We looked into unionizing at our company in the US and hit some big concerns: 1. Managers cannot be part of a union - only individual contributors. There's a

We looked into unionizing at our company in the US and hit some big concerns: 1. Managers cannot be part of a union - only individual contributors. There's a lot to unpack here. This can really set up an "us vs them" mindset which when takes hole has things go sideways. It makes switching from IC to manager or manager to IC potentially more complicated (and even contentious). There's are other issues in that managers typically focus on roadmap and where the company is going while many ICs I know want to just focus on getting their work done. 2. Union members are not part of the board. This was something that we felt was unbalanced and relegates unions to not actually having the right level of influence. When we did some research we found that there are better models for unions out there to reference: Japan and Germany. As part of this research we found that unions in the US have been watered down and regulation/legislation has been passed to weaken in. So you get stuff like "right to work" states or what sorts of things you are allowed to strike over. With that said, things absolutely need to shift in a lot of sectors but I'm not sure if unions are the solution that everyone thinks (hopes?) it is.