I suggested one benefit of a union: pay for on-call hours. You've extrapolated from this at least 3 or 4 other rules that I never mentioned, and which I've nev

I suggested one benefit of a union: pay for on-call hours. You've extrapolated from this at least 3 or 4 other rules that I never mentioned, and which I've never heard of, and which make no sense to me. Where is all this coming from? Why would the union rules require separate people for two positions? Why would this be relevant to open source and free software? Why would it be relevant to hobbyists? And so on. I just don't see these problems in other fields. There's unions for actors, and stagehands, and janitors, but I still have a local amateur theatre in my neighborhood, and the lighting director sweeps the floors when that needs doing. Whenever I say the word "union", all the complaints I hear against them from programmers sound like straw men. That makes me believe that it's the right track.