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Union members tend to believe that most workers want to join a labor union. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 47% of union members hold that view while only 18% disagree. But those who don’t belong to a union hold a different perspective. By a 56% to 14% margin, ...
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Just 9% Of The General Population Woudl Like to Join a Union
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So why are the Democrats trying to force us all into one?
Union members tend to believe that most workers want to join a labor union. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 47% of union members hold that view while only 18% disagree.
But those who don’t belong to a union hold a different perspective. By a 56% to 14% margin, they believe that most workers do not want to belong to a union.
As for personal preference, only ...
Poll Watch: ONLY 9 Per Cent of Non-Union Workers Want to Join a Union
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
So says the latest Rasmussen poll:
Union members tend to believe that most workers want to join a labor union. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 47% of union members hold that view while only 18% disagree.
But those who don’t belong to a union hold a different perspective. By a 56% to 14% margin, they believe that most workers do not want to belong to a union.
As for personal preference, only nine percent (9%) of non-union workers would like to join a union. Eighty-one percent (81%) would not. ...
Employee Free Choice Poll Gives Labor Backers Big Boost
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... If nothing else, the Gallup Poll is a nice marking point for where the Employee Free Choice Act debate currently stands, contradicting Monday's Rasmussen Poll that claimed nine percent of workers wanted to join unions, and pushing against -- to a certain extent -- the corporate and union polls conducted up to this point. ...
Employee Free Choice Poll Gives Labor Backers Big Boost
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... If nothing else, the Gallup Poll is a nice marking point for where the Employee Free Choice Act debate currently stands, contradicting Monday's Rasmussen Poll that claimed nine percent of workers wanted to join unions, and pushing against -- to a certain extent -- the corporate and union polls conducted up to this point. ...
Take Me to Your Union Leader
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... Ask respondents whether or not they want to join a union, however, and the answer is different. Just 9 percent of non-union workers say they want to join, and ...
Obama’s Support of “Card Check:”Further Evidence of Rhetorical Subterfugeof his Campaign Rhetoric
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... And yet that’s what Obama and the Democrats are doing in their support of card check, legislation that would make it easier for union organizers to intimidate workers to join their ranks. Democrats push their so-called “EFCA” bill even as polls show that overwhelming majorities of non-union workers are not interested in joining unions. ...
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