The sub., 1944-11-25
EvenNOn-Members Believe They Help

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 Labor-haters who have been been spreading propaganda that workers are dragged into unions against their will were handed a sockdolager when results of sur vey conducted under the auspices of the McGraw-Hill Publications were made public this week.
 McGraw-Hill Is the giant among corpo1 ations putting out magazines and books for industry and busi- ness. To find out just what work CTS think about unions, the com pany engaged Opinion Research Corporation of Princeton, N. J., professional poll-taking organiza- tion, to do the job.
 Opinion Research sent out a batch of investigators to conduct what is probably the broadeSt sur vey ever made among industrial workers. It was described as scientific cross-section of 17,00O,- 900 workers and took in every branch of American manufacturing industries.
 The findings are carried in the October issue of Factory Man agement and Maintenance" a bulky McGraw-Hill magazine just off the presses. In view of the sponsor ship, the survey could hardly be charged with bias favorable to la Dor, yet here IS what 1t showed as summarized by the magazine it. self:
 ''The typical manufacturing worker is strongly pro-union.
 "In cases out of 10 he Is a un- ion member.
 'He gives his union leaders . favorable rating.
 "He believes firmly that the workers best chance of making a good living lies in joining a union.
 And he credits the unions with gains in wages, working conditions and job protection"
 Among the questions put to the workers was. this one: Which way do you think the working man has the best chance of making a good living-by joining a union or try ing, to go ahead on his own?"
 The magazine reported that 72 per cent answered "by joining union; and IA per cent were un- decided. Among union members the vote for unions was 88 per cent and among non-union workers 39 per cent.
 Also, contrary to the propaganda spread by some foes of unions, the survey showed that 82 per cent of the workers are doing a good or average job, and only per cent answered poor job," while a similar proportion was undecided.
 AS for national union leaders, the vote was even higher. Over 92 per cent of union workers and 82 per per cent of non-union voiced the opinion that these leaders are win ming real benefits for labor.
 Questions about needed 're- forms'' in unions were also asked. Most of the answers stressed the need of regular financial reports to members and of secret vote among members before strikes are called.
 But the catch to this was the dis closure that "a hign proportion of the workers declared their own un- ions already have satisfactory methods of reporting finances to members and taking strike votes" Apparently the workers seemed to believe that unions other than their own didn't pursue such methods though the fact Is nearly all of them do.
 A significant sidelight was the revelation that the members of so- caller independent" unions have the most complaints about the func- tioning of their organizations. Next highest proportion is among C.LO. members and the least in A. F. of L. ranks, the survey explained.
 "A. F. of L. members seem inn measurably better satisfied than those of the C.IO. or independent unions the magazine declared.