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SHRM Weekly Online Poll: January 13, 2004

Weekly Poll - State of the Union

• Analyzing 352 responses of 1411 emails sent, 1376 received (response rate = 25.6%).

• Fielded January 13-20,2004; presentation generated on January 20, 2004.

• Margin of error is +/- 5.3%

© 2003 SHRM

SHRM Weekly Online Poll: January 13, 2004

President Bush will give his State of the Union address on January 20. Of the following, what do you believe is the most important workplace issue for the President to address in the State of the Union?

52.8%

19.9%

9.7% 8.5%

1.7%7.4%

Health carereform

Compete inglobal

economy

Employmentbased

immigration

SocialSecurity

Pensionissues

Other

© 2003 SHRM

SHRM Weekly Online Poll: January 13, 2004

President Bush will give his State of the Union address on January 20. Of the following, what do you believe is the most important workplace issue for the President to address in the State of the Union?

Choice Count Percentage Answered

Health care reform 186 52.8%

Ability to compete in a global economy

70 19.9%

Employment based immigration 34 9.7%

Social security 30 8.5%

Pension issues 6 1.7%

Other (please specify) 26 7.4%

© 2003 SHRM

SHRM Weekly Online Poll: January 13, 2004

President Bush will give his State of the Union address on January 20. Of the following, what do you believe is the most important workplace issue for the President to address in the State of the Union? (Other – specify)

• Creating jobs in the USA..• Job creation• We need national healthcare• Administration lies• all of the above• reform of the legal system and review/revision of the laws

underlying employees claims against employers• Environmental issues• workers comp issues• Americans are giving more and getting less in regard to good,

health care from Corporate America• Jobs moving to foreign countries• Off-shoring and out sourcing of jobs• unemployment• Minimum Wage

© 2003 SHRM

SHRM Weekly Online Poll: January 13, 2004

President Bush will give his State of the Union address on January 20. Of the following, what do you believe is the most important workplace issue for the President to address in the State of the Union? (Other – specify, cont’d)

• Education• Improving financial picture of Americans• unemployment• Job preservation and creation• job growth• Why we are at war with Iraq killing innocent Iraqis and killing our US

soldiers, when this is over oil, and no weapons of mass destruction were found!

• Exporting jobs to other countries• The economy - generating work for the unemployed• outsourcing jobs to other countries• continued tax relief for businesses• Middle East Military• All of the above - these are all important issues that have relevance

and need to be addressed in our work space - one shouldn't be pushed aside because we can't give them all importance and allow the government to think we can be appeased by only address

• long term employment outlook for areas in our country (USA) hit hard as a result of 911, etc.