[groby_b]

1) Owners and management are, especially in the startup world, tightly intertwined.

2) Uh, yes, unions do have skin in the game. Again, it's the whole "keeping your livelihood" thing.

3) I'm not saying it's the best moment for people to start thinking about a union. They should've done that way earlier. Better late than never.

4) "What happens if they are wrong and it bankrupts the company" - I am sorry, do you have any idea what unions are and how they work? There are any number of vultures that'll fleece the body of a company before a union can "bankrupt" it. They happen to be all on the ownership side.