Please rate how serious you think each of the following issues is for the country today.

1. HMOs and health insurance companies restricting access to doctors and quality care
Very Important / Somewhat Important / Not Important

2. Families not being able to afford health insurance
Very Important / Somewhat Important / Not Important

3. Quality education for our children
Very Important / Somewhat Important / Not Important

4. Wages and salaries not keeping up with the cost of living
Very Important / Somewhat Important / Not Important

5. Employers cutting back on pensions
Very Important / Somewhat Important / Not Important

6. Lack of affordable, quality child care
Very Important / Somewhat Important / Not Important

7. Working women not earning equal pay
Very Important / Somewhat Important / Not Important

8. More jobs being part time and having no benefits
Very Important / Somewhat Important / Not Important

9. U.S. companies moving jobs to other countries
Very Important / Somewhat Important / Not Important

10. Corporations trying to cut health and safety protections for their workers
Very Important / Somewhat Important / Not Important

In a nationwide poll, union members identified four top issues for action by the U.S. Congress.

Do you agree or disagree?

11. Making high quality health care more affordable and accessible
Agree / Disagree

12. Strengthening Social Security and increasing pension coverage
Agree / Disagree

13. Raising wages: ensuring equal pay for women and part-timers and raising the minimum wage to a livable level
Agree / Disagree

14. Restoring workers' right to organize unions to improve their lives, free from employer interference
Agree / Disagree

What other concerns do you think are important for the U.S. Congress to address?

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