Courtesy of Mish.
In what is decidedly a good thing for California as well as the nation at-large, a recent Field Poll shows California Voters Take Negative View of Labor Unions.
According to the latest Field Poll, California voter views of labor unions have taken a decidedly negative turn over the past two and one-half years. Whereas a March 2011 survey found voters by a four to three margin, believing that labor unions generally do more good than harm, opinions about this have shifted, with more voters now saying they do more harm than good, 45% to 40%.
The poll also finds Californians sharply divided on the question of whether public transit workers should be allowed to go on strike, with 47% feeling they should continue to have this right, while 44% believe they shouldn’t. Voters in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area, who faced a paralyzing strike by its Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workers in both July and October and who face the possibility of a third strike, are more likely than voters elsewhere to oppose public transit workers having the right to strike.
Overall Results
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Demographic and Political Breakdown
Union Household Trends
- Those on the take at the expense of everyone else (unions) are overwhelmingly pro-union.
- Even among union households, note the sharp 13% increase in the percentage of people who say unions do more harm than good.
- By a 49-35 margin, nonunion households no say unions do more harm than good.
Primary Union Support
- Union households
- Los Angeles County
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Age Group 18-29
- Latinos
- Blacks
The age demographic is interesting. Are teachers pounding pro-union propaganda into kids heads from age six through college?
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