Thursday, March 3, 2011

A numbers game

From a NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released this morning:


"Do you think public employees who belong to a union and work for state government, city government, or a school district should have the same right to bargain when it comes to their health care, pension and other benefits as employees who belong to a union and work for private companies?"
.
YesNoUnsure  
%%%  
2/24-28/11
77194




These numbers are trending upward for "pro-union" (or anti-non-union).  Neat, it looks like some of this shit is backfiring.  Check out the whole poll here: Polling Report: Unions Not everything is perfect, but the trends are in the right direction.  Check out the questions that have a history of answers.. here's an example (Note they are years apart):


Do you think labor unions have too much influence, too little influence, or about the right amount of influence on American life and politics today?"
.
Too muchToo littleRight amountUnsure
%
%
%
%
2/24-27/11
37
19
29
15
2/26 - 3/1/10
43
15
27
15
3/12-16/09
47
18
24
11
9/22-27/81
60
11
22
7


:)

~Nic

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