Ahead of Labor Day, Gallup released a new poll showing that nearly seven in 10 Americans approve of labor unions.
“Gallup polling once again shows historically strong support [for unions] because workers understand they have the power to win fair pay, safer working conditions and dignity on the job when they organize a union,” said AFSCME President Lee Saunders.
The power that labor unions bring matters more than ever as billionaires and their yes-men in Congress are slashing wages, gutting health care and silencing working people.
Even though working people are the backbone of our economy, “they’re getting squeezed by CEOs and anti-worker politicians who want to hand out tax breaks to the billionaire class at the expense of Medicaid, food assistance, worker protections and our communities,” Saunders said.
Analysis from Gallup shows that support for labor unions has remained at historically high rates for five years running. The last time that support for labor unions was as high was in the 1950s and early 1960s.
AFSCME members know first-hand how life-changing being in a union is.
But more than that, they know that together, working people have the power to fight back against attempts to rob us of our power and our voices.
Join us in the fight to Get Organized.