We just had our union vote at work and as the title says it wasn't even close. We marched on the boss about 30 days after we started organizing and had a vote 3 weeks after that. I'm not sure if the company thought it had a chance of winning but judging by the boss's gradually sinking face after each yes vote was added to the pile they must have.
Union membership is on the rise comrades. If work does something that pissed everyone off reach out to a local union and strike (no pun intended) while the iron's hot and you may be looking at 50 yes and 6 no.