Drawing on survey findings, in this article the authors examine levels of public support in New Zealand for a union default. The key findings are that support is high (59%), that support is principally predicted by a belief in the default’s effectiveness for improving employees’ lives, and that this belief mediates a number of other predictors, such as union membership, non-union by choice, political party, household income, gender and age. There are strong grounds for believing this would translate into actual support for a union default and a consequent rise in union membership. These findings are contextualised with regard to Australia, Britain, Canada and the United States, where the authors draw out the implications for public policy and how a union default could be operationalised in the countries under study.

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对工会违约的公众支持：对公共政策的预测因素和影响

根据调查结果，作者在本文中研究了新西兰公众对工会违约的支持水平。主要发现是支持率很高 (59%)，支持率主要是通过相信违约对改善员工生活的有效性来预测的，并且这种信念介导了许多其他预测因素，例如工会会员、非工会根据选择、政党、家庭收入、性别和年龄。有充分的理由相信这将转化为对工会违约的实际支持以及随之而来的工会会员人数增加。这些发现以澳大利亚、英国、加拿大和美国为背景，作者在这些国家中得出了对公共政策的影响以及如何在所研究的国家实施工会违约。