Unions

Labor Unions See Sharp Slide in U.S. Public Support

For first time, fewer than half of Americans approve of labor unions

September 3, 2009
This Labor Day season marks the first time that fewer than half of Americans (48%) approve of labor unions. While two-thirds of Americans (66%) believe unions help their own members, 51% say they hurt the U.S. economy -- up from 36% last year.More ...
Approval of Labor Unions Fades

Approval of Labor Unions Fades

September 3, 2009
The percentage of Americans who approve of labor unions fell to 48% this August, down from 59% in August of 2008.

Majority Receptive to Law Making Union Organizing Easier

But most Americans not closely following news about union bill in Congress

March 17, 2009
A new Gallup Poll finds that only 12% of Americans are “very closely” following news about the proposed Employee Free Choice Act, but that 53% favor the general idea of a new law making it easier for labor unions to organize workers.More ...

Americans Remain Broadly Supportive of Labor Unions

Public divided as to whether their influence should increase, decrease, or stay the same

December 1, 2008
The most recent Gallup Poll update on labor unions finds 59% of Americans saying they approve of labor unions, in line with recent years’ data. But the public remains rather divided as to whether U.S. labor unions should have more (35%), less (32%), or the same (28%) influence in the future as they have today.More ...

Clinton as Dominant Among Union Members as Non-Members

Democratic union members' preferences differ little from broader party

September 20, 2007
Hillary Clinton continues to enjoy a better-than-20-percentage-point advantage over all her challengers for the 2008 Democratic nomination, according to the latest national Gallup Poll. An analysis of combined Gallup data from the last two months shows Clinton enjoys a similarly large lead among union members who are Democrats. John Edwards, running third nationally, is essentially tied with Barack Obama for second among these union members.More ...

Education

Overall, how satisfied are you with the quality of education students receive in kindergarten through grade twelve in the U.S. today -- would you say you are completely satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied or completely dissatisfied? Now thinking about the school your oldest child attends, do you think there is too much emphasis, the right amount, or too little emphasis on [RANDOM ORDER -- Sports. Preparing for standardized tests. Reading and English. Art and music. Sciences. Physical education. Foreign languages. Health. Composition or writing. Math. History.]?More ...

Labor Unions

Do you approve or disapprove of labor unions? Overall, do you think labor unions mostly help or mostly hurt [INSERT ITEM, RANDOM ORDER]? How about -- [INSERT NEXT ITEM]? In the labor disputes of the last two or three years, have your sympathies, in general been -- [ROTATED: on the side of unions (or) on the side of the companies]?More ...

Sixty Percent of Americans Approve of Labor Unions

Little changed in recent years

August 31, 2007
Gallup's annual Work and Education survey finds little change during recent years in Americans' view of labor unions, with 60% now approving of unions. Less than one in five Americans say labor unions in this country will become stronger in the future, and only about one in three say they would like to see labor unions have more influence. Only about one in ten Americans say they personally belong to a labor union.More ...

Most Americans Approve of Interracial Marriages

Blacks more likely than whites to approve of black-white unions

August 16, 2007
According to a recent Gallup Poll, 77% of Americans say they approve of marriages between blacks and whites. This includes the vast majority of whites and blacks, but blacks are much more likely than whites to approve of interracial marriages. Public support for black-white marriage has been building steadily since 1958, and reached the current plateau near the 75% mark in 2003.More ...

Madrid Forum Aims to Help EU Populations Be Heard

October 26, 2006
European social scientists, journalists, and policy-makers will gather in Madrid on Friday for a European Commission conference on "Understanding European public opinion" in effort to improve communication in European Union populations. Dr. Allan McCutcheon, director of the Gallup Research Center, will present on new analytic methods for understanding cross-national comparisons of survey data.More ...
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