July 09, 2010

Employee union representation elections, 1997–2009

Results of National Labor Relations Board Union Representation Elections, 1997–2009
Year	Total number of elections for union representation	Number of elections decided in favor of union representation	Number of elections not decided in favor of union representation
1997	3,261	1,656	1,605
1998	3,296	1,711	1,585
1999	3,012	1,576	1,436
2000	2,896	1,513	1,383
2001	2,571	1,395	1,176
2002	2,675	1,506	1,169
2003	2,352	1,340	1,012
2004	2,293	1,312	981
2005	2,099	1,248	851
2006	1,650	988	662
2007	1,510	890	620
2008	1,588	1,028	560
2009	1,304	864	440

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