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  • Jun, 2020

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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?

      June

    2020

    October

    2015

    February

    2014

    May

    2013

    September

    2012

    A lot better off 18% 17% 21% 14% 13%
    A little better off 31% 28% 24% 29% 26%
    A little worse off 14% 12% 11% 14% 15%
    A lot worse off 10% 14% 16% 15% 15%
    Unsure / Makes no difference 27% 30% 28% 26% 30%
    TOTAL: Better off 50% 45% 45% 43% 39%
    TOTAL: Worse off 24% 26% 27% 29% 30%
    Base (n) 1,087 1,012 1,051 1,050 1,035

     

        Federal Voting intention
      Total Labor Coalition Greens TOTAL: Other  
    A lot better off 18% 24% 12% 20% 22%  
    A little better off 31% 40% 28% 29% 25%  
    A little worse off 14% 9% 19% 16% 13%  
    A lot worse off 10% 7% 15% 8% 10%  
    Unsure 27% 19% 25% 27% 30%  
    TOTAL: Important 50% 65% 40% 50% 47%  
    TOTAL: Not important 24% 16% 34% 24% 23%  
    Base (n) 1,087 334 412 96 140  

     

  • Feb, 2014

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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

    Vote other

    Work full time

    Work part time

     

    10 Sep 12

    20 May 13

    Total better off

    45%

    65%

    25%

    65%

    45%

    45%

    47%

    39%

    43%

    Total worse off

    27%

    13%

    46%

    6%

    25%

    28%

    24%

    30%

    29%

    A lot better off

    21%

    32%

    9%

    31%

    20%

    21%

    22%

    13%

    14%

    A little better off

    24%

    33%

    16%

    34%

    25%

    24%

    25%

    26%

    29%

    A little worse off

    11%

    6%

    17%

    2%

    7%

    10%

    11%

    15%

    14%

    A lot worse off

    16%

    7%

    29%

    4%

    18%

    18%

    13%

    15%

    15%

    Make no difference

    13%

    11%

    17%

    10%

    14%

    16%

    12%

    15%

    12%

    Don’t know

    15%

    11%

    12%

    18%

    16%

    11%

    18%

    15%

    14%

    The perception that workers would be better off with stronger unions has increased a little since this question was asked in May last year. 45% (up 2%) felt that workers would be better off if unions in Australia were stronger and 27% (down 2%) that believed workers would be worse off.

    By voting intention, 65% of Labor voters and 65% of Greens voters believed that workers would be better off while Coalition voters were by far the most likely to believe that workers would be worse off (46%).

  • May, 2013

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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?

    10 Sept 12

    Total

    20 May 13

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Work full time

    Work part time

    Total better off

    39%

    43%

    65%

    28%

    61%

    43%

    44%

    Total worse off

    30%

    29%

    11%

    50%

    10%

    32%

    28%

    A lot better off

    13%

    14%

    23%

    7%

    26%

    15%

    14%

    A little better off

    26%

    29%

    42%

    21%

    35%

    28%

    30%

    A little worse off

    15%

    14%

    9%

    19%

    9%

    15%

    16%

    A lot worse off

    15%

    15%

    2%

    31%

    1%

    17%

    12%

    Make no difference

    15%

    12%

    10%

    12%

    16%

    13%

    11%

    Don’t know

    15%

    14%

    13%

    10%

    12%

    12%

    17%

    The perception that workers would be better off with stronger unions has increased since this question was asked in September last year. 43% (up 4%)  felt that workers would be better off if unions in Australia were stronger and 29% (down 1%) that believed workers would be worse off.

    By voting intention, 65% of Labor voters and 61% of Greens voters believed that workers would be better off while Coalition voters were by far the most likely to believe that workers would be worse off (50%).

    51% of respondents on incomes of $600-$1,000pw thought that workers would be better off with stronger unions.

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