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Bond In Investing Savings WASHINGTON -- Americans' sympathy in labor disputes has tilted toward unions over companies in the past couple of years, says an Associated Press poll taken at a time of job layoffs and economic uncertainty.

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) ensures the rights of employees to be represented by unions and prohibits employers from interfering in the selection of unions. agricultural employers involved in a business that affects interstate commerce. State Laws about Unions and Labor Law Many states have laws that address the issue of unions and labor law. Some of these states have laws similar to the NLRA that apply to employers not covered by the federal law.

Bond Investment Toledo Toledo As Labor Day 2001 approaches, the public generally sides with the unions in disputes by a 2-to-1 margin, according to the poll conducted for the AP by ICR of Media, Pa. Respondents favored unions by a much smaller margin - less than 10 percentage points - two years ago when the economy was booming.

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James Bond Trading Card ''I used to feel sorry for the companies because I thought a lot of the unions were asking too much,'' said Ted Sklany, a retired lab technician in Charlottesville, Va. ''But the bottom line is that workers are usually getting the short end of the stick.''

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Bond In Investing Stock His support can depend on the issues in question, but he said, ''If a union is striking for better benefits, I'm for them.''

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Bond Terms Trading Besides any effects of the slumping economy, the tilt toward unions comes at a time when organized labor is in more of an underdog role with Republicans controlling the White House.

Bond Debt High In Inside General approval for unions runs nearly 3-to-1, roughly the same as in recent years but higher than 20 years ago when it was less than 2-to-1.

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Trading Stock And Bonds While public sentiment for the unions is on the rise, union membership is not.

Bond Investing Municipal The percentage of American workers belonging to unions fell last year to 13.5 percent, the lowest in six decades, according to the Labor Department. Union officials have blamed a decline in heavily unionized industries, accompanied by job growth in nonunion parts of the economy.

Basis Bond Finance Hill Union jobs in the private sector have declined in the fast-changing economy, a trend the unions have tried to counter by attempting to organize in occupations that don't require hard hats, such as home health care workers or even doctors.

Bond Explained Terms Trading In the new poll, four in 10 people said unions are now at about the right strength, twice the number who think they are too strong.

Bond Business Investing Stock The poll of 1,010 people was taken from Aug. 22 through Sunday and had an error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Bond Houston Houston An AP poll in 1989 indicated that a third of people thought unions were too strong, about the same number that said they were powerful enough.

Stock Bonds Day Trading Michael Morrison, a 24-year-old from Gainesville, Fla., is one of those who thinks unions are about the right strength, adding: ''It seems like a good equilibrium.''

Bond Corporate Investing When people talk about unions being too powerful, they sometimes refer to political activism.

Investment Bond Uk Noting the efforts and money spent by the unions in the most recent presidential election, Linda Schaenzer, a 47-year-old government employee from Nashua, N.H., said: ''I would be appalled as a union member if my dues were spent that way.''

Bond Trading Strategy People were about evenly split on whether they think unions will get stronger or weaker.

Bond Fixed In Income Investing ''I do believe they will continue to get weaker,'' said 36-year-old union shipyard worker Cliffton Crisswell of Mobile, Ala. ''The big companies want them out, the unions are less vocal now and they don't push their issues.''

Bond Dayton Dayton Investment But like many others, 18-year-old Jenny Tower of Roswell, N.M., thinks tough economic times will help support for unions. ''A lot of people keep losing their jobs.''

Bond Management Market Risk AP Labor Writer Leigh Strope contributed to this story.

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