Survey: Georgia Voters Concerned About PRO Act and Its Negative Impacts on Workers, Small Business and Inflation
Wednesday, March 30th, 2022
A new survey released by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce shows that Georgia likely voters are very concerned the Protecting Right to Organize (PRO) Act and the negative and unintended impacts the legislation would have on Georgia workers, small business, and inflation.
A significant majority of Georgia likely voters (75%) are most concerned that the PRO Act, which would upend Georgia's well-established right to work and would harm workers by forcing them to pay up to $1,000 every year during times of high inflation.
Key findings:
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Nearly two-thirds (64%) of Georgia likely voters, including sixty-three percent of Democratic likely voters, support Georgia's right-to-work law.
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Nearly two-thirds (65%) of Georgia likely voters, including sixty-three percent of Democratic likely voters, are concerned the PRO Act would eliminate state Right-to-Work laws.
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72% of Georgia likely voters are concerned that the PRO Act eliminates secret ballot unionization elections and forcing employers to turn over their employee's personal data.
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65% of Georgia likely voters are also concerned that the PRO Act would hurt supply chain operations leading to higher inflation and prices on groceries, household goods, housing, and other consumer items.
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62% of Georgia likely voters are concerned, including sixty percent of Democrats, that the PRO Act will reclassify independent contractors like Uber drivers, freelance writers and other entrepreneurs as employees, eliminating thousands of these flexible jobs.
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More than half (52%) of Georgia likely voters are less likely to vote for a member of Congress who supports the PRO Act compared to only 13% who said they would be much more likely to vote for members of Congress who support it.
The statewide survey of 1,000 likely Georgia voters was conducted by Locust Street Group, a bipartisan polling firm, from February 23 through March 1, 2022, with a margin of error of +/- 3%.