Poll: 81 Percent of Workers Against Unions

Newsmax ^ | 3/16/09 | David A. Patten

[AT7Saluki]

Contrary to union leaders’ expectations, the vast majority of workers have no interest in joining a union.

A Rasmussen Reports survey finds 81 percent of non-union workers do not want union representation. That compares to just 9 percent of workers who say they do want to join a union.

Even among workers whose employers are laying off employees, interest in joining a union is low: Only 9 percent want to be members of a union.

The results were based on surveys of 1,000 adults conducted March 13-14. The Rasmussen findings come as proponents of Big Labor prepare to introduce “card check” legislation that would publicly reveal any votes by employees on whether they wish to be represented by a union.

Taking away workers’ rights to cast their ballots privately, opponents warn, would lead to harassment and intimidation of those who don’t care to join a union.

Even employees of firms laying off workers show little interest in union membership: Fewer than 10 percent say want to become union members.

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The findings strongly contradict Big Labor’s expectations. Rasmussen found that 47 percent of union members assume that non-union employees do want to join a union.

[AT7Saluki]

***Rasmussen found that 47 percent of union members assume that non-union employees do want to join a union.***

"Everybody wants to party with us, don't they?"

[wombtotomb]

Are you listening Washington??? Card Check, mandatory unionization?? NEA, UAW, union leaders? Vote pro union at your own risk! You have awoken the giant silent majority, and you do so at your own political peril. We are watching YOU, the hell with the other way around!!!!

[Hacklehead]

100-9 = 91

[Tarpon]

Well this sure proves why you need thugs and intimidation to get unions in started.

[ComputerGuy]

Fewer than 10 percent say want to become union members

Exactly why we need Card Check - to 'educate' the other 90%.

[From The Deer Stand]

And the unions’ reply: “If we want you to be in a union you will be in a union.”

[sickoflibs]

finally sanity

[wayoverontheright]

Are you listening Washington??? Card Check, mandatory unionization?? NEA, UAW, union leaders? Vote pro union at your own risk! You have awoken the giant silent majority, and you do so at your own political peril. We are watching YOU, the hell with the other way around!!!!

I agree. Pushing this issue will just succeed in getting better attendance at tea parties. I'm not sure that many more workplaces would unionize, even if this monstrosity is passed. There's too much evidence that pay increases for workers come with lowered job security. Unions have outlived their usefulness.

[randita]

Card check is DOA. There aren’t enough Democrat votes for it. Knowing this, I wonder if they’ll even bring it up for a vote.

Once it’s killed, watch Walmart stock take off.

[Niteranger68]

Unions are great, providing you are too weak or too stupid to stay employed by your own merit.

[SECURE AMERICA]

A Rasmussen Reports survey finds 81 percent of non-union workers do not want union representation.

Why would this be a surprise to anyone?
A workers paycheck. 40 hours of wages.THEN
Federal taxes
Social Security Txes
Medicare txes
State Taxes
Local Taxes
Occupational Tax
Workers share of healthcare coverage
and if possible a few bucks into a company savings plan or IRA or pension plan
So who thinks that with the meager amount left over at this pont that a worker wants to hand more over to some union boss so that they can have conventions in Las Vegas?
I have worked 38 years an only had to be in a union one time for about a year and a half.I got out of that as quickly as possible...

[FortWorthPatriot]

Thanks for the new tagline.

[Niteranger68]

I’m giving back to the community. Enjoy!

[FortWorthPatriot]

BTW that really is a good quote and sums unions up perfectly.

Good job.

[Niteranger68]

Thanks. I'm a bit surprised that I had a meaningful thought, absent profanity.

[FortWorthPatriot]

I noticed the Springfield Armory logo on your webpage - do you happen to own one of their XD pistols? I have the XD-9 and XD-45 both service models and they are great.

[Don Corleone]

If Government is the “answer” to everything why do government workers need Unions??

[hunter112]

Over on the DUmmies board, they salivate at the prospect of getting card check, the moonbats really believe that unionization of every American worker is how we get back to prosperity.

They just don't see that the big box chains are perfectly prepared to close the first several of their outlets, no matter where they're located, should they go union. They'll be more than happy for the lamestream media to report the story, so they can tell workers at the other shops what will happen if they're that stupid.

[Niteranger68]

I have an XD-40 in the service length also. No complaints at all. Of all my semi-autos, that's the last one I would give up. I am considering picking up an XDM-9 with a SS slide. The problem is that my gun wish list has more entries than Bill Clinton's little black book. And sorting the list is more complicated than the BCS formula.

[Pearls Before Swine]

The problem is that my gun wish list has more entries than Bill Clinton's little black book.

Move to Massachusetts if you want to shorten your list. The available choices are severely restricted by the Attorney General's "product safety" requirements which mandate state specific testing for individual handgun models. It's not even a statute, but a regulation, and many companies just don't bother. No XDs here.