Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Labor Day Poll Finds Wokers Discontented, Nervous About Economy

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

By Ann McFeatters, Post-Gazette National Bureau

WASHINGTON -- A new poll commissioned by the AFL-CIO for release around Labor Day claims that nearly six out of 20 American workers are worried about the economy and 54 percent believe they won't be able to achieve their own financial goals.

The cost of health care is at the top of the list of economic worries cited by those polled, with only 24 percent saying the country is headed in the right direction in dealing with the issue.

And 63 percent say that it is increasingly difficult to find a good job with financial security even with a college degree, with 62 percent of working women -- vs. slightly less than half of men -- worrying about making financial ends meet.

The poll, conducted by Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart Research Associates, is based on interviews with 805 American workers, including 14 percent who are union members, and was done two weeks ago. It has an error margin of plus or minus 3.5 percent.

LINK to rest of article

AFL-CIO's briefing was shown on C-SPAN2 last night. It may appear sometime again soon.

RAS

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