Poll: Voters Support Right-to-Work

Despite the millions of dollars pumped into North Carolina campaigns and an intensive lobbying effort by national unions to weaken North Carolina’s labor laws, voters overwhelmingly support maintaining North Carolina as a right-to-work state according to a new poll released by the Civitas Institute. 

When asked if they supported maintaining North Carolina as a right-to-work state where workers can not be forced into a union, a resounding 78 percent agreed while only 16 percent disagreed.  7 percent were undecided.

“Big labor has targeted North Carolina as a potential state to expand its scope and influence.  Unions like the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and Teamsters are pushing collective bargaining for state and local government employees as the first step towards repealing right-to-work in North Carolina,” said Francis DeLuca, Executive Director of the Civitas Institute.  “Unfortunately for the unions, the voters of North Carolina overwhelming reject this path,” DeLuca stated.

The State Employees Association of North Carolina (SEANC) recently voted to officially align with the national SEIU organization.  SEIU and other unions have pumped over $2 million into state and local elections in North Carolina over the past four years.

“It does not matter how long they have lived in North Carolina, natives and newcomers alike have seen the damage done to the economies of states like Michigan and New Jersey by forced unionization.  They do not want to see the same thing happen here,” DeLuca concluded.

Full text of question:

DO YOU SUPPORT KEEPING NORTH CAROLINA A RIGHT-TO-WORK STATE, WHERE WORKERS CAN’T BE FORCED INTO A UNION?

                                    #    %   
YES                             465   78    
NO                                95   16                                 
NOT SURE                      39    7    
REFUSED                              1         

                       TOTAL    600 

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