[apexalpha]

>In short, we got everything we needed, and it has been fair. Some employees individually bargained for more time off, or for work from home time, or higher pay.

There is nothing preventing a union from bargaining a system like this. We have this at my work.

Everyone gets 20days off for holiday, but other than that we have a 12.5% annual bonus ('13th month') with a system where people can opt for 7.5% bonus in return for more days off. This is just an example you can set the percentage yourself.

Or you can put it towards your pension, life insurance... idk there is a whole range of options.

[zdragnar]

A union could bargain for that, true. But, when you've already got it, there's a real concern that starting one will make difficult the already good relationship with management.