Unions as an abstract idea are valuable; however the implementation is often a nightmare of protectionism. Also unions value conformity which is not exactly a p

Unions as an abstract idea are valuable; however the implementation is often a nightmare of protectionism. Also unions value conformity which is not exactly a programmer strong suit. Imagine the horrible processes you are stuck in today and double or triple them. I have worked in union places with reasonable interactions between management and labor and places where you were required to negotiate with 4 unions to move a box from one cube to another. Programmers also tend to be idealistic and unions are often hard core realists which might wind up disappointing to work for. I am not convinced any existing union would be able to represent a large group of programmers as opposed to a large group of longshoreman without the programmers jumping ship.