What do American people think about labor unions?
Economic axis · 🇺🇸 the United States · measured continuously, published only above 100 responses.
32% of American respondents take the position “Workers should have seats on the board of every large firm.”, against 46% for “A firm should be run by the people who own it and the bosses they pick.”, with 22% choosing neither. n = 116, margin of error ±9.6, weighted to the United States's adult population.
Where the United States sits on economic
What is measured about the United States on this axis. These are facts about the country, not what its people think about them — that is the part of this page waiting on a sample.
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Unemployment
ILO modelled estimate · 2025
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4.2% |
somewhat below the middle
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Income inequality (Gini)
World Bank PovcalNet/PIP · 2024
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41.8 0–100 |
higher than most countries
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Ranked against every country with a published figure for the same series. Sources: World Bank World Development Indicators, which republish UN, ILO, UNESCO, WHO, SIPRI, IISS and UNODC data.
The questions that bear on labor unions
Asked as a forced choice between two written positions, in randomised order, with the sides flipped for half of respondents.
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A · A firm should be run by the people who own it and the bosses they pick.
B · Workers should have seats on the board of every large firm.
World, unweighted: 23% A ·
22% neither ·
55% B · n = 4761
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32% B 🇺🇸 n=116 |
A national figure appears only once that nation clears 100 responses on the question. The world column is a raw count of every answer received and is not post-stratified — it is shown because withholding it would say less, not more.
Asked another way
The same question, as people put it.
- The united states public opinion on labor unions
- Labor unions poll the united states
- What do american people think about labor unions
- What percentage of american people support labor unions
Each has one answer on this page, and it is the same answer.