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State of the Unions: Fertile new ground difficult to find By Peter Brieger Financial Post
In the telephone poll of 1001 working Canadians, Leger Marketing found that 81% of non-union employees had no interest in becoming unionized. About the same percentage of unionized respondents wanted to keep their workplaces organized.

The study noted that employees in the first group, one-third of whom had been in a union before, tended to be younger than unionized participants, were less educated and more likely to be employed in sales or administrative jobs at small, private-sector employers (those with less than 50 staff).

State of the Unions: Unionized workers less happy at work By Peter Brieger Financial Post
The poll, commissioned by LabourWatch and conducted by Leger Marketing, found that a "staggering" 93% of respondents were satisfied with their jobs. But the poll also revealed that, for the most part, non-union workers are happier than unionized employees.

Union workers were less satisfied when it came to relations with management -- 18% were dissatisfied, double the percentage for non-union workers -- while their feelings toward learning and training opportunities at work were also gloomier with an 19% dissatisfaction level, compared with 12% for other workers.

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