> "...seniority benefits/protections would be huge for our industry as there is a lot of rampant ageism and young naive work alcoholics." Already trying to loc

> "...seniority benefits/protections would be huge for our industry as there is a lot of rampant ageism and young naive work alcoholics." Already trying to lock out the young, energetic, and ambitious using seniority systems? At least you're honest about it. If you're young and you're considering supporting unionization for developers, keep in mind that people like the parent poster are your future seniors. They're marketing unionization to you to secure their own jobs (which developers who are at least average shouldn't even need to worry about) and then maybe yours as a secondary consideration. [EDIT] I came across an example of the layoff selection process for SPEEA, a union of aerospace engineers, from https://m.kuow.org/stories/boeing-layoffs https://m.kuow.org/stories/boeing-layoffs "At SPEEA, the process is different. Engineers are assigned a ranking by their managers based on their perception of their ability. One is the top rank, 3 is the lowest: new workers are a 3. When there are layoffs, 3s go first. An engineer must work 20 years before they are at least partially shielded from the ranking system. At 20 years, an engineer ranked a 3 gets bumped to a 2. As cuts get deeper they push into the higher ranks." Can't say I'm too enthused about long-termers getting partially shielded from ranking since some of them are likely to be deadwood.