The collective bargaining agreement works for pro sports because players get a big chunk of overall revenue. In the NBA, players get half of all revenue. The

The collective bargaining agreement works for pro sports because players get a big chunk of overall revenue. In the NBA, players get half of all revenue. The CBA also stopped team owners colluding on no-poaches that were very similar to the Apple-Google-etc no-poach of yore. Union or not, software engineers would probably garner a larger portion of revenue and/or equity through some sort of group arbitration. Opening up salary info and other financials is at least a good first step. Moreover, the top pro athlete earners are pulling in more on endorsements than salary. If the CBA prohibited that, it might look more like a typical union / employment contract.