Daily Kos: Public support for unions at its highest in decades, this week in the war on workers
By LAURA CLAWSON
Gallup’s annual pre-Labor Day poll on approval of unions is out, and unions hit their highest level since 1965. Sixty-eight percent of people told the pollster they approve of unions. In 1965, 71% said they approved.
The all-time high approval rating in the poll was 75%, coming in 1953 and 1957. The all-time low was 48% in 2009. While the Great Recession was understood as a reason for that 2009 low mark, the COVID-19 economy has obviously not had the same effect. That’s a fascinating shift. Also interesting: support among people aged 18 to 34 was 77%.