4th Quarter

2022, 4th Quarter filings #

This report details the number of filings and closed units in the 4th quarter of 2022. 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 4th quarter of 2022 475 petitions for new units were filed, a -0.84% decrease from the previous quarter The median size was 20 with a total of 52,246 workers across all units, a 120.78% 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 159 -2 11,392 47.73% 18.0 19.98%
Teamsters 54 5 2,388 -18.87% 18.0 -14.43%
SEIU 45 17 10,141 541.68% 20.0 37.74%
WU 35 -5 983 -13.32% 23.0 9.99%
UFCW 31 -9 679 -54.39% 15.0 0.00%
IAM 14 -10 395 -35.52% 18.0 89.91%
IBEW 13 -4 894 256.41% 16.0 77.70%
IUOE 12 -8 176 -57.72% 8.5 0.00%
AFT 11 10 2,627 3,548.67% 48.0 -33.30%
CWA 9 1 215 -28.86% 17.0 -46.62%
UA 9 1 233 107.67% 8.0 -19.98%
USW 8 5 294 -59.94% 9.5 -74.37%
AFSCME 6 -9 441 -3.33% 38.0 81.03%
OPEIU 6 3 567 357.42% 97.5 473.97%
SPFPA 5 -2 72 -89.91% 10.0 -81.03%
IATSE 4 0 473 662.67% 79.0 690.42%
NUHW 4 2 416 378.51% 107.5 147.63%
UAW 4 -1 3,763 218.67% 449.5 271.95%
UNITE HERE 4 1 3,374 1,546.23% 72.0 414.03%
ATU 3 -3 92 -61.05% 6.0 -43.29%
Multiple 3 0 296 -56.61% 3.0 -94.35%
NATCA 3 2 12 199.80% 4.0 0.00%
NNU 3 0 685 -15.54% 32.0 -54.39%
UE 3 2 9,386 838.05% 3,186.0 218.67%
APWU 2 2 197 - 98.5 -
IAFF 2 2 19 - 9.5 -
IUPAT 2 -1 75 87.69% 37.5 188.70%
Ironworkers 2 0 18 -61.05% 9.0 -61.05%
LIUNA 2 0 55 149.85% 27.5 149.85%
NewsGuild 2 0 52 -8.88% 26.0 -8.88%
PASNAP 2 2 376 - 188.0 -
UGSOA 2 0 187 -1.11% 93.5 -1.11%
FCGOA 1 1 30 - 30.0 -
NABET 1 0 29 -19.98% 29.0 -19.98%
NYSNA 1 1 811 - 811.0 -
Other 1 1 20 - 20.0 -
PATCO 1 -1 3 -62.16% 3.0 -25.53%
RWDSU 1 -1 56 43.29% 56.0 187.59%
SAG-AFTRA 1 0 22 -31.08% 22.0 -31.08%
UBC 1 1 138 - 138.0 -
URSO 1 0 3 -92.13% 3.0 -92.13%
UWUA 1 -1 11 -84.36% 11.0 -68.82%
United Federation LEOS-PBA 1 -2 150 34.41% 150.0 499.50%
BCTGM 0 -1 0 - 0.0 -
IBB 0 -1 0 - 0.0 -
Insulators 0 -1 0 - 0.0 -
SMART 0 -1 0 - 0.0 -

Closed Elections by Union #

In the 4th quarter of 2022 514 petitions for new units were closed (this includes petitions where no election was ever held), with 55.25% closed with a certification order, creating 284 total new units. This was a -0.35% decrease from the previous quarter in successful union certifications. Overall this represents approximately 16,136 workers, which is a 11.23% increase from the previous quarter The median bargaining unit has 19 workers.

National Total Units Closed Change in Closed Units Won Total Workers Added Median Successful Unit
Uncoded 152 -18 24 1,069 26.0
Teamsters 58 4 41 1,690 36.0
WU 51 -49 40 1,106 24.5
SEIU 43 13 31 5,076 20.0
UFCW 38 -1 28 582 17.0
IAM 25 8 15 160 9.0
IBEW 22 9 15 653 10.0
IUOE 20 10 14 197 8.0
UA 11 7 4 22 4.5
CWA 9 3 9 341 43.0
AFSCME 8 -7 5 156 27.0
OPEIU 8 6 7 432 37.0
AFT 7 2 6 330 42.5
SPFPA 7 2 2 29 14.5
ATU 6 0 4 119 14.5
IATSE 6 -1 5 63 11.0
USW 6 1 2 702 351.0
NNU 4 1 4 737 49.0
UAW 4 -1 3 1,317 535.0
NUHW 3 3 3 257 56.0
UNITE HERE 3 0 3 160 23.0
IAFF 2 1 2 19 9.5
Ironworkers 2 -1 1 14 14.0
UWUA 2 1 2 70 35.0
APWU 1 0 1 78 78.0
BCTGM 1 1 1 45 45.0
FCGOA 1 1 1 30 30.0
ILA 1 0 0 0 0.0
IUPAT 1 -2 1 11 11.0
Insulators 1 1 0 0 0.0
LIUNA 1 -2 1 6 6.0
Multiple 1 -1 1 54 54.0
NATCA 1 0 1 5 5.0
NewsGuild 1 -2 1 34 34.0
Other 1 0 1 13 13.0
PASNAP 1 1 1 315 315.0
RWDSU 1 -1 1 20 20.0
SAG-AFTRA 1 0 1 32 32.0
UE 1 1 1 154 154.0
UGSOA 1 0 0 0 0.0
URSO 1 1 1 38 38.0
BAC 0 -1 0 0 0.0
IBB 0 -1 0 0 0.0
ILWU 0 -5 0 0 0.0
NAGE 0 -1 0 0 0.0
NYSNA 0 -1 0 0 0.0
PATCO 0 -2 0 0 0.0
SMART 0 -2 0 0 0.0
UBC 0 -1 0 0 0.0
United Federation LEOS-PBA 0 -2 0 0 0.0

Data last updated on: Jun 5 2023 02:23 UTC