[Animats]

That's the difference between a craft union and an industrial union. A long time ago, there was the American Federation of Labor, the group for craft unions, and the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the group of industrial unions. The AFL had the Plumbers, the Electricians, the Machinists, etc. The CIO had the United Auto Workers, the Steelworkers, the United Mine Workers, etc. They merged in 1955.

Nobody cares much about that any more.

If you want to see a modern union, check out The Animation Guild.[1] Local 839, IATSE. They represent most of the major studio animators in Hollywood. Although they've tried, they have not been able to organize game developers.

It's about fear. Try to organize a union in the US and you will probably be fired. Even though that's illegal. WalMart has closed down stores that voted in a union. Uber workers have a strike scheduled for July 15, but it probably won't do much in the US.

[1] https://animationguild.org/