The latest annual poll by the Gallup organization found 68% of American adults approve of labor unions, roughly similar to its findings of 70% in 2024, 67% in 2023, and 71% in 2022. Gallup says the results show union approval has been holding steady for the last five years, following a steady rebound over the previous decade from a historic low in 2009 of 48%. You have to go back to the late 1950s and early 1960s to find similar recent levels of good will toward organized labor. Gallup has been asking the question “Do you approve or disapprove of labor unions?” since 1936. The latest poll, conducted Aug. 1-20, showed a sharp partisan divide however: 90% of poll respondents who described themselves as Democrats said they approve of unions, compared to 69% of independents and 41% of Republicans.