Could both not exist together? I have to claim ignorance on the idea of unions and chartered professions, because I've never worked in an industry where they've

Could both not exist together? I have to claim ignorance on the idea of unions and chartered professions, because I've never worked in an industry where they've been an option. In the UK, unions tend to have a bad rep, and any time I've mentioned in around other British developers most have flatly rejected the idea of having a union (mostly for the reasons mentioned in the follow-up article you've posted).