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Reader, what a week. Between the Don’t Worry Darling drama breaking the internet, Lea “Can’t Read This Newsletter” Michele’s debut in Funny Girl, and, well, yesterday, there’s truly too many jokes to be made! But one thing that will always stay consistent in this wild world is your weekly roundup of Data for Progress polling and content. Let’s get into it!
Voters Say No to Party Lines and Yes to Picket Lines
The picket line has been drawn, and voters will not cross it.
New national polling conducted by Data for Progress in light of the labor movement’s recent resurgence shows that voters overwhelmingly support the new wave of unionization efforts taking place at some of the country’s largest corporations, and are more likely to vote for candidates who are unabashedly pro-worker.
A majority of voters (63 percent) support recent efforts to establish unions at Amazon warehouses, Apple retail stores, Starbucks coffee shops, and other establishments. Voters support unionization by a +38-point margin, including Democrats by a +69-point margin, Independents by a +43-point margin, and Republicans by a +1-point margin.
Plus, a majority of voters support lawmakers speaking out in favor of labor protections by a +30-point margin, including Democrats by a +63-point margin and Independents by a +32-point margin (we’re looking at you, frontline Dems)!
So before you order that next Venti Cold Brew, or place another next-day delivery Prime order, think about the folks fighting across the country for fair labor practices — and how a majority of voters are backing them. Read the full national poll and analysis here.
Here are some other highlights from DFP this week:
Speaking of the labor movement, here’s a love poem:
Roses are red 🌹
Violets are blue 💐
You deserve overtime pay 💰
Other workers do too🤝
Did you know that today only 15% of salaried workers are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act, which guarantees overtime pay of at least 1.5 times a worker’s regular pay for hours that exceed 40 per week.
But new Data for Progress polling finds that voters’ support for overtime pay extends to all workers, not just those eligible under the FLSA. Eighty-six percent of voters agree that employees who work more than 40 hours a week should be guaranteed overtime pay, regardless of what kind of work they do.
Read our full poll and analysis on overtime pay here.
Open Access Baby!
Each year, U.S. taxpayers spend more than $80 billion dollars to fund research, yet despite being taxpayer funded, paywalls often prevent taxpayers from accessing the results of the research they fund (free JSTOR anyone??).
Until we can make JSTOR free for every American (pls), new polling from Data for Progress shows that a majority of voters (83%) agree that federally funded research should at least be freely available for taxpayers to read and access. This includes 86%of Democrats, 80%of Independents, and 82%of Republicans.
What a bipartisan winner! Read the full poll here.
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