Poll: Wisconsin voters support collective bargaining but are okay with some changes

The easiest way to understand the gap between opposition to weakening collective bargaining rights in general and the support for specific changes is to look at the responses of those who are opposed to weakening collective bargaining rights. Among this group, just 28% think union negotiations should be allowed to specify that a school district buy health insurance from a union-created insurance company. Thirty-nine percent (39%) disagree and say such a practice should not be allowed.

Similarly, among those who oppose weakening collective bargaining rights in general, 65% support disclosure of the financial relationships between the union and the insurance company it created.

In households with a public employee union member, just 33% believe that, as part of the collective bargaining process, unions should be able to require school districts to buy insurance from the WEA Trust. Forty-one percent (41%) of such households disagree. Sixty-eight percent (68%) of households with a public employee union member also think there should be full disclosure of all financial relationships between the union and the WEA Trust.