Americans both support unions and right to work laws

[angus]

In typical American fashion.

I guess I'm in the majority, more or less.  I support the right of unions to exist, but I'm also a big fan of right to work laws.  You can have a union, but I'll thank you not to force me to be in it to have a gig.  Calling it "typical american" seems odd, though, because we're usually not accused of subtlety.

[angus]

True.

There seems to be some confusion.  The irony is that folks posting here seem very confused, yet they claim that the people answering the poll are confused.  Let's clear this up:  The folks answering the poll question are not confused.  They were asked the questions, therefore they know what questions they were answering.  

Here are the questions relevant to this thread:

1. "Do you approve or disapprove of labor unions?"

53% claim that they approve.  I approve of them as well.  (Whether I want to be represented by one or want to join one is a different question, and one which was not asked in this poll.)

2.  "Some states have passed right-to-work or open shop laws that say each worker has the right to hold his job in a company, whether he joins a labor union or not.  If you were asked to vote on such a law, would you vote for it or against it?"

I would definitely vote for such a law, and I am not surprised that a majority (71%) of respondents in the poll would also vote in favor of such a law.

There is no evidence of confusion among those answering the poll questions.  Moreover, it should not come as a surprise that most folks are, simultaneously, tolerant of the idea of the existence of unions but leary of having laws which allow them to operated in a heavy-handed way.