There are unions for film writers and actors, and for the major sports leagues, which are all clearly glamor industries. Only differences I can think of are: 1

There are unions for film writers and actors, and for the major sports leagues, which are all clearly glamor industries. Only differences I can think of are: 1) They were unionized in a totally different business climate. Union's a dirty word now. 2) They're all at least about protecting seniority and the established workers, kind of like the criticisms of the teachers unions. There are a lot of circular requirements for the movie unions - only SAG actors can appear in SAG movies, but to join the SAG, you have to have said a line in a SAG film (clearly there are a few loopholes). The sports unions tend to fleece the younger members - the MLB union doesn't care about the minor leaguers, so a lot are living around the poverty line, NBA players are fine with the fixed draft pay scale because it's more money for them at the expense of players joining the league. Tech tends to be ageist (moreso than professional sports - think about that for a second) so there's no core of veterans trying to coalesce to protect their position. I don't think it'll ever happen, is what I'm saying.