As Labour Day approaches, a lot of Canadians are taking stock of what’s been, at times, a challenging year for organized workers.

There was the recent Metro workers strike in the GTA, the federal workers strike, port strike in B.C and threatened job action by WestJet employees, which was resolved at the 11th hour.

The latest Angus Reid Institute survey finds Canada has mixed views about the value and cost of organized work among union members and non-members.

Overall, Canadians mainly feel unions have had a positive impact for those they represent.

Six-in-10 say that, about three-times as many as say the impact’s been negative.

Cost-benefit is more divided when looking at the impact of unions on the country’s economy.

Four-in-10 believe it’s positive while three-in-10 feel it’s been negative.

In most of Canada, the right-to-strike (47%) outweighs the risk of negative economic consequences (37%) resulting from job action.