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I live and work in a non-union state. There are still three or four relevant unions, because the work cannot be kicked down the food chain: Welders have about 20 productive years before they are legally blind. Electricians face constant jobsite hazards and risk. Railroad workers have a unique schedule and lifestyle. These unions exist because, despite mgmt effort to cheap out, you cannot cheap out on certain kinds of labor without killing people. These unions are active and healthy, they do not do political stunts, just good clean work.

Due to our technological society, actually nearly everyone is a tech worker, like it or not. We all have a vested interest in maintaining control over technology. So the correct body to form is not a union of workers in the sector core, but a political party with policy goals, with open membership.