Republican support for unions plunged this year

Data: Gallup; Chart: Axios VisualsSupport for labor unions among Republicans declined this year, finds a Gallup survey out Thursday morning.Why it matters: The party traditionally opposed organized labor, but in recent years had been moving in a different direction — with the Trump campaign actively courting the union vote last year.The latest numbers mark a return to form.By the numbers: 41% of Republicans said they approve of labor unions, down from 49% in 2025 and off an all-time high of 56% in 2022, when American support for unions was peaking. Unions got 90% approval from Democrats and 69% among independents.The big picture: Overall, approval for unions among all Americans has been high since the pandemic sparked a renewed empathy for workers, and drove a surge in organizing.68% of U.S. adults said they approve of labor unions, essentially unchanged from last year's reading, and the fifth consecutive year that approval was in the 67% to 71% range — levels last reached in the early 1960s.Between the lines: Republicans could just be following the president's lead, says Cathy Creighton, a labor advocate, who is director of Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations Buffalo Co-Lab.Since regaining office, Trump has put through a flurry of anti-labor measures — including stripping federal workers of their union protections, kneecapping the National Labor Relations Board and backing a major merger over the objections of the Steelworkers union.And unions have been perhaps the most forceful resistors to the administration, repeatedly heading to court to block the administration's actions.The other side: To be sure, Trump does have support among several unions and their members, as he noted at a cabinet meeting earlier this week. Many unions are particularly supportive of his tariff policy."The auto workers — the Teamsters voted for me," he said. "No Republican has ever gotten the support of the Teamsters and the auto workers.""I mean, it's so amazing," he added.

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