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%).