New Data Reveals Broad Support Across the Political Spectrum for Unions and Workers’ Right to Organize
A new survey of 1,189 likely voters across the country by Data for Progress and the BlueGreen Alliance found that bipartisan majorities of participants believe union neutrality agreements improve workplaces and they prefer companies that commit to such agreements. A bipartisan majority of voters (63%) support union neutrality agreements—a commitment made by a company to not engage in a campaign to discourage their workers from organizing a union. In addition, 56% of participants said they would be more likely to support climate infrastructure projects if a company committed to remaining neutral.
Significant majorities of participants also believe that unionizing would improve working conditions in a variety of areas including worker safety, benefits, and wages.
“Consistently, our polling finds that voters support unionization efforts and think that a union will provide better benefits, wages, and labor protections,” said Danielle Deiseroth, Executive Director of Data for Progress. “Project labor agreements and union neutrality agreements have strong support across party lines, and are important tools to ensure that workers can make their voices heard in the workplace, including in the clean energy industry.”
“It is clear that the American people understand the immense power of collective bargaining, and they prefer businesses who don’t trample on the rights of working people to organize into unions,” said BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director Jason Walsh. “Businesses benefit from empowering workers. Communities know that unions are more likely to secure higher wages for workers, especially those without college degrees, who come from low-income communities, and who identify as a person of color. People know their rights and their value in the workplace, and they prefer companies who respect that.”
The polling data can be found on the Data for Progress website under DFP briefs.