Here's what I understand and seen of Unions: Unions were made to protect workers because they were being overworked and in many cases, forced to work in horribl

Here's what I understand and seen of Unions: Unions were made to protect workers because they were being overworked and in many cases, forced to work in horrible conditions where they could potentially die. What the average engineer has to worry about: being over worked, emotionally abused or fired for any reason (at will employment). Really good engineers/devs are pampered by tech companies. They will never get overworked or emotionally abused because their managers will do everything they can to make them stay. Average / mediocre engineers get pushed out because they are compared to the productive ones, and will then begin their job hunt all over again, while the company goes and tries to roll the dice in finding another uber productive engineer. Because you have this divide of pampered workers and forced out workers, I don't see a case where you can unify the two parts to be on the same page. The better engineers don't have any incentives to form / become a union while the average engineer has no leverage.