A study regarding current college
students’ views and awareness of workers’ rights and labor unions occurred last
week in Kalamazoo, Michigan. About 57
students from the small, private liberal arts college participated, the
majority of them (66.96%) believed that unions are an important force in
society.
Students were given a statement and were
asked to share their opinion from strongly disagree to strongly agree in a
scaled response fashion. The sample size
was randomly selected by courses: Spanish, Mathematics, and a History class,
and course level: beginner, intermediate, and advanced.
Logic dictates that student majors who
are immersed in Business and Economic courses would have a different
perspective of unions than majors in the Social Sciences. According to the study, there was no
significant difference found between union favorability and major. Both majors were found to have similar
opinions regarding unions.
On the other hand, significant data was
found that female students have higher positive union attitudes than male
students. The average score for a female
was 49.82 percent and that of a male student was 43.92 percent. After accounting for the sampling error the
data was still found to be reliable.
Therefore the idea of females and males having the same union attitudes
can be rejected and that their opinions vary can be assumed.
Not only are college students today the
future of the labor market, but also the future of labor unions. Teenage and young adults in college are in a
crucial period of transformation in their lives, as they develop their
knowledge and opinions about the real world, they become closer to make a life
of their own.
With an averaged response of “neutral” to
each particular statement on the questionnaire, it seems like labor unions have
some educating to do.
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