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: AFL-CIO NOW BLOGPoll: Public Opposes Taking Away Freedom to Bargain
By Tula Connell
A new poll shows the public strongly opposes laws taking away the collective bargaining power of public employees to address budgets. Some 61 percent of the public say they would oppose a law in their state similar to one being considered in Wisconsin, compared with 33 percent who would favor such a law, according to poll out today by USA Today/Gallup.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott, widely perceived to be on the verge of attacking the rights of public employees to bargain for middle-class jobs, already figured that out. Scott said today he would not consider taking away bargaining rights from public employees. Instead, Scott said in an interview:
as long as the discussion is honest about what benefits employees are getting, he has no objection to public employees being members of unions.
Maybe Wisconsin workers had something to do with his opinion?
Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on February 22, 2011 (boomark / email).
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