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Unions' Approval at Lowest Point Since 1981, Poll Finds
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| September 1, 2006
| Randy Hall
Posted on 09/03/2006 4:56:53 PM PDT by takeemout
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To: ItisaReligionofPeace
I lived in J-ville (Mandarin actually) from 87-89. I remember cost of living being being a good bit higher there as soon as I got to P'cola. I'm glad I bought my house in 91, I couldn't afford it now.
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posted on
09/03/2006 7:12:00 PM PDT
by
stm
(Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence)
To: hardworking
Very well said down to the very last period. It sounds like you went to the same school I did. For those who think this is a recent phenomenon my first year of college was 1952. There were serious students and then there were the lazys and misfits who wanted a degree but did not want to work for it, so they took the easy way out.....majored in education.
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To: bfree
Look for the union label and buy another product.I certainly won't buy that other product, though, if it is made in China (or some other repressive dictatorship).
To: takeemout
If unions had their way, every lazy goon would be making $80 an hour, and a toaster would cost a hundred...
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posted on
09/03/2006 8:04:43 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Note to MSM - when dems say "jump", you don't have to ask "how high".)
To: anthropos
Any conservative or REPUB that belongs to the NEA is silly. You do realize they give money for gun control, abortion, immigrant, gay marriage activist groups. Have you checked out what your UNION supports. Alot of teachers refuse to join. I have 3 family members who are teachers and do not belong to the UNION. If UNIONS would just deal with job related issues and stay out of social issues they might be liked more. However they have become to be what they really always were a left wing political machine. First controlled by Commies, Then the Mafia and now the Socialists. They make me ill.
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posted on
09/03/2006 8:23:49 PM PDT
by
therut
To: takeemout
"These results help explain the continued decline of union membership and do not bode well for the future of unions...or the 'rat party......
To: nwrep
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posted on
09/03/2006 9:33:19 PM PDT
by
Wolverine
(A Concerned Citizen)
To: anthropos
I agree that most unions have served their purpose, but I do still feel that teacher's unions are important...Sure. Keep 'em safe to spread their leftist schpiel.
Let's see... nine months work for twelve months pay. An air conditioned comfortable environment. Protection courtesy of the union. Gotta love that.
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posted on
09/03/2006 9:39:07 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: buccaneer81
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posted on
09/03/2006 10:13:16 PM PDT
by
Wolverine
(A Concerned Citizen)
To: takeemout
.....When asked, "Would you personally like to be a member of a labor union?" 74 percent said "No." So only 26% would like it. That's still too many.
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posted on
09/03/2006 10:17:40 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: Cobra64
But they are wonderful for the DNC coffers...
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posted on
09/03/2006 10:19:34 PM PDT
by
endthematrix
(None dare call it ISLAMOFACISM!)
To: anthropos
RE: Service workers unions
SEIU works with ANSWER wants illegals for amnesty, "free" universal healthcare and funnels millions into the DNC...
WONDERFUL?
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posted on
09/03/2006 10:25:42 PM PDT
by
endthematrix
(None dare call it ISLAMOFACISM!)
To: ItisaReligionofPeace
Sadly, no....it wasn't bull. PC crap run amok is what it was...and he was a good teacher who cared about his students and spent a lot of time working to help them.
To: endthematrix
RE: Service workers unionsThanks for the reply...that was largely what I had heard...suggestions for further reading up on SEIU?
To: Cobra64
He grabbed the little girl's sign and wripped it to pieces - one of the most highly discussed items on FR at the time it happened.
To: Republican Wildcat
He grabbed the little girl's sign and wripped it to pieces - one of the most highly discussed items on FR at the time it happened.In a way I'm glad I missed the FR thread. It would have got my blood boiling. Then again, over the decades we've all heard of the expressions "union thugs" and "union goons" so I shouldn't be surprised to read of this.
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posted on
09/04/2006 8:53:41 AM PDT
by
Cobra64
(All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
To: takeemout
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posted on
09/04/2006 9:35:25 AM PDT
by
ConservativeStLouisGuy
(11th FReeper Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Unnecessarily Excerpt)
To: ConservativeStLouisGuy
Unions' Approval at Lowest Point Since 1981, Poll Finds
A new Zogby poll has some unwelcome Labor Day news for union officials: Approval of unions is at its lowest point since 1981, and almost three-quarters of workers in the U.S. say they don't want to belong to a labor union.
"These results help explain the continued decline of union membership and do not bode well for the future of unions," said David Denholm, president of the conservative Public Service Research Foundation (PSRF), which studies labor unions and union influence on public policy.
"Working Americans realize that unionism isn't in their best interests," Denholm told Cybercast News Service.
In conducting the poll for the PSRF, Zogby International interviewed 803 employed persons selected to accurately represent the demographics of the general American population, Denholm said.
When asked, "In general, do you approve of labor unions?" only 55 percent replied affirmatively. When asked, "Would you personally like to be a member of a labor union?" 74 percent said "No."
In response to a question about whether they would vote for union representation, a combined total of 58 percent said "probably not" or "definitely not," compared to a total of 36 percent who said "definitely for" or "probably for."
"It is interesting that - while only a minority would vote for union representation - even a smaller minority would personally like to be a member of a labor union," Denholm added. "That may be akin to liking the taste of sausage but not wanting to see it being made."
While participating in the survey, employees also expressed the belief that unions have too much political clout. Fifty-four percent said that union political influence was "too much," compared to 38 percent who said it was "not enough."
The poll also found continuing support among workers for the principle of the "right to work," which gives employees the option of deciding for themselves whether or not to join or financially support a union.
Sixty-four percent of those surveyed agreed with the statement that "Nobody should be required to join or support a union as a condition of employment," compared to 33 percent who said that workers who benefit from union representation "should be required to pay their fair share of the cost of union representation."
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 12.5 percent of American workers belong to labor unions.
When contacted by Cybercast News Service for response to the poll, a representative of the AFL-CIO replied that the organization had "no comment on it at this time."
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posted on
09/04/2006 9:36:07 AM PDT
by
ConservativeStLouisGuy
(11th FReeper Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Unnecessarily Excerpt)
To: anthropos
suburban Philly - the teachers here are (sorry!) grossly overpaid.
My grandmother was a 2nd grade school teacher so it's not that I dislike teachers - I just dislike the union propaganda and the "teachers are sacred" mentality quite a few teachers adopt, as tho they are somehow better than any other worker classification.
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posted on
09/04/2006 1:33:00 PM PDT
by
cinives
(On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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