1943 - National Labor Relations Board

Statistical Analysis of Cases Filed and Closed During 1943 25Results of ElectionsThe C. I. 0. won 75.1 percent of the 2,350 elections and pay-rollchecks in which it participated; the -A. F. of L. won 69.3 percent of2,018 elections, and unaffiliated unions won 55.8 percent of 745 elections.While these proportions have not varied greatly from yearto year, the proportion of votes cast for A. F. of L. and C. I. 0.unions in 1943 was lower than in 1942. In 1943, the C. I. 0. polled61.8 percent of the votes cast in the elections in which it participatedcompared with 68 percent for 1942; the A. F. of L. received 41.6percent of the votes, contrasted with 50.9 percent for the previousyear. Unaffiliated unions received a slightly higher proportion in1943, 46.9 percent compared with 45.1 percent in 1942. No unionwas successful in 573 elections or 13.8 percent of the total number.A summary of the results of elections conducted in 1943 appears inthe following table:Table 5.-Results of elections and pay-roll checks conducted during 1943, by participatingunionsElections in which union Elections won by Valid votes eastparticipated unionfor unionParticipating uniOnNI1111-herNumber ofeligiblevotersNumberof validvotes.castNumberPercentelections inwhichunion participatedNumber Percentof totalA. F. of L 2,018 642,384 513, 815 1,398 69. 3 267, 118 41. 6C. I. 0 2,350 1, 044, 265 833,406 1,760 75.1 515,271 61.8-Unaffiliated 745 368,381 300, 332 416 65.8 140, 780 46.9The petitioning union was successful in 78.6 percent of all electionsand pay-roll checks. The A. F. of L. won 78 percent of the electionsin which it was the petitioner; the C. I. 0., 81 percent, and unaffiliatedunions, 73 percent.In 76 percent of the elections there was only one party on theballot, with the choice for or against the petitioning union. In the1,312 elections where the choice was for or against an A. F. of L.affiliate, the union won in 81.5 percent and received 70.4 percent of thetotal valid vote. The C. I. 0. with 1,577 elections in which no otherparty was on the ballot, won 85 percent and received 74.5 percentof the votes. Unaffiliated unions, with 296 such elections, won 82.4percent and received 71.3 percent of the votes.In 513 contests between the A. F. of L. and C. I. 0., the C. I. 0won 52.2 percent, the A. F. of L., 41.1 percent; the C. I. 0. received51.6 percent of the votes and the A. F. of L., 39.1 percent. Both theA. F. of L. and C. I. 0. won a majority of the contests with un-See tables 11 and 12 in Appendix, pp. 95, 93.