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To: Sully- who wrote (77884)	2/24/2010 10:22:15 PM
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Union favorability ratings plummeting By: Mark Hemingway Commentary Staff Writer 02/24/10 10:45 AM EST The Pew Research Center for People and the press has a new poll out on unions, and I doubt labor leaders are going to like the results: <<< Favorable views of labor unions have plummeted since 2007, amid growing public skepticism about unions’ purpose and power. Currently, 41% say they have a favorable opinion of labor unions while about as many (42%) express an unfavorable opinion. In January 2007, a clear majority (58%) had a favorable view of unions while just 31% had an unfavorable impression. The latest nationwide survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Feb. 3-9 among 1,383 adults reached on cell phones and landlines, finds that favorable opinions of unions have fallen across demographic and partisan groups. Still, far more Democrats have favorable views of unions (56%) than do independents (38%) or Republicans (29%). >>> That's a pretty dramatic swing in a short amount of time. This puts Democrats in quite a pickle. Unions spent some $400 million electing Obama and other Democrats, so they're owed big time. But if Democrats overtly push a union agenda -- see the big union-mandated limits on taxing "cadillac" health insurance plans in Obama's most recent health care reform proposal -- it could be politically toxic for them. Read more at the Washington Examiner: washingtonexaminer.com