My knowledge of unions is based entirely on the UK. They allow groups of employees who are subject to poor conditions to group together and participate in collective bargaining.
Most programmers in the UK are not a member of a union as pay is fairly high and conditions relatively good, but the majority of public-sector and a lot of private-sector workers are.
Unionising would be an excellent first step for employees fighting back.
I see a lot of anti-union talk on HN, I don't think a lot of the criticism of unions I see here is fair.
I see a lot of anti-union talk on HN, I don't think a lot of the criticism of unions I see here is fair.