Poll: Public Opposes Taking Away Freedom to Bargain

by Tula Connell, Feb 22, 2011

A new poll shows the public strongly opposes laws taking away the collective bargaining power of public employees to address budgets. Some 61 percent of the public say they would oppose a law in their state similar to one being considered in Wisconsin, compared with 33 percent who would favor such a law, according to poll out today by USA Today/Gallup.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott, widely perceived to be on the verge of attacking the rights of public employees to bargain for middle-class jobs, already figured that out. Scott said today he would not consider taking away bargaining rights from public employees. Instead, Scott said in an interview:
as long as the discussion is honest about what benefits employees are
getting, he has no objection to public employees being members of
unions.