True though this may be, I don't see unions gaining any real mindshare among developers. Whenever the subject comes up, you get the standard straw man argument

True though this may be, I don't see unions gaining any real mindshare among developers. Whenever the subject comes up, you get the standard straw man arguments against unions, and that either ends the discussion, or turns it into some extended shit show that ultimately goes nowhere. While you might be able to easily "vote with your feet" in this industry, not everybody can afford to stand up for a principle like this on penalty of getting fired. I don't know what the real solution here is. I'd like to see unions make gains among software engineers, but there's a lot of animosity from people who think they'll be "held back" if they have to join a union. I don't see that kind of attitude going away anytime soon.