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Skilled workers have unions. For example, airline pilots have some pretty strong unions. The jobs that don't work as unions are where workers are not intercha
by narrator 5y ago
Skilled workers have unions. For example, airline pilots have some pretty strong unions. The jobs that don't work as unions are where workers are not interchangeable because of large differences in talent. This makes it a bad deal for highly talented members of that professions to be in the union, as they can get paid a lot more than the average because of their exceptional talent. If they were in a union, they would be more likely to get paid the same as other members of the union. For example, software developers have wide differences in talent and ability, and thus pay, and that's why they don't unionize. An airplane pilot can only be so good at their job though, even though it takes years of training, so they benefit from a union.
- moduspol 5y agoI generally agree with your take, although professional sports players have unions that seem to work well for them despite being skilled workers with large differences in talent. I guess there's no hard requirement that unions get involved in pay negotiations, and that's the only one I know of that seems to have workers' pay in-line with actual market factors. It's not like Tom Brady has to get paid the same amount as a lesser-performing quarterback just because they've been doing it the same amount of years.