Independent Gallup Poll Confirms Majority Support for Employee Free Choice

An independent poll by the Gallup Surveys organization shows that a majority of Americans support the Employee Free Choice Act.

Results of the nationwide poll of 1,024 adults were released on March 17. When asked if they favored a law to "make it easier for labor unions to organize workers," 53 percent of respondents said "yes." Only 39 percent were opposed.

Asked how important it is for Congress to pass such a law, 55 percent said it's important, with more than half of those saying "very important."

"This independent poll again confirms what we know from previous surveys and what we hear time and again from working people," said CWA President Larry Cohen. "Working Americans want a union voice and real bargaining rights but they don't want to face a grueling campaign of employer harassment and intimidation to get those rights," he said.