Nearly 30 percent of union members would opt out of their union if given the chance, according to a new survey.
The survey, which was commissioned by National Employee Freedom Week, found that 28 percent of workers belonging to unions or union households would cut ties with labor groups if give the opportunity. More than 60 percent of respondents said that workers who opt out of union dues and fees should represent themselves in negotiations with their employer.
Over two-thirds of union members told the group last year that employees should have the right to opt out of union membership “without force or penalty.”
That result demonstrates that even union loyalists respect the right to choose among their coworkers, said Vincent Vernuccio, an NEFW spokesman and labor policy expert at Michigan’s Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
“About two-thirds of people said workers that want out should not be forced to accept representation,” he told the Washington Free Beacon in a phone interview. “It shows that even union members that don’t want out still thank that employees deserve a choice.”
The Google survey asked 300 union members or union households in all 50 states about their attitudes toward monopoly representation.
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It's many more than that, Joe. Look at what happened to the public unions in Wisconsin when the law was passed that made joining them voluntary instead of mandatory.
ReplyDeleteThat's the reason the Wisconsin Dems left the state. They need those union dues more than the unions do!
If it is only 30% then I am very disappointed in union members. Shame on all of you!
ReplyDeleteIs "thank" the past tense of "think"?
ReplyDeleteThank you for clearing that up?
And, no, it's way more than 30%. The other 60% are just afraid to say it out loud.
The ONLY members of the union who benefit from the union are the stewards who get paid trips and under the table money.
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