Americans support workers' right to choose to form a union

In December 2006 Hart Research surveyed 808 members of the general public and 382 union members.6 A 53 percent majority strongly agrees with the following message frame: "Working people are struggling to make ends meet today, and America is in danger of seeing the middle class disappear. An important way to help average people get their fair share is to remove unfair barriers to union representation and collective bargaining. Workers in unions earn 28 percent higher wages on average, are 62 percent more likely to have employer health coverage, and four times as likely to have a pension. That is why we need legislation that strengthens protections for workers’ freedom to choose union representation." Agree 53% (Disagree 19%)