051431,704
Administration of Human Resource Programs32110169603983102152
Administration of Economic Programs1101001000000010
National Security and International Affairs110100100453803807100
Public Administration37355201022,1091,049875266442051741,885
Total, all industrial groups1,9501,17243865876778138,034109,17062,87424,57634,6043,69446,29688,588

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1,288 of 1,298 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.

Reader’s notes

p. 130. 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". The caption reads "Page 1 of 5", and the crop ends at "Printing and Related Support Activities"; the table continues on the following page. No footnote text is printed under the table on this page, although the stub heading carries a superscript 1 marker (its text presumably appears at the end of the 5-page table). Indented rows that are group subtotals ("Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting"; "Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction"; "Utilities"; "Construction"; "31-Manufacturing") are transcribed in the stub exactly as printed, without the indentation; heavier rules set them off in the image. "Utilities" is both a sector line and its own single-industry total. Possible misprint as printed: for "Oil and Gas Extraction" the "Total valid votes cast" (144) exceeds "Number of employees eligible to vote" (142); transcribed as printed. Every other row and every subtotal checks out internally (union total = AFL-CIO + other national + other local; total valid votes = votes for unions + votes for no union; subtotals = sums of their component rows). The heading "AFL-CIO" is printed with an en dash and broken across lines as "AFL-/CIO"; it is joined with a plain hyphen here.

p. 131. 15 columns, two heading levels. The stub heading carries a raised "1" ("Industrial Group^1"), but no footnote text is printed on this page (the table runs "Page 2 of 5"), so `footnotes` is empty. Typesetting quirk: in the "Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing" row the last column's value, 516, is set one line higher than the rest of that row's figures (level with the label's first line, in the blank space above the Nonmetallic row's 282). It is the only unassigned value in that column and belongs to the Plastics and Rubber Products row; I have placed it there. The crop is a continuation page: it begins mid-section (no "Manufacturing" group header above the first row) and ends at "Food and Beverage Stores" with the table continuing onto the next page. Consequently the "32-Manufacturing" subtotal (109; 7,063 eligible) exceeds the sum of the four 32- rows printed here (75 elections; 5,973 eligible) because the earlier NAICS 32 industries (paper, printing, etc.) appear on the previous page. This is expected, not a misprint. The "33-Manufacturing" and "Wholesale Trade" subtotals do foot to the rows printed above them. Thin double rules separate each subtotal from the next section; they carry no text. Subtotal labels are printed indented ("32-Manufacturing", "33-Manufacturing", "Wholesale Trade"); indentation is not preserved in the cell text.

p. 132. The crop is page 3 of 5 of a table continued from earlier and later pages, so it begins and ends mid-list; the first rows (Health and Personal Care Stores, Gasoline Stations, Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores) belong to the 44-Retail Trade group whose earlier members are on the preceding page, and the Information-sector rows at the bottom have no subtotal line on this crop. The stub heading carries a superscript 1, but no footnote text is printed within the crop, so `footnotes` is empty. Typesetting quirk: in the "Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries" row the last column's value, 19, is printed one line higher (level with the first line of the two-line row label) than the rest of that row's figures; it is transcribed as that row's value for "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". Apparent oddities, transcribed exactly as printed and not corrected: "Rail Transportation" shows 20 employees eligible to vote but 30 total valid votes cast; "Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores" shows 5 eligible but 7 valid votes cast. In both rows the internal vote splits do add to the printed totals (6+5=11, 11+19=30; 3+2=5, 5+2=7), so the discrepancy is between the eligible-to-vote column and the votes-cast columns. Two consecutive subtotal rows are both labelled "Retail Trade" (44- and 45-) and two more are both labelled "Transportation and Warehousing" (48- and 49-); this is as printed (NAICS sector codes). All four subtotals, and all column cross-sums within rows, check out arithmetically against the rows shown, which supports the column assignment. The AFL-CIO heading is printed with an en dash broken across lines ("AFL-" / "CIO") and is joined here as "AFL-CIO unions".

p. 133. The crop ends immediately below the "Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions" row, so the table continues past the bottom of this image and no footnote text is visible; the stub heading carries a raised "1" marker whose footnote is not printed on this crop. Column 0 heading "Industrial Group^1" and the tall single headings ("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", "Eligible employees in units choosing representation") span both heading levels and are repeated in each. The last column heading is printed hyphenated across lines as "Eligible employ-ees in units choos-ing rep-resentati on"; it is joined here as "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". The row label "Monetary Authorities– Central Bank" is printed with an en dash followed by a space, as transcribed. Indentation distinguishes subtotal lines (Finance and Insurance; Real Estate and Rental and Leasing; Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services; Health Care and Social Assistance) from their component industries; indentation is not preserved in the cell text. All internal arithmetic checks (union component columns summing to the union total, union total plus no-union votes equalling total valid votes cast, and subtotals equalling their components) are consistent as transcribed.

p. 134. 15 columns: stub plus 14 numeric columns. All cells are legible; no blank or doubtful cells. Structure: indented rows ("Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation", "Accommodation and Food Services", "Other Services (except Public Administration)", "Public Administration") are sector subtotals printed after their component industry rows; indentation is not represented in the grid. "Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation" (34 elections) exceeds the single component row shown here (21), because this is page 5 of 5 and that sector's earlier component rows are on the preceding page. The stub heading carries footnote marker 1 ("Industrial Group^1"), but no footnote text is printed on this crop — it presumably appears on an earlier page of the table. Printed oddity transcribed as-is: "Administration of Economic Programs" shows 1 election won by a union (Other national unions = 1) with Total valid votes cast = 0 and all vote columns = 0, while Number of employees eligible to vote = 10 and Eligible employees in units choosing representation = 10. Arithmetic checks pass throughout (component columns sum to their "Total" columns, sector rows sum from their components, and the grand-total row is consistent), which supports the column assignments. The dash in the "AFL-CIO unions" headings is set as an en dash in the original; written here with a plain hyphen. The last column heading is hyphen-broken across lines as "Eligible employ-ees in units choos-ing rep-resentati on" and has been rejoined to "Eligible employees in units choosing representation".

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Source page 130 of NLRB FY2008 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2008, p. 130.
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Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2008, p. 134.

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.