Part of the problem is it's too easy to just leave the industry altogether to get better working conditions, and then after a few years out you don't have the s

Part of the problem is it's too easy to just leave the industry altogether to get better working conditions, and then after a few years out you don't have the skills (or the willingness to be screwed over) to go back in. The all too common path seems to be enter the industry for a few years, endure crap that none of your friends that do similar jobs outside of the industry endure for a lot less money, actually want to plan for the future at some point, then get a job outside of the industry, and even though you love games, you just can't go back to getting mistreated. That was what I did, and lots of other coworkers I had, and is why the industry seems to have a huge dearth of senior talent. So the people who would be most willing to unionize are no longer in the industry to do so.