Questions - Unions - January 6-7, 2011
Many Favor Cutting Pay, Benefits of State Employees
Support for Public Employee Unions Declines
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National Survey of
1,000 Adults
Conducted January
6-7, 2011
By Rasmussen Reports
1*
Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose
unions for private sector workers?
2*
Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose
unions for public employees?
3*
In terms of its impact on the nation, is it a good thing or a bad thing that
many policemen and firemen belong to public employee unions?
4*
In terms of its impact on the nation, is it a good thing or a bad thing that
most teachers belong to public employee unions?
5*
How closely have you followed news stories about pension benefits promised to
public employees?
6*
If you had to choose between paying higher taxes to ensure that all pension
benefits promised to public employees were paid or reducing those promised
benefits, which would you choose?
7*
To help reduce state spending would you favor or
oppose a 10% pay cut for all state employees?
8*
Who works harder, government workers or workers in the
private sector?
9* Have you or anyone in your family
ever belonged to a labor union?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
