Yes, Breaking: CBS/NYT Poll Shows Huge Support for Unions

[ProSense]

Yes, Breaking: CBS/NYT Poll Shows Huge Support for Unions

by itskevin

CBS/NYT just released their polling on unions. Wisconsin governor Scott Walker and his Republican buddies will not be happy with the results.

On collective bargaining rights:

Americans oppose weakening the bargaining rights of public employee unions by a margin of nearly two to one: 60 percent to 33 percent. While a slim majority of Republicans favored taking away some bargaining rights, they were outnumbered by large majorities of Democrats and independents who said they opposed weakening them.

By party ID:

The poll found that an overwhelming 71 percent of Democrats opposed weakening collective bargaining rights. But there was also strong opposition from independents: 62 percent of them said they opposed taking bargaining rights away from public employee unions.

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On cutting pay and benefits:

Those surveyed said they opposed, 56 percent to 37 percent, cutting the pay or benefits of public employees to reduce deficits, breaking down along similar party lines. A majority of respondents who have no union members living in their households opposed both cuts in pay or benefits and taking away the collective bargaining rights of public employees.

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On current pay levels:

61 percent of those polled — including just over half of Republicans — said they thought the salaries and benefits of most public employees were either “about right” or “too low” for the work they do.

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I'd say Walker/Republicans screwed up!

[FreakinDJ]

1. 60% ProUnion

[jenmito]

2. K&R. The Repubs. should back down on this since they're so determined to do what

"the American PEOPLE want." :eyes:

[polichick]

3. Very good to see...

I hope more people will join and/or organize unions.

[jenmito]

4. Lawrence O'Donnell is talking about this now. n/t

[66 dmhlt]

5. Let's enjoy a little Pie (Chart)

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Sources:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20037469-503544.html
And raw numbers (DOC):
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/28/politics/main20037491.shtml

[beac]

6. That is some delicious pie (chart) n/t

[ProSense]

8. Excellent, thanks. Here is the NYT chart:

[Overseas]

7. Thrilled to hear it.

It will be exciting to have more generations join in our rallies for our unions and great public services. With a well maintained infrastructure, we can all do so much more, and more smoothly for all. Sharing a bit more of the wealth is a lot more fun than squeezing more pennies out of the poor.

I'm hoping the younger folks will realize capitalism can be a lot more fun with basic good government behind it-- great roads, efficient utilities, excellent free education, public-private systems like Medicare, and strong support for the poor among us as we all drift in and out of new economic realities. Safety nets are more fun than seeing starving people on the streets.

We've heaped a heck of a lot of scorn on the working people who have fought so hard to improve working conditions for all of us. But we seem so reluctant to smear the Top Ten Corporations that pay Zero in US income taxes. We seem so reluctant to tax the top, even though they admit to hoarding cash.

Asking us to tax the rich a few more percent, rather than cutting programs for the poor is not an extreme position. It is quite logical. I'd like their taxes back up to 70%, so back up to 39% is a big compromise already.

I'm hoping more and more people realize we can still be safe when spending ten times as much as our main competitor, rather than more than all other nations combined. We can cut back significantly.

There's a lot of All or Nothing argument going on. As though our only choices were cruel unbridled capitalism or lock-step totalitarian communism. There is a very broad range of marvelous alternatives between the reckless extreme we're at now, and the fabulous life of North Korea.

[progressoid]

9. Oh yeah, I saw this on Fox News too.

NOT


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