YET ANOTHER POLL FINDS MAJORITY SUPPORT FOR UNIONS

I've noted before how both national and Wisconsin polls have found that a majority support collective bargaining rights for public sector unions and today I found another national poll from a major news outlet.

Americans Oppose Republican Attack on Unions in Poll Divided Over Benefits
By William Selway - Mar 8, 2011 10:00 PM MT
BLOOMBERG NEWS

Americans reject Republican efforts to curb bargaining rights of unions whose power they say is dwarfed by corporations, a Bloomberg National Poll finds.

Sixty-three percent of those surveyed -- including a majority of Democrats and independents -- say corporations wield more political clout than unions. Public employees, meanwhile, are viewed favorably by a large majority: 72 percent, compared with 17 percent who have an unfavorable view.

Sixty-four percent of respondents, including a plurality of Republicans, say public employees should have the right to bargain collectively for their wages. Sixty-three percent, including 55 percent of Republicans, say states without enough money to pay for all the pension benefits they have promised to current retirees shouldn’t be able to break those obligations.