>they tend to enjoy legal protections not afforded to anyone else. The ideal scenario is stronger labor laws, but even the most progressive circles I'm in don'

>they tend to enjoy legal protections not afforded to anyone else. The ideal scenario is stronger labor laws, but even the most progressive circles I'm in don't seem to have much energy in trying to end at-will employment (the mechanism driving rampant layoffs for any reason the emplpoyer wants). So Unions are the next best thing. And yes, this is the same logic as "people who bargain get paid more". People who collectively bargain end up with more perks. It's an inevitability. >as such they will distort the marketplace. as is often the case with such carve-outs those who can get in early tend to benefit at the expense of everyone else. Like all tech workers who started their career around 2010-2021? Yes, timing is everything. But you can't control when you are born. You can control if you choose to navigate a union.