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Minnesota: Labor and Employment

Job Status
Labor Union Membership
State Governmental Worker Strike

Job Status

Job Status of Minnesotans

Poll	Date	Student	Full-time	Part-time	Homemaker	Unemployed	Retired	Sample	MoE
SurveyUSA	April 24-26, 2009	8%	51%	11%	10%	6%	14%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA	March 20-22, 2009	12%	48%	13%	7%	5%	15%	600	± 4.1

Labor Union Membership

Labor Union Membership (Statewide)

Poll	Date	Yes	No	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Humphrey Institute / MPR¹	August 7-17, 2008	28%	71%	1%	763 LV	± 3.6
SurveyUSA	October 12-14, 2007	24%	76%	0%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA	June 8-10, 2007	26%	71%	3%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA	May 11-13, 2007	28%	71%	1%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA	April 13-15, 2007	30%	68%	2%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA	March 9-11, 2007	27%	73%	0%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA	February 9-11, 2007	30%	69%	1%	600	± 4.0
SurveyUSA	January 12-14, 2007	30%	69%	1%	600	± 4.0
SurveyUSA	December 8-10, 2006	26%	73%	1%	600	± 4.0
SurveyUSA	November 8-11, 2006	26%	72%	2%	600	± 3.9
SurveyUSA	October 12-15, 2006	29%	68%	3%	600	± 3.9
Humphrey Institute¹	October 21-26, 2004	19%	81%	1%	690 LV	± 4.0
Humphrey Institute¹	June 21 – July 12, 2004	26%	72%	2%	589 RV	± 4.0

1 "Do you or does someone in your household belong to a labor union?"

Labor Union Membership (Minneapolis)

Poll	Date	Yes	No	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Humphrey Institute¹	October 17-29, 2005	27%	73%	1%	371 LV	± 5.1

1 "Do you or does someone in your household belong to a labor union?" Poll of Minneapolis residents.

Labor Union Membership (St. Paul)

Poll	Date	Yes	No	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Humphrey Institute¹	October 17-30, 2005	28%	71%	1%	397 LV	± 4.9

1 "Do you or does someone in your household belong to a labor union?" Poll of St. Paul residents.

State Governmental Worker Strike

Legitimacy of State Worker Strike

Poll	Date	Yes	No	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Pioneer Press / MPR¹	October 11-12, 2001	37%	37%	26%	625 RV	± 4.0

1 "Do you feel that state government workers have (had) valid reasons for being on strike?"

Support for Workers or Ventura

Poll	Date	Workers	Ventura	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Pioneer Press / MPR¹	October 11-12, 2001	31%	50%	19%	625 RV	± 4.0

1 "State workers say that the state's latest offer on wages and benefits is inadequate and the state can afford to pay more. Gov. Ventura says the state's latest offer on wages and benefits is fair and that the state can't afford to pay more. Whose position do you most support, that of state workers or that of Gov. Ventura?"