US – Support for labor unions has jumped five percentage points to 58% over the past year

Americans’ approval of labor unions has jumped five percentage points to 58% over the past year, and is now at its highest point since 2008, when 59% approved. In the interim, the image of organized labor had suffered, sinking to an all-time low of 48% in 2009.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Americans’ Support for Labor Unions Continues to Recover.