City Releases Ipsos Reid Survey

City management have released the Ipsos-Reid survey. It can be downloaded, not printed but cut and paste works. 300 people were interviewed August 15th 2007.

The "Vancouver Labour Dispute Survey" finds that the City and CUPE are statistically even in public support. Listed below are the 11 poll questions. Neither side is statistically a winner but CUPE has greater vulnerability.

Q.1
Side Supported in Dispute.

43% Support the City

• 27% strongly
• 16% moderately

44% Support CUPE

• 17% strongly
• 27% moderately

Public support issues:

1. Margin of error is +/- 5.6%, nineteen times out of 20.
2. Though statistically even CUPE's support is softer with 27% moderate support as compared to the City's 27% strong support.

Q.2 & 3
How fair and reasonable do you think the City of Vancouver (Q2) / CUPE unions (Q3) have been in this contract dispute?

54% City of Vancouver

• 14% Very
• 41% Somewhat

59% CUPE unions

• 10% Very
• 49% Somewhat
  

Q. 4
Overall which side do you believe has been more fair and reasonable in this contract dispute?

• 43% City of Vancouver
• 45% CUPE unions

• 2% Both
• 6% Neither
• 5% Don't know / not stated
  

Q. 5
Do you support or oppose the strike action taken by unionized municipal workers?

• 46% Strongly / Somewhat Support
  
• 16% Strongly support
• 30% Somewhat support

• 51% Strongly / Somewhat Oppose
  
• 20% Somewhat oppose
• 31% Strongly oppose
  

Q. 6
To what extent have you been personally affected as a result of the strike?

• 62% A great deal / Somewhat
  
• 20% A great deal
• 42% Somewhat

• 38% Very little / Not at all
  
• 26% Very little
• 12% Not at all
  

Q. 7
Supporters of both sides say City Managers have done a good job during the strike.

• 75% of City supporters
• 58% of CUPE supporters

Q. 8 - 10 are related to perceptions of the 17.5% over 5 years contract offer.

Q. 8
If the City of Vancouver were to offer unionized municipal workers a wage increase of 17.5% over 5 years - would you say this offer is..,

• 85% Very / Somewhat Fair and Reasonable
• 53% Very
• 32% Somewhat

• 12% Not Very / Not at all Fair and Reasonable
  
• 6% Not Very
• 6% Not at All

• 3% Don't know / not stated

Q. 9
If the City of Vancouver were to offer unionized municipal workers a wage increase of 17.5% over 5 years, this would be the same increase accepted by unionized workers in municipalities such as North Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, Delta and Richmond. Knowing this, would you say this offer is . . . ?

• 89% Very / Somewhat Fair and Reasonable
• 62% Very
• 28% Somewhat

• 9% Not Very / Not at all Fair and Reasonable
• 7% Not very
• 2% Not at all

• 2% Don't know / not stated
  

Q. 10
If the City of Vancouver were to offer unionized municipal workers a wage increase of 17.5% over 5 years, would you say this offer is ... ?

• 19% Too High
• 11% Too Low
• 67% About Right
• 3% Don't know / not stated
  

Q. 11
If the City of Vancouver were to offer unionized municipal workers a wage increase of 17.5% over 5 years, how concerned would be about an increase to the amount of business or residential taxes you pay?

• 58% Very / Somewhat concerned
• 22% Very
  
• 36% Somewhat
  

• 42% Not very / Not at all concerned
• 27% Not very
• 15% Not at all