so i'm running some better measures of NLRB elections during the COVID-19 pandemic. (thread)

426 single-union elections (only one union appeared on the ballot), involving 21,589 workers. 373 certification (253 won), 48 decert (21 won), 5 management-filed petitions (0 won).

gain of 9182 newly union workers, 995 lost, for a net position of 8187

working more on this to make an interactive database of union election results including employer, union, vote totals, etc. etc.

ok, so of the unions that have run the most elections: CWA has the best win percentage, in no small part due to @newsguild. 27 elections, won 89%. @SEIU is next with 41 elections, 78% wins. @Teamsters have run most elections (110), but have a more modest 55% win rate.

total members added: @SEIU = 1722. @Teamsters = 1483, @UFCW = 804, @CWA = 626, @AFSCME = 686, @MachinistsUnion = 458, @ueunion = 380 (off of one election!)

If you average out member gains by numbers of election (IDK why you would but let's say you would), @ueunion knocks it out of the park.

one note: there are very few multi-union elections, and they're overwhelmingly one of two things: a legitimate union fighting against a sketchy "union" (or an independent bargaining association), or AFL-CIO affiliates fighting Puerto Rican unions.

in fact, i didn't identify any Puerto Rican union elections that had fewer than two unions on the ballot. of those, CGT beat the Teamsters in two elections, CWA beat UITICE in one. cc: @tgracchus1848 @Gaius_Gracchus_