No. I don't believe in "salting" (taking jobs with an eye to certifying a union). I think I want what most devs want: a job where I spend most of my time writin

No. I don't believe in "salting" (taking jobs with an eye to certifying a union). I think I want what most devs want: a job where I spend most of my time writing code to solve interesting problems, to have opportunities to deepen my understanding of mathematics and computer science, etc. People have problems at work all the time; they usually try to solve them as individuals. Sometimes that works, more often it doesn't -- they just come to expect less out of life. At Lanetix, collective action was well underway by the time I became involved. The real catalyst of organization was the firing of an excellent engineer who had become the de facto spokesperson for grievances in one office (see: https://gist.github.com/bwestergard/a5ddc5583d37554cc40a0e2b86511371 https://gist.github.com/bwestergard/a5ddc5583d37554cc40a0e2b...). It was only after management's effort to suppress a collective response that I became involved. I was one of several who advocated for the NLRA route; I would not have done so in any "hot shop" situation.