> No longer can management kick the can down the road on things that many of us wanted to directly address. I'm also a union coder now. I agree. The work we d

> No longer can management kick the can down the road on things that many of us wanted to directly address. I'm also a union coder now. I agree. The work we do is inherently collaborative. Any issue that affects one of my coworkers at this company or anyone doing similar work will eventually affect me. Without a union, employers force us all into a race to the bottom to internalize costs that they should bear a greater share of (e.g. crunch time due to failure to plan).