NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

50 THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Labor organizations involved in elections.—There is shown in
Table XXII the number of elections won and lost by the various
types of labor organizations, as well as the number of times each type
of labor organization appeared on the ballot.
TABLE XXIL—Number of elections won and lost and participation by labor
• organization.s in elections conducted by the N. L. R. B. fiscal year ending June
30, 19381
Total appearances
on
ballot
Elections
Won
Lost
Valid votes
cast Elections Valid votes
cast
Percent
Num. Vlid Oa Number
cast ber of apjpearancas
Numher
Percent
Numof
total her
cast
Percent
of appearances
Numher
Per •
cent
of appearances
Jiaions affiliated with A. F.
of L 604 57, 151 263 43. 5 37, 061 64. 8 341 56. 5 20, 090 35. 2
"Jnions affiliated with C. I. 0_ 816 175, 838 553 67.8 148,565 84.1 263 32.2 27, 273 15.1
Jnaffiliated national unions 1 _ 98 11, 895 46 45. 9 9,941 83. 6 53 54. 1 1,954 164
Jnaffiliated local unions' 175 37, 586 84 48.0 20,785 15.3 91 12.0 16,801 44. 7
I This table includes only those elections which were won by some form of labor organization.
3 Unaffiliated unions which represent more than one plant or company.
'Unaffiliated unions which represent one plant or company.
The C. I. 0. affiliates won 67.8 percent of the 816 elections in which
they appeared on the ballot. The A. F. of L. unions were successful
in 43.5 percent of the 604 elections in which they were participants.
Unaffiliated national unions and unaffiliated local unions were successful
in securing a majority of the votes in 45.9 percent and 48
percent, respectively, of the elections in which they appeared on the
ballot.
Affiliates of the C. I. 0. were involved most often in the elections
conducted by the Board. They appeared on the ballot in 86.4 percent
of the elections won by some form of labor organization. The
A. F. of L. appeared in 63.9 percent of the elections, unaffiliated
national unions participated in 10.4 percent of the elections, and
unaffiliated local unions in 18.5 percent of the elections.
In 312 elections, in which 79,738 valid votes were cast, unions
affiliated with the A. F. of L. and affiliates of the C. I. 0. both appeared
on the same ballot. These cases represented 27 percent of all
elections held and 23 percent of all valid votes cast in the 1,152
elections conducted by the Board during the fiscal year 1937-38. Of
these 312 elections, C. I. 0. unions won 219 of the elections, whereas
the affiliates of the A. F. of L. were successful in 86 of these elections.
One election resulted in a tie vote, and in six elections neither labor
organization was successful.