In contrast, recent trends do differ by education group. Until 2012, Americans with the most formal education (Bachelor+) were the most pro-business. By 2024, they became the most pro-union. On the other hand, Americans with the least formal education (less than high school) were historically among the most pro-union but recently became the least pro-union. High school graduates, some college, and bachelor-plus all expressed record-high pro-union sentiment in 2024. Even those without a high school degree remained near their record high.
Source is apparently this article from EPI.org. I wish people would include links to sources instead of just images. I like to dig a little deeper into things to satisfy my own curiosity. There are other charts that break out this change in sentient by education, race, and political leaning. Big shock, conservatives are still a tad more pro-business than pro-union.
Oops. I first put in the article link, then decided to upload the image. I didn’t notice that that overrode the original link.
No worries. Did I get the right one? There were two possibilities from my search, but the other was sourced from this one.
Yes. I’ve already edited the OP.
The shift in trend for education is pretty interesting. It went from those with less than HS being the most supportive of unions in 1964 to the least supportive in 2024.
That is the evil brilliance of Conservative marketing.
Yeah, I suspect that is the Fox News effect. I think their propaganda works best on the the under-educated. Forty years of anti-union propaganda has manage to push blue-collar workers, who get the most help from unions, into anti-union territory. It never ceases to amaze me how people can be tricked into voting against their own interests.