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Software unions are a good idea. Many SWEs don't need collective bargaining to command high salaries, so the value of unions is in providing better job security.

Forming a union at a software company is likely to be an uphill battle though. There is a lot of misinformation about unions, like the assumption that unions _must_ govern comp. And years of high salaries have enabled many SWEs to make investments or purchases such that they no longer depend upon a salary for their living; they're no longer working-class and unions hold no benefit for them.