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  • Sep, 2012

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    Better or worse off with stronger unions

    Q. Overall, would workers be better off or worse off if unions in Australia were stronger?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Work full time

    Work part time

    Total better off

    39%

    58%

    24%

    71%

    40%

    40%

    Total worse off

    30%

    17%

    47%

    9%

    35%

    24%

    A lot better off

    13%

    24%

    7%

    20%

    15%

    13%

    A little better off

    26%

    34%

    17%

    51%

    25%

    27%

    A little worse off

    15%

    13%

    20%

    5%

    16%

    12%

    A lot worse off

    15%

    4%

    27%

    4%

    19%

    12%

    Make no difference

    15%

    12%

    18%

    7%

    16%

    15%

    Don’t know

    15%

    14%

    12%

    13%

    9%

    21%

    The largest portion of respondents felt that workers would be better off if unions in Australia were stronger (39%), followed by 30% of respondents that believed workers would be worse off (30%).  Fifteen percent (15%) felt that it would make no difference.

    Looking at the results by voting intention, Greens voters were the most likely to believe that workers would be better off (71%), whilst Coalition voters were by far the most likely to believe that workers would be worse off (47%).

    Whilst the same portion of full time workers and part time workers felt that workers would be better off (both 40%), full time workers were more likely to believe that workers would be worse off if unions were stronger (35%) compared to part time workers (24%).

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