Republicans Union Busting Backfires As Support For Unions Rises 10 Points

[Tx4obama]

Republicans Union Busting Backfires As Support For Unions Rises 10 Points

The latest Pew Research Survey has found that as Republican governors has been busting unions over the last two years, union favorability has risen from 41% to 51%.

According to Pew, support for unions has risen most among liberal Democrats (67% to 80%), moderate to conservative Democrats (56%-70%), moderate to liberal Republicans (34%-44%), and Independents (36%-44%). Union support has fallen slightly with conservative Republicans (24%-23%).

With income inequality reaching historic levels, it’s no surprise that many Americans who were swayed away from unions by decades of Republican union bashing are beginning to appreciate the benefits of collective bargaining. It is not a coincidence that rising support for unions comes at the same time that Republicans have been waging a full assault on collective bargaining.

The message is that once again, the conservative Republicans who are guiding the Republican Party are massively out of step with the rest of the country.

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Full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/2013/09/02/republicans-union-busting-backfires-support-unions-rises-10-points.html

A Good Read

[MotherPetrie]

1. K&R

[Thinkingabout]

2. The failure of increases in wages and union busting has run hand in hand. I know a lot

Of people who vote on one issue but it is time for those voters to tell the ones they elect it is time to get wage increases and jobs or their votes will go elsewhere.

[Doctor_J]

5. But there is no one running for office anywhere who can/will do anything about it.

raising awareness is nice, but what will it amount to?

[Thinkingabout]

6. I would hope for future generations will find the need to organize in order to help themselves.

Every Labor day for some years a president of CWA who was a great union leader passed away on Labor Day, he had fought many battles, had the ability to encourage his members and got many gains for us.

[Scuba]

3. People are waking up.

[Doctor_J]

4. Unless something is actually done about it, I wouldn't call it a backfire

union support rises 10%...so what?