10 September 2012, 100912, australian unions, better off, unions, worse off
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%).