Americans believe collective bargaining should be a basic right of public employee unions, in accordance with polls prefer the one conducted February 24-27 by the New York Times and CBS News. Poll outcomes also show that a vast majority oppose cutting pay to lower state spending budget deficits. The countrywide poll questioned 984 adults, the majority of whom didn’t have a union member in the household.
American viewpoint states collective bargaining should happen
Collective bargaining was sustained by most residents that were willing to participate in the New York Times/CBS News telephone poll done in the United States while Wisconsin Democrats ducked a vote recently to keep collective bargaining rights in place. When it came to support of labor unions though, only a third of the 284 polled supported them. In fact, the unions were opposed by a quarter of them. Everybody else hadn't decided yet.
Support for public employee unions was strong. By a two-to-one margin, poll participants objected to the "extreme" deficit recovery efforts of Republican governors prefer Wisconsin Gov. Walker and OH Gov. John Kasich. In the poll, pay cuts were sustained by 37 percent and not supported by 56 percent of individuals. In the collective bargaining rights, the Republicans outnumbered the Democrats and Independents that did not want it.
Governors state public personnel are overpaid
Concerns that public employees are overpaid or have too large of pension and health insurance plans has been something all governors have been worried about. About 61 percent of responders to the poll suggested that pay was "about right" or "too low" for public employees though. In the response, the idea of whether firefighters, teachers and others should get government benefits was divided. This contains things for instance pension collection and early retirement.
'A job that needs to be done’ is what collective bargaining is
Retired 67-year-old Democratic poll respondent Phil Merritt of Crossville, Tenn., told the New York Times that collective bargaining is essential for United States families.
"I feel they do a job that needs to be done. If you work hard, you should be able to have a home, save for retirement and send your kids to college," Merritt said. "Most public employees have to struggle to do those things, and generally both spouses must work."
Views from Republicans
There were supporters of the bill making collective bargaining rights disappear. This involved Longview, Texas' Warren Lemma who is a 56 year old electrical contractor. States do not have the money to pay such benefits, he said.
"Retirement benefits shouldn’t be taken from those near retirement, but the system should be changed for workers just starting out," Lemma said. "The only way the system will change is to do something about union control, and the only way to do that is to remove collective bargaining."
Both Gallup Poll and USA Today are the same
Much of the respondents to a USA Today/Gallup Poll had the exact same answers about collective bargaining rights. The anti-collective bargaining law was opposed by 61 percent of respondents while 33 percent were for it. While two-thirds of respondents recognized budget issues in their states, they were split on how to solve those troubles, whether it is through tax hikes or other government spending cuts.
Citations
New York Times
nytimes.com/2011/03/01/us/01poll.html?_r=1&hp
The Caucus NYT blog
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/28/fewer-voters-from-union-households-in-2010/
USA Today
usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-02-22-poll-public-unions-wisconsin_N.htm
Fascism and its effect on collective bargaining rights
youtube.com/watch?v=7gILmhwwbTg
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