Man, this just smacks of entitlement. Software engineers are one of the highest paid professions in the world - FAR more than the average job, and the job is co

Man, this just smacks of entitlement. Software engineers are one of the highest paid professions in the world - FAR more than the average job, and the job is consistently ranked among the best jobs in the world in nearly every list made. Not only do we typically get higher base pay, we often get much nicer perks like catered lunches, remote (telecommute) working, shares of companies to share in the upside etc. If you are feeling underpaid, there are probably many other companies you could work at who are actively hiring that will probably pay you more. The collusion cases you cited are rare, and have only been discovered at the largest tech firms like Apple and Google - who by the way most certainly have more software engineers on the north side of six figures than not. If you are a software developer, now is not the time to unionize. Now is the time to enjoy this while it lasts, as make as much money as possible. It won't last forever.