Public Says: Give Public Employees Their Rights, Tax the Rich

[Donnachaidh]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/03/03/public-says-give-public-employees-their-rights-tax-the-rich/

More info out now on the NBC/Wall Street Journal poll we reported on yesterday that shows 62 percent of the public believes it’s unacceptable to eliminate state employees’ collective bargaining rights. That’s nearly double the 33 percent who thinks it’s acceptable.

The poll also shows that 77 percent of respondents believe public employees should have the same collective bargaining rights when it comes to health care, pensions and other benefits as union employees who work for private companies.

A large number (73 percent) also had a positive view of teachers, one of the groups Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and others are trying to blame for the state budget crises.

The poll shows significantly more Americans (37 percent) believe creating jobs is the most important issue for Congress and President Obama, not the federal deficit (22 percent).

More at the link --

[Deep13]

1. Well when this becomes a democracy.... nt

[ananda]

2. Corporate rightwing plutocracy says no way.

nt

[patrice]

3. Solidarity with US Labor! & STOP THE WARS!!!

[MichiganVote]

4. K&R

[socialist_n_TN]

5. Once again just more proof that this is a left wing ...........

country or, at MOST, center left. And getting more so all of the time. They just won't CALL themselves that.

As the other poster said, maybe stuff like this will matter when we return to being a democracy.