Workplace Safety Is Most Important Reason To Join Unions, Poll Finds

[Omaha Steve]

http://spewingforth.blogspot.com/2006/09/workplace-safety-is-most-important.html

Workplace Safety Is Most Important Reason To Join Unions, Poll Finds

Workplace safety is the most important issue encouraging employees to join unions, according to a poll sponsored by the new survey conducted by the Employment Law Alliance, an organization of management employment and labor lawyers. Sixty three percent of those polled cited workplace safety first, followed by getting better benefits (60%), obtaining higher wages (57%), and increasing job security (54%). (pdf charts here)

According to ELA CEO Stephen J. Hirschfeld,

In light of recent corporate scandals, news reports indicating executive manipulation of stock options and continued outsourcing of work overseas, executives had better wake up and fast. If management doesn't get its act together, you will see an increase in unionization.

We can sure hope so. Anyone over at the AFL-CIO listening?

The poll also found that more than 40% of those polled believe that unions have had a substantial impact on improving the working conditions of average American workers. Thirty percent believe that unions really care about improving working conditions for American workers.


FULL story at link above.

[bread_and_roses]

1. I really appreciate your Union/Labor/Worker posts

I mostly read (scan/skim) DU these days, having little to no time and mostly just hoping to keep up with LBN. It is unfortunate that like most posts that have to do with Class/Worker issues yours seem (at least when I'm here) to get so little response. Please keep up the good fight for awareness and support.