[JamesBarney]

I think a tech workers association similar to the AMA would be helpful. I think the best work it could do would be to push for standardized contracts around intellectual property(company doesn't own everything you touch even in your free time) and non-competes(for instance must be paid some % of salary while non-compete is enforced). And the second best work it could do would be to push for standardized on-call/overtime multipliers.

These things are harder to negotiate for than salary and would be healthy for the industry.

[chimeracoder]

> I think a tech workers association similar to the AMA would be helpful.

A voluntary organization that less than 25% of people in the industry are members of, and which doesn't seek recognition by the NLRB?

That's very different from a union.