Employee Rights Act | Poll of Union Members Regarding the Employee Rights Act

Poll of Union Members Regarding the Employee Rights Act

We contracted the Opinion Research Corporation International to survey 3,000 Americans regarding their thoughts of the Employee Rights Act's major provisions. The results demonstrate that both union and non-union households overwhelmingly support the Employee Rights Act. Click here to read the complete methodology.

Question: "Employees should have the right to a federally supervised secret ballot election when deciding whether or not to join a union."

	All Households	Union Households
Strongly Support	54%	52%
Somewhat Support	24%	26%
Overall Support	78%	78%
Somewhat Oppose	7%	8%
Strongly Oppose	10%	11%

Question: "Employees should have the right to a secret ballot election every three years to determine whether or not they want to remain represented by a union."

	All Households	Union Households
Strongly Support	60%	64%
Somewhat Support	24%	19%
Overall Support	84%	83%
Somewhat Oppose	5%	5%
Strongly Oppose	7%	11%

Question: "Employees should have the right to petition the federal government at any time to conduct an election to get rid of a union without the fear of facing penalties or fees levied by the union."

	All Households	Union Households
Strongly Support	55%	48%
Somewhat Support	23%	23%
Overall Support	78%	71%
Somewhat Oppose	7%	9%
Strongly Oppose	10%	19%

Question: "Employees should have the right to not participate in their union’s political support of specific candidates or political parties by requiring the union to get approval from employees before their dues money is spent on behalf of political parties or political candidates."

	All Households	Union Households
Strongly Support	60%	58%
Somewhat Support	20%	21%
Overall Support	81%	79%
Somewhat Oppose	6%	8%
Strongly Oppose	9%	11%

Question: "Employees should have the right to a secret ballot vote to approve or disapprove a union's call for a strike."

	All Households	Union Households
Strongly Support	67%	72%
Somewhat Support	19%	16%
Overall Support	86%	88%
Somewhat Oppose	4%	5%
Strongly Oppose	6%	5%

Question: "Employees should have the right to be free from violence, coercion, intimidation, and threats from union leaders attempting to unionize employees."

	All Households	Union Households
Strongly Support	83%	78%
Somewhat Support	8%	10%
Overall Support	91%	88%
Somewhat Oppose	2%	5%
Strongly Oppose	4%	6%

Question: "Employees should have the right to a minimum of 40 days to hear from both sides and weigh the pros and cons of joining a union before any election."

	All Households	Union Households
Strongly Support	58%	60%
Somewhat Support	28%	26%
Overall Support	86%	86%
Somewhat Oppose	4%	6%
Strongly Oppose	5%	5%

Methodology

This report presents the findings of three telephone surveys conducted among a national probability sample of 3,021 adults comprising 1,510 men and 1,511 women 18 years of age and older, living in private households in the continental United States. Interviewing for these CARAVAN® Surveys was completed during the period August 5-7 and 11-15, 2011