Poll: 61% oppose limiting union bargaining power

[FreakinDJ]

Source: Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY

Poll: 61% oppose limiting union bargaining power

The public strongly opposes laws taking away the collective bargaining power of public employee unions as a way to ease state financial troubles, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll.

he poll found that 61% would oppose a law in their state similar to one being considered in Wisconsin, compared with 33% who would favor such a law.

Ohio and several other states that have new Republican governors and legislative majorities are considering laws that would reduce the power of government employee unions to bargain over benefits and work rules.

Wisconsin is the first state to consider the limits, prompting protests that have closed schools and drawn tens of thousands of protesters to the state Capitol in Madison.



Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-02-22-poll-public-unions-wisconsin_N.htm

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Like I said the RATpubliCONs are Destroying themselves.

Can't wait to see them start to implode and resort to their usual "Eating their Own"

[defendandprotect]

1. And that's after decades of GOP/right wing elite attacks on unions... including using Mafia!!

[FreakinDJ]

2. The RNC is probably on the phone to Walker right now

LOL

[still_one]

3. Someone on a seperate thread put a Ras poll out which had the opposite results. The truth is this

is a war against the middle class by the republicans and corporations

[FreakinDJ]

5. Yes and only "Platinum Members" can view the methodology

"Do you think Labor Unions should Bankrupt the Country" .... Err well No

[Lochloosa]

4. Is that the 61% that did not bother to fucking vote in '10?

[Mojorabbit]

6. It seems that the same 30 something percent

always shows up in the polls as defending authoritarian rule. They supported GWB till the end.

[otohara]

7. Private Sector Wish They Had A Voice

boy I wish I would have had a friendly voice when I worked for the evil empire in radio broadcasting.

[Riverman]

8. Then, why is Obama hiding behind the White House doors?

[pinto]

9. Kick to combine later thread (dupe)

:hi:

[NeoConsSuck]

10. Poll: Americans favor union bargaining rights

Source: USAToday

MADISON, Wis. — Americans strongly oppose laws taking away the collective bargaining power of public employee unions, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. The poll found 61% would oppose a law in their state similar to such a proposal in Wisconsin, compared with 33% who would favor such a law.

Almost two-thirds of those polled say their states face budget crises, but respondents oppose or are split on potential solutions, from tax hikes to spending cuts.

Key results:

— 71% oppose increasing sales, income or other taxes while 27% are in favor that approach.

— 53% oppose reducing pay or benefits for government workers while 44% are in favor.

— 48% opposed reducing or eliminating government programs while 47% were in favor of cuts.

"This underlines the difficulty of solving these problems," Jeffrey Jones of Gallup says. "It's hard to find a consensus on what to do."

Republicans supported limiting bargaining by a 54%-41% margin. However, only 18% of Democrats favored restrictions while 79% were opposed. Independents were against bargaining restrictions by a 31% to 62% margain.



Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-02-22-poll-public-unions-wisconsin_N.htm?csp=hf

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As good as this poll looks, when did Republicans ever do what Americans want? They answer only to Wall Street and the Chamber of Commerce.

[SpiralHawk]

11. Republicons Oppose Americans

as usual.

Republicons luv them their Corporate PuppetMaster Billionaires, and do all they can to crap on Americans...

They really do need their own little Totalitarian Homeland somewhere far far away....

[PSPS]

12. "It's hard to find a consensus on what to do."

"This underlines the difficulty of solving these problems," Jeffrey Jones of Gallup says. "It's hard to find a consensus on what to do."

Sure it is if you consider the opinions of the top 1% as having equal merit of the opinion of the bottom 99%, who know the problem isn't with spending, it's with revenue. If the rich pay their fair share of taxes, these problems go away.

[hay rick]

13. Joe Scarborough pushing a different poll.

Link: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49911.html

From the article:
"Gallup gauged Americans’ opinions toward labor unions 18 months ago when President Obama was pushing the Employee Free Choice Act—a proposal to strengthen collective bargaining laws to make union organizing easier. The results were brutal for unions. For the first time since Gallup began polling the issue in the 1930s, a majority of Americans believe that unions harm the U.S. economy. More broadly, Gallup reported that fewer than half of Americans approve of labor unions. That negative rating is all the more damning because it comes in the middle of an economic downturn—a time when union support should be at its highest. During the Great Depression, Gallup found 72 percent of Americans approved of unions."

The concluding sentence in this particular piece of fluff: "If he continues to ignore the shifting of political winds, Obama may soon find himself aligned with his biggest political supporters—but this time on the wrong side of history."

Obama as a rabid union supporter??? ROFL. Welcome to Morning Joe's alternate version of reality.