Labor unions like to use Labor Day as an opportunity to celebrate
their exploits, but the American people aren't convinced.
According to Rasmussen Reports:
Forty-five percent (45%) of Americans believe that labor unions
make our country weaker, while just 26% say unions make the
nation stronger.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that
only 13% believe organized labor has no impact on America, and
16% are not sure.
Nearly one-out-of-two Americans (48%) also think unions have
outlasted their usefulness. Twenty-nine percent (29%) disagree,
and 23% are undecided.
The public's distrust is well placed. Unfortunately, large
labor unions have an interest quite apart from that of their
workers--check the outsize compensation awarded so many union
officials. indeed, many labor leaders use their
positions to promote their ideological fantasies, which in most
cases reflect economic policies which would make
workers worse off.
About the Author
Doug Bandow is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and the Senior Fellow in International Religious Persecution at the Institute on Religion and Public Policy. A former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, he is author of Beyond Good Intentions: A Biblical View of Politics (Crossway).
