Growing Support for Unions

by | Aug 27, 2015 | News

According to a recent Gallup poll, support for labor unions is at its highest point in the last 7 years, and up 10 points from its all-time low in 2009 of 48% approval. Screen Shot 2015-08-26 at 2.06.24 PM It also seems folks would like unions to have a bit more influence, although barely over a third of the population falls into this category. Screen Shot 2015-08-26 at 2.06.41 PM Here’s how Gallup interprets the results:

With the economy continuing to do better than it did during the recession and the 2008 government bailout of two of the Big Three American auto companies — for which unions’ image may have suffered — fading further into history, Americans’ views of unions are largely restored to what they were six years ago. The solid majority approve of unions, and most would like to see unions’ power strengthened, or at least maintained.

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