2015 Survey Results
National Employee Freedom Week has released a series of scientific surveys to find out how many of those in union households want to leave their unions, how many think employees should be able to opt-out of union membership and how many know they have the ability to opt out of union membership without losing their job or facing any other penalty. The results show the need for NEFW’s mission of employee freedom.
| Percent of union members answering “Yes” to the question: “If it were possible to opt out of membership in a labor union without losing your job or any other penalty, would you do it?” | |
| Yes | 28.1% |
| No | 71.9% |
| Percent of union members answering “Yes” to the question: “Should employees have the right to decide, without force or penalty, whether to join or leave a labor union?” | |
| Yes | 76.5% |
| No | 23.5% |
| Location | Percent of union households answering “No” to the question: “Are you aware that you can opt-out of union membership and of paying all or a portion of your union dues without losing your job or any other penalty?” States marked with a * had the question asked to the general population. |
| National | 39.2% |
| Alabama* | 61.9% |
| Alaska | 34.8% |
| Arizona | 28.4% |
| Arkansas* | 60.4% |
| California | 35.9% |
| Colorado | 30.9% |
| Connecticut | 41.2% |
| Delaware | 39% |
| Florida* | 60.6% |
| Georgia* | 66.1% |
| Hawaii | 37.6% |
| Idaho | 26.6% |
| Illinois | 30.8% |
| Indiana | 24.7% |
| Iowa | 22.7% |
| Kansas | 17.8% |
| Kentucky | 33.3% |
| Louisiana* | 66.6% |
| Maine | 25.7% |
| Maryland | 32.4% |
| Massachusetts | 38.6% |
| Michigan | 17.5% |
| Minnesota | 25.6% |
| Mississippi | 32% |
| Missouri | 38.5% |
| Montana | 36.5% |
| Nebraska | 34.7% |
| Nevada | 27.7% |
| New Hampshire | 23.4% |
| New Jersey | 37.1% |
| New Mexico | 27.5% |
| New York | 41.8% |
| North Carolina* | 70.4% |
| North Dakota | 25.5% |
| Ohio | 34.3% |
| Oklahoma* | 52.9% |
| Oregon | 29.3% |
| Pennsylvania | 34.4% |
| Rhode Island | 33.1% |
| South Carolina* | 62% |
| South Dakota | 28.7% |
| Tennessee | 25.2% |
| Texas* | 60.8% |
| Utah* | 57% |
| Vermont | 29.8% |
| Virginia* | 68.1% |
| Washington | 32.3% |
| West Virginia | 29.7% |
| Wisconsin | 19.5% |
| Wyoming | 22.6% |