Industrial Relations, stronger unions, 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 | |
stronger unions, Unions in Australia
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%).
20 May 2013, 200513, stronger unions, trade union
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.