1st Quarter

2014, 1st Quarter filings #

This report details the number of filings and closed units in the 1st quarter of 2014. As a reminder, we are only showing filings and closures related to single union elections (rare multi-union elections are excluded).

Filings by Union #

In the 1st quarter of 2014 483 petitions for new units were filed, a 7.57% increase from the previous quarter The median size was 21 with a total of 27,168 workers across all units, a 4.65% increase from the previous quarter

National Total Units Filed Change in Units Total Workers Change in Total Workers Median Unit Size Change in Median Unit
Uncoded 176 -14 9,248 -28.86% 20.0 -21.09%
Teamsters 66 -7 2,141 -17.76% 18.5 -12.21%
SEIU 48 25 5,672 176.49% 67.5 14.43%
IUOE 20 3 311 66.60% 7.5 -6.66%
IAM 19 8 659 431.79% 10.0 43.29%
IBEW 18 -6 441 -37.74% 17.0 0.00%
UFCW 18 8 1,906 85.47% 54.0 3.33%
AFSCME 14 10 949 445.11% 17.5 94.35%
USW 13 3 1,085 93.24% 27.0 -43.29%
SPFPA 10 3 222 -48.84% 17.5 -63.27%
SMART 8 6 234 102.12% 26.0 -55.50%
LIUNA 7 -2 296 -33.30% 35.0 8.88%
RWDSU 6 3 303 -14.43% 29.5 -78.81%
UAW 5 2 206 182.04% 20.0 5.55%
UGSOA 4 2 101 248.64% 20.0 37.74%
CWA 3 -1 116 24.42% 49.0 75.48%
IATSE 3 1 419 458.43% 6.0 -84.36%
NNU 3 -2 200 -65.49% 30.0 -33.30%
NUHW 3 0 438 142.08% 149.0 728.16%
OPEIU 3 2 709 2,115.66% 53.0 65.49%
AFT 2 2 57 - 28.5 -
BCTGM 2 -2 148 -56.61% 74.0 18.87%
FCGOA 2 2 99 - 49.5 -
IFPTE 2 1 38 2.22% 19.0 -48.84%
ILA 2 2 23 - 11.5 -
Ironworkers 2 2 62 - 31.0 -
NLJSP 2 1 55 510.60% 27.5 205.35%
UBC 2 1 170 580.53% 85.0 239.76%
ACOPS 1 1 9 - 9.0 -
ATU 1 -4 176 -55.50% 176.0 97.68%
IAFF 1 1 39 - 39.0 -
ILWU 1 -1 39 -63.27% 39.0 -26.64%
IUJAT 1 0 4 -92.13% 4.0 -92.13%
Multiple 1 1 29 - 29.0 -
NABET 1 -1 51 42.18% 51.0 183.15%
NAGE 1 -3 12 -94.35% 12.0 -31.08%
NEA 1 1 115 - 115.0 -
NEMSA 1 1 30 - 30.0 -
Other 1 0 8 -94.35% 8.0 -94.35%
SAG-AFTRA 1 0 14 -71.04% 14.0 -71.04%
SSOBA 1 1 29 - 29.0 -
UA 1 -3 6 -97.68% 6.0 -52.17%
UE 1 0 40 -92.13% 40.0 -92.13%
UMWA 1 1 3 - 3.0 -
UNITE HERE 1 -3 16 -91.02% 16.0 -59.94%
URSO 1 1 38 - 38.0 -
United Federation LEOS-PBA 1 1 72 - 72.0 -
WU 1 -2 130 -8.88% 130.0 136.53%
AFM 0 -1 0 - 0.0 -
IBB 0 -1 0 - 0.0 -
IUEC 0 -1 0 - 0.0 -
IUPAT 0 -2 0 - 0.0 -
NYSNA 0 -1 0 - 0.0 -
PATCO 0 -1 0 - 0.0 -
USPOA 0 -1 0 - 0.0 -
UWA 0 -3 0 - 0.0 -

Closed Elections by Union #

In the 1st quarter of 2014 418 petitions for new units were closed (this includes petitions where no election was ever held), with 39.71% closed with a certification order, creating 166 total new units. This was a -30.54% decrease from the previous quarter in successful union certifications. Overall this represents approximately 7,271 workers, which is a -46.84% decrease from the previous quarter The median bargaining unit has 21 workers.

National Total Units Closed Change in Closed Units Won Total Workers Added Median Successful Unit
Uncoded 177 -16 16 679 25.0
Teamsters 51 -43 22 492 17.5
SEIU 34 -1 29 2,383 43.0
IBEW 19 -5 11 290 20.0
IAM 16 2 15 134 8.0
USW 12 1 8 345 26.0
UFCW 11 -1 6 106 13.5
AFSCME 10 1 7 117 17.0
LIUNA 10 -1 3 148 35.0
SPFPA 9 0 6 272 29.5
IUOE 8 -17 5 106 15.0
SMART 5 -1 1 99 99.0
UAW 5 4 4 150 19.5
UNITE HERE 4 2 2 79 39.5
ATU 3 0 1 302 302.0
CWA 3 -1 2 56 28.0
NAGE 3 -1 3 40 11.0
NNU 3 -2 3 728 30.0
RWDSU 3 -1 2 50 25.0
UA 3 -1 0 0 0.0
UWA 3 3 2 48 24.0
BCTGM 2 0 1 66 66.0
ILWU 2 1 1 29 29.0
OPEIU 2 -2 1 53 53.0
UGSOA 2 1 2 29 14.5
AFT 1 -1 1 52 52.0
FCGOA 1 1 1 71 71.0
IATSE 1 -4 1 5 5.0
IBB 1 0 0 0 0.0
Ironworkers 1 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple 1 1 1 29 29.0
NABET 1 -1 0 0 0.0
NUHW 1 -4 1 5 5.0
NewsGuild 1 1 0 0 0.0
Other 1 0 1 145 145.0
PATCO 1 1 1 4 4.0
SAG-AFTRA 1 -1 1 14 14.0
SSOBA 1 1 1 29 29.0
UBC 1 -1 1 3 3.0
UE 1 1 0 0 0.0
UMWA 1 0 1 3 3.0
USPOA 1 1 1 82 82.0
WU 1 -1 1 28 28.0
IFPTE 0 -2 0 0 0.0
IUJAT 0 -1 0 0 0.0
IUPAT 0 -2 0 0 0.0
NEMSA 0 -1 0 0 0.0
NLJSP 0 -1 0 0 0.0
NYSNA 0 -1 0 0 0.0
TWU 0 -2 0 0 0.0
URSO 0 -1 0 0 0.0
United Federation LEOS-PBA 0 -1 0 0 0.0

Data last updated on: Oct 3 2023 01:48 UTC