Gallup Poll Shows High Support for Unions

WASHINGTON — In an annual poll released in advance of Labor Day weekend, the Gallup organization reported that 67 percent of Americans approve of labor unions.

The figure is down slightly from last year, but the poll reflects a continuing level of record-high public support for unions.

The Gallup news website also reported, “U.S. adults are more likely now than at any time in the past quarter century to believe labor unions will become stronger.”

Conducted August 1-23, the poll also asked about current labor disputes in the news.

“By 72 percent to 19 percent, Americans sympathize more with the television and film writers than with the television and film production studios,” the Gallup news website reported.

Support for striking television and film actors was nearly as high, at 67 percent.

And, concerning a looming strike by the United Auto Workers, “three in four Americans also side with the United Auto Workers in their negotiations with U.S. auto companies.”

Learn more at news.gallup.com.