I've never heard of anyone using unions in software in europe. Maybe something popular in just one country? The problem with unions is that if you are a top pe

I've never heard of anyone using unions in software in europe. Maybe something popular in just one country? The problem with unions is that if you are a top performer it's harder to get promoted, if you're crap it's harder to get rid of you. Overall it's great for non productive people who can pay a little and coast, great for everyone else. I can understand unions for low paid jobs the should be done by machines (eg. factory workers) but it doesn't make sense for knowledge work where performance has huge impact. Oh and they want money to do that.