by Seth Michaels, AFL-CIO NOW Blog - March 17, 2009

A new independent Gallup poll says a majority of Americans favor new legislation to make it easier for workers to form unions and bargain—vital public support in the fight to pass the Employee Free Choice Act.

Created and conducted by Gallup, the poll of 1,024 adults across the country shows 53 percent of respondents favor “a new law that would make it easier for labor unions to organize workers.” The poll was reported this morning by Huffington Post’s Sam Stein, who says the results “give a boost” to efforts to pass this critical bill. The bill would give workers, not their bosses, the ability to choose how to form a union and protect workers from corporate coercion, harassment and illegal firing when they try to form unions. Keep reading.