Public feeling towards labor unions is more positive than in any year on record back over half a century, @electionstudies.
Public feeling towards big business is more negative than in any year on record.
The gap is bigger than any year on record.
Public feeling towards big business is more negative than in any year on record.
The gap is bigger than any year on record.
The representation gap -- the difference between the share of workers who want a union & share who have one -- has been growing. Best evidence @TomKochan @_elkelly @ILRReview.
More than half of all workers want to belong to a union but less than 11% do.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…
More than half of all workers want to belong to a union but less than 11% do.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…
Read @zackbeauchamp on the PRO Act, which passed the House, designed to rebalance bargaining power in the labor market.
vox.com/policy-and-pol…
vox.com/policy-and-pol…
What's at stake if workers form stronger unions? @JohnWBudd, Brigham Frandsen & I did a summary of the evidence @EconoFactOrg.
econofact.org/what-is-at-sta…
econofact.org/what-is-at-sta…
Originally I looked at average ratings on 0-100 feelings thermometer scale. @KevinReuning suggested looking at strong feelings.
Since 2012, share of Americans with strong positive feelings toward unions ⬆️ & big biz keeps ⬇️.
Record Union-BigBiz gap, tho neither record alone.
Since 2012, share of Americans with strong positive feelings toward unions ⬆️ & big biz keeps ⬇️.
Record Union-BigBiz gap, tho neither record alone.
Record high share with strong negative feelings toward big business, but share strongly negative toward labor unions is low.
2020 has biggest BB-LU value. In the 1980s & 1990s, big gaps went the other way.
2020 has biggest BB-LU value. In the 1980s & 1990s, big gaps went the other way.
Here's the Stata code for this and my analysis of views of the minimum wage among jobseekers.
github.com/aaronsojourner…
github.com/aaronsojourner…
Thread from 2 days ago on how jobseekers view the minimum wage. Critics of minimum wage increases grant that minimum wages will help workers who keep minimum wage jobs but express concern about jobseekers' well-being. What do jobseekers say?
https://twitter.com/aaronsojourner/status/1374821642111713280
Q: If more than half of Americans want to belong to a union, why are only 11% in them?
A:
A:
https://twitter.com/joe_dmh/status/1375571171140382720?s=20
How has sentiment evolved by party id? This looks at the within-person (Labor Union - Big Business) gap in feelings & shows trends in gap's average by party id.
In contests between unions & big biz,
1. political swing groups seem quite positive to unions
2. every group more positive than before. All at record highs except Ind-LeanR & they're close to 1974 high. Ds & Ind-LeanD moved up a lot.
3. 2012 dip was among right only.
1. political swing groups seem quite positive to unions
2. every group more positive than before. All at record highs except Ind-LeanR & they're close to 1974 high. Ds & Ind-LeanD moved up a lot.
3. 2012 dip was among right only.
If your instincts about the politics of organized labor versus organized capital were forged in the 1960s-2000s, it's time to update them.
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