>Don't unions work best in fields where quality is very uniform and expertise counts for very little? Absolutely not. I'm a software engineer in a research &

>Don't unions work best in fields where quality is very uniform and expertise counts for very little? Absolutely not. I'm a software engineer in a research & development department (with a headcount of ~200 in an organisation of about 20k). Roles here are very varied, from people with multi-decade experience and very deep specialist technical knowledge to recent graduates, in domains that range from RF engineering to ethnography to project management. Our union is indispensable, both within our department and across the whole organisation.